Kind Hearts and Coronets - wikipedia Kind Hearts and Coronets Kind Hearts and Coronets Original British film poster by James Fitton Directed by Robert Hamer Produced by Michael Balcon Michael Relph Screenplay by Robert Hamer John Dighton Based on Israel Rank : The Autobiography of a Criminal by Roy Horniman Starring Valerie Hobson Dennis Price Joan Greenwood Alec Guinness Music by Ernest Irving Cinematography Douglas Slocombe Edited by Peter Tanner Production company Ealing Studios Distributed by General Film Distributors ( UK ) Release date 13 June 1949 ( 1949 - 06 - 13 ) ( UK ) Running time 106 minutes Country United Kingdom Language English Kind Hearts and Coronets is a 1949 British black comedy film. It features Dennis Price, Joan Greenwood, Valerie Hobson and Alec Guinness ; Guinness plays nine characters. The plot is loosely based on the novel Israel Rank : The Autobiography of a Criminal ( 1907 ) by Roy Horniman. It concerns Louis D'Ascoyne Mazzini, the son of a woman disowned by her aristocratic family for marrying out of her social class. After her death Louis decides to take revenge on the family, and to take the dukedom, by murdering the eight people ahead of him in succession to the title. Michael Balcon, the head of Ealing Studios and the producer of Kind Hearts and Coronets, appointed Robert Hamer as director. Hamer was interested in the film, and thought it an interesting project with possibilities of using the English language in a unique way in the film. Filming took place from September 1948 at Leeds Castle and other locations in Kent, and at Ealing Studios. The themes of class and sexual repression run through the film, particularly love between classes. Kind Hearts and Coronets was released on 13 June 1949 in the United Kingdom, and was well received by the critics. Its has continued to receive favourable reviews over the years, and in 1999 it was number six in the British Film Institute 's rating of the Top 100 British films. In 2005 it was included in Time 's list of the top 100 films since 1923. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 3.1 Pre-production 3.2 Filming 4 Themes 5 Release and reception 6 Adaptations 7 Digital restoration 8 Notes 9 References 10 Sources 11 External links Plot In Edwardian England, Louis D'Ascoyne Mazzini, 10th Duke of Chalfont, is in prison, awaiting his hanging for murder the following morning. As he writes his memoirs, the events of his life are shown in flashback. His mother, the youngest daughter of the 7th Duke of Chalfont, eloped with an Italian opera singer named Mazzini and was disowned by her family for marrying beneath her station. The Mazzinis were poor but happy until Mazzini died shortly after Louis, his son, had been born. In the aftermath, Louis 's widowed mother raises him on the history of her family and tells him how, unlike other aristocratic titles, the dukedom of Chalfont can descend through female heirs. Louis 's only childhood friends are Sibella and her brother, the children of a local doctor. When Louis leaves school, his mother writes to her kinsman Lord Ascoyne D'Ascoyne, a private banker, for assistance in launching her son 's career, but is rebuffed. Louis is forced to work as an assistant in a draper 's shop. When his mother dies, her last request, to be interred in the family vault at Chalfont Castle, is denied. Then Sibella ridicules Louis 's marriage proposal. Instead, she marries Lionel Holland, a former schoolmate with a rich father. Soon after, Louis quarrels with customer Ascoyne D'Ascoyne, the banker 's only child, who has him dismissed from his job. Louis resolves to kill Ascoyne D'Ascoyne and the other seven people ahead of him in succession to the dukedom. After arranging a fatal boating accident for Ascoyne D'Ascoyne and his mistress, Louis writes a letter of condolence to his victim 's father, Lord Ascoyne D'Ascoyne, who employs him as a clerk. Upon his later promotion, Louis takes a bachelor flat in St James 's, London, for assignations with Sibella. Louis then targets Henry D'Ascoyne, a keen amateur photographer. He meets Henry and is charmed by his wife, Edith. He substitutes petrol for paraffin in the lamp of Henry 's darkroom, with fatal results. Louis decides the widow is fit to be his duchess. The Reverend Lord Henry D'Ascoyne is the next victim. Posing as the Anglican Bishop of Matabeleland, Louis poisons his port. From the window of his flat, Louis then uses a bow to shoot down the balloon from which the suffragette Lady Agatha D'Ascoyne is dropping leaflets over London. Louis next sends General Lord Rufus D'Ascoyne a jar of caviar which contains a bomb. Admiral Lord Horatio D'Ascoyne presents a challenge, as he rarely sets foot on land. However, he insists on going down with his ship after causing a collision at sea. When Edith agrees to marry Louis, they notify Ethelred, the