The Demi-Paradise (1943)
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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, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- 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
- Ben Williams - Heckler
- John Boxer - British Sailor
- Wilfrid Hyde-White - Waiter
- Marian Spencer - Mrs. Teddy Beckett
- Aubrey Mallalieu - Toomes, the Butler
- David Keir
- Penelope Dudley-Ward - Ann Tisdall
- George Street
- Brian Nissen - George Tisdall
- Marjorie Fielding - Mrs. Tisdall
- Leslie Henson - Himself
- George Thorpe - Herbert Tisdall
- Michael Shepley - Mr. Walford
- Everley Gregg - Mrs. Flannel
- Muriel Aked - Mrs. Tisdall-Stanton
- Margaret Withers - Mrs. Elliston
- Miles Malleson - Box Office Manager
- Jack Watling - Tom Sellers
- Charles Paton - Mr. Bishop
- John Laurie
- George Cole
- Alexis Chesnakov - Russian Delegate
- Johnnie Schofield - Ernie
- Josephine Middleton - Mrs. Tremlow
- Director(s):
- Anthony Asquith
- Writer(s):
- Anatole de Grunwald
- Producer(s):
- Anatole de Grunwald
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