The Blue Lagoon (1949)
| Release Date | 01 March 1949 |
| Genre | Adventure, Romance |
| Country | UK |
| Filming Locations | Fiji |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Romantic Adventure |
| Themes | Stranded |
| Tones | Atmospheric, Gritty |
| Tags | Adult [vs. Child], Boy, Child, Coming Of Age, Girl, Island, Love, Maturity, Pacific Ocean, Romance, Shipwreck, Stranded, Survivor, Teenagers, Tropical |
The Blue Lagoon is a 1949 British romance and adventure film produced and directed by Frank Launder, starring Jean Simmons and Donald Houston. The screenplay was adapted by John Baines, Michael Hogan and Frank Launder from the novel The Blue Lagoon by Henry De Vere Stacpoole. The original music score was composed by Clifton Parker and the cinematography was by Geoffrey Unsworth.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Susan Stranks
Emmeline, as child
Peter Rudolph Jones
Michael, as child
Nora Nicholson
Mrs. Stannard
Patrick Barr
Second Mate
Lyn Evans
Trotter
Russell Waters
Craggs
John Boxer
Nick Corbett
Bill Raymond
Marsden
Director
Frank Launder
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Producer
John Baines
writer
Michael Hogan
writer
Henry De Vere Stacpoole
novel
Sidney Gilliat
producer
Frank Launder
producer, writer
Original Music
Clifton Parker
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Cinematographer
Geoffrey Unsworth
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Editor
Thelma Connell
Art Director
Edward Carrick
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Costume Designer
Elizabeth Hennings
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Makeup Department
George Blackler
makeup artist
Production Manager
Leslie Gilliat
unit manager
E.M. Smedley-Aston
production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Percy Hermes
assistant director
Parry Jones Jr.
assistant director
Pat MacDonnell
second assistant director
Art Department
Tony Inglis
assistant art director
Sound Department
John Dennis
sound recordist
Gordon K. McCallum
sound mixer
Charles Poulton
sound recordist
Peter Davies
first assistant dubbing mixer
Camera and Electrical Department
Arthur Ibbetson
camera operator
Editorial Department
Joan Warwick
cutter
Jim Pople
assistant editor
Music Department
Muir Mathieson
conductor
Production Company
Individual Pictures
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Distributor
General Film Distributors (GFD)
Universal Pictures
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