“The Stars Look Down ”
One of the most costly productions made in Britain has just been completed. The film, “ The Stars Look Down,” a G.B.D. release has won instant appreciation. It reproduces the original novel by Dr. A. J. Cronin, author of the " Citadel.” The director, Carol Reed, is credited with transferring the novel to the screen without the loss of any of the drama that made the story world famous. The picture, which has as a background the lives of the colliery workers of England, had its mining sections filmed at the Workington Pita, Cumberland, with the entire population, men, women and children, in the film. Michael Redgrave, Margaret Lockwood and Emlyn Williams are The stars, and the featured players of a cast of thousands are Nancy Price, Allan Jeayes, Edward Rigby, Linden Travers, Cecil Parker and Milton Rosmer. Dr. Cronin is enthusiastic about the way in which his book has been brought to the screen.
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Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21034, 9 February 1940, Page 8
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