The Magic Bow
Year:
1946
Production Country:
Great Britain
Biographical film about the life of violinist and composer Paganini
Cast & credits
Cast
- Nicolo Paganini Stewart Granger
- Jeanne de Vermond Phyllis Calvert
- Bianchi Jean Kent
- Paul de la Rochelle Dennis Price
- Luigi Germi Cecil Parker
- Basini Felix Aylmer
- Antonio Paganini Frank Cellier
- Countess de Vermond Marie Löhr
- Count de Vermond Henry Edwards
- Teresa Mary Jerrold
- landlady Betty Warren
- Rizzi David Horne
- cardinal Robert Speaight
- peasant driver Charles Victor
- Guiseppe Eliot Makeham
- old gentleman O.B. Clarence
- conductor in Parma concert scene Bretton Byrd
Credits
Direction
- Directed by Bernard Knowles
- Assistant Director Douglas Peirce
- [Continuity] Paddy Girdlestone
Production
- Production Company Gainsborough Pictures
- Executive Producer Maurice Ostrer
- Produced by R.J. Minney
- Production Manager Fred Gunn
- Production Supervisor Albert Fennell
- Made at Gainsborough Studios
Writing
- Scenario Editor Harry Ostrer
- Screenplay by Roland Pertwee
- Additional Dialogue by Norman Ginsbury
- From the famous novel by Manuel Komroff
Photography
- Photography Jack Cox
- [Camera Operator] Jack Asher
Special Effects
- Special Effects Filippo Guidobaldi
- Special Effects Albert Jullion
Editing
- Film Editor Alfred Roome
Design
- Art Direction Andrew Mazzei
- Set Designs John Bryan
Costumes
- Costumes Elizabeth Haffenden
- [Assistant Costumes] Julie Harris
Make-up
- Make-up W.T. Partleton
Music
- Incidental Score Henry Geehl
- Musical compositions by Niccolò Paganini
- Musical compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven
- Musical compositions by Giuseppe Tartini
- Special Composition 'Romance' (Based on a Theme of Paganini) by Philip Green
- Violin Solos by Yehudi Menuhin
- [Yehudi Menuhin] Accompanied by National Symphony Orchestra
- Musical Direction Louis Levy
- Conducted by Basil Cameron
- Musical Editor Bretton Byrd
Sound
- Sound Supervision B.C. Sewell
Consultant
- Musical Coach David McCallum
- Period Advisor Cyril Hughes Hartmann