childless, widowed 8th Duke. He invites them to spend a few days at Chalfont Castle. When Ethelred casually informs Louis that he intends to remarry in order to produce an heir, Louis arranges a hunting `` accident ''. Before murdering the Duke, he reveals his motive. Lord Ascoyne D'Ascoyne dies from the shock of learning that he has become the ninth duke, sparing Louis from murdering his kindly employer. Louis inherits the title, but his triumph proves short - lived. A Scotland Yard detective arrests him on suspicion of having murdered Lionel, who was found dead following Louis 's rejection of his drunken plea for help to avoid bankruptcy. Louis elects to be tried by his peers in the House of Lords. During the trial, Louis and Edith are married. Sibella falsely testifies that Lionel was about to seek a divorce and name Louis as co-respondent. Ironically, Louis is convicted for a murder he had never even contemplated. Louis is visited by Sibella, who observes that the discovery of Lionel 's suicide note and Edith 's death would free Louis and enable them to marry, a proposal to which he agrees. Moments before his hanging, the discovery of the suicide note saves him. Louis finds both Edith and Sibella waiting for him outside the prison. When a reporter tells him that Tit - Bits magazine wishes to publish his memoirs, Louis suddenly remembers that he left his detailed confession in his cell. Cast Dennis Price as Louis Mazzini and his father Alec Guinness as nine members of the D'Ascoyne family : Ethelred, Lord Ascoyne, Reverend Lord Henry, General Lord Rufus, Admiral Lord Horatio, Young Ascoyne, Young Henry and Lady Agatha D'Ascoyne. He also plays the seventh duke in brief flashback sequences to his mother 's youth. Valerie Hobson as Edith Joan Greenwood as Sibella Audrey Fildes as Mama Miles Malleson as the hangman Clive Morton as the prison governor John Penrose as Lionel Cecil Ramage as the crown counsel Hugh Griffith as the Lord High Steward, who presides over Louis 's trial John Salew as Mr Perkins Eric Messiter as Inspector Burgoyne of Scotland Yard Lyn Evans as the farmer Barbara Leake as the schoolmistress Peggy Ann Clifford as Maud Redpole Anne Valery as the Girl in the punt, Ascoyne D'Ascoyne's mistress Arthur Lowe as the Tit - Bits reporter Production Pre-production Alec Guinness in 1972 In 1947 Michael Pertwee, a scriptwriter at Ealing Studios, suggested an adaptation of a 1907 Roy Horniman novel, Israel Rank : The Autobiography of a Criminal. The reviewer Simon Heffer observes that the plot of the source novel was dark in places -- it includes the murder of a child -- and differed in several respects from the resulting film. A major difference was that the main character was the half - Jewish ( as opposed to half - Italian ) Israel Rank, and Heffer writes that Mazzini 's `` ruthless using of people ( notably women ) and his greedy pursuit of position all seem to conform to the stereotype that the anti-semite has of the Jew ''. The change from Israel Rank to Louis Mazzini was brought about by the `` post-war sensitivity about anti-Semitism '', and the moral stance of the films produced by Ealing. According to the British Film Institute ( BFI ), the novel is `` self - consciously in the tradition '' of Oscar Wilde, which is reflected in the snobbery and dandyism portrayed in the film. The head of Ealing Studios, Michael Balcon, was initially unconvinced by the thought of the film, and stated that `` I 'm not going to make a comedy about eight murders '' ; the studio 's creative staff persuaded him to rethink. Balcon, who produced the film, chose Robert Hamer as director and warned him that `` You are trying to sell that most unsaleable commodity to the British -- irony. Good luck to you. '' Hamer disliked Pertwee, who withdrew from the project, leaving the scriptwriting to Hamer and John Dighton. Hamer saw the potential of the story and later wrote What were the possibilities which thus presented themselves ? Firstly, in that of making a film not noticeably similar to any previously made in the English language. Secondly, that of using this English language... in a more varied and, to me, more interesting way than I had previously had the chance of doing in a film. Thirdly, that of making a picture which paid no regard whatever to established, although not practised, moral convention. The film was produced at the same time as two other Ealing comedies, Passport to Pimlico and Whisky Galore ! ; all three were released into UK cinemas over two months. The film 's title was taken from the 1842 poem `` Lady Clara Vere de Vere '' by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. The full couplet reads Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood. Scene showing Alec Guinness in six of the roles he portrayed ( second from the left is Valerie Hobson as the recently widowed Edith ). The cinematographer Douglas Slocombe masked the lens and filmed over several days to achieve the shot. Alec Guinness was originally offered only four D'Ascoyne parts, recollecting `` I read ( the screenplay ) on a beach in France, collapsed with laughter on the first page, and did n't even bother to get to the end of the script. I went straight back to the hotel and sent a telegram saying, ' Why four parts ? Why not eight ! ? ' `` ; he eventually played nine parts. Filming Production began on 1 September 1948. Exterior filming was undertaken in the Kent villages of Harrietsham and Boughton Monchelsea. Leeds Castle also in Kent, was used for Chalfont, the family home of the D'Ascoynes. Additional filming was undertaken at Ealing Studios. The costumes were designed by Anthony Mendleson, who matched Louis 's rise through the social ranks with his changing costumes. When employed as a shop assistant, Louis 's suit was ill - fitting and drab ; he is later seen in tailored suits with satin lapels, wearing a brocade dressing gown and waiting for his execution in a quilted - collar velvet jacket. Mendleson later recounted that to dress Guinness in his many roles, the costumes were of less importance than make - up and the actor 's nuances. In one shot Guinness appears as seven of his characters at once in a single frame. This was accomplished by masking the lens. The film was re-exposed several times with Guinness in different positions over several days. Douglas Slocombe, the cinematographer in charge of the effect, recalled sleeping in the studio to make sure nobody touched the camera. The death of Admiral Horatio D'Ascoyne was inspired by the collision between HMS Victoria and HMS Camperdown off Tripoli in 1893 because of an order given by Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon. He chose to go down with his ship, saying `` It was all my fault '' ; Victoria was sunk, losing over 350 men. While filming the scene Hamer asked Guinness if he could hold his pose -- a salute, facing the camera while the water rose around him -- so that the water went over his head ; Hamer wanted to show the admiral 's cap floating on the surface. Guinness agreed, telling Hamer that as he practiced yoga, he could hold his breath for four minutes. Guinness was attached to the deck by wires to keep him steady and the shot was taken ; when Hamer called `` cut '', the crew began packing up and forgot to release Guinness until four minutes after the scene ended. Themes Leeds Castle, which served as the ancestral home of the D'Ascoyne family. The British Film Institute see Kind Hearts and Coronets as `` less sentimental '' than many of the other Ealing films. Along with The Man in the White Suit ( 1951 ) and The Ladykillers ( 1955 ), Kind Hearts and Coronets `` unleash ( es ) transgressive nightmares, fables of subversive, maverick masculine obsession and action, where the repressed and vengeful bubble up to the surface and lead to a resolutions which were only just contained in the moral strictures permissable in ( Balcon 's ) Ealing cinema at the time ''. The film historian Sarah Street identifies the theme of sexual repression running through the film, shown with Louis ' relationship with the manipulative Sibella. The historian Ross McKibbin sees the film as a `` sustained satire '' in its portrayal of the upper classes, partly because of the intended absurdity of the D'Ascoyne family being portrayed by Guinness. `` Lady Clara Vere de Vere '', the poem from which the film 's title derived, concerns class tensions surrounding love between classes. Release and reception Valerie Hobson in 1934 Kind Hearts and Coronets premiered in London on 13 June 1949. When the film was released in the US the following year, it was edited to satisfy the Hays Office Production Code. A new ending was added, showing Louis 's memoirs being discovered before he can retrieve them ; the dialogue between Louis and Sibella was altered to play down their adultery ; derogatory lines aimed at the Reverend Henry D'Ascoyne were deleted ; and in the nursery rhyme `` Eeny, meeny, miny, moe '', `` sailor '' replaced the word `` nigger ''. The American version is six minutes shorter than the British original. Kind Hearts and Coronets received a warm reception from the critics. Although they thought the film slightly too long, the critic for The Manchester Guardian thought that overall it was very enjoyable `` because of the light satirical touch with which mass - murder is handled,... words are so seldom treated with any respect in the cinema ''. Bosley Crowther, the critic for The New York Times, calls the film a `` delicious little satire on Edwardian manners and morals '', while the unnamed reviewer for Time called it `` one of the best films of the year ''. Guinness 's multiple roles were praised by several reviewers, including C