The Demi-Paradise (1943)
- Starring:
- Laurence Olivier, Marjorie Fielding, (more)
- Director(s):
- Anthony Asquith
Synopsis of The Demi-Paradise
Demi-Paradise stars Laurence Olivier as a Russian inventor (accent and all). In Europe to promote his new propeller device, Olivier is put off by English customs and manners-or, rather, the lack of the latter. No one in 1939 England trusts a foreigner, least of all one of those shifty "Reds", but when Russia and England become allies against the Nazis, the previously persona non grata Olivier is welcomed with open arms. Penelope Dudley Ward co-stars as Olivier's previously suspicious landlady, who ends up falling in love with him. Demi-Paradise was made before the comic quaintness that afflicted Olivier's later performances set in, thus his Russian portrayal is straightforward and most convincing. The film was released in the US as Adventure for Two. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Demi-Paradise
- Laurence Olivier - Ivan Kouznetsoff
- Margaret Rutherford - Rowena Ventnor
- Felix Aylmer - Mr. Runalow
- Guy Middleton - Richard Christie
- Joyce Grenfell - Sybil Paulson
- Edie Martin - Miss Winnifred Tisdall, Aunt Winnie
- Alexis Chesnakov - Russian Delegate
- Josephine Middleton - Mrs. Tremlow
- Johnnie Schofield - Ernie
- Miles Malleson - Box Office Manager
- Margaret Withers - Mrs. Elliston
- Jack Watling - Tom Sellers
- John Laurie
- David Keir
- Wilfrid Hyde-White - Waiter
- Marjorie Fielding - Mrs. Tisdall
- Leslie Henson - Himself
- George Thorpe - Herbert Tisdall
- Michael Shepley - Mr. Walford
- Everley Gregg - Mrs. Flannel
- Muriel Aked - Mrs. Tisdall-Stanton
- Marian Spencer - Mrs. Teddy Beckett
- Brian Nissen - George Tisdall
- George Street
- John Boxer - British Sailor
- Ben Williams - Heckler
- Charles Paton - Mr. Bishop
- Aubrey Mallalieu - Toomes, the Butler
- George Cole
- Penelope Dudley-Ward - Ann Tisdall
- Director(s):
- Anthony Asquith
- Writer(s):
- Anatole de Grunwald
- Producer(s):
- Anatole de Grunwald
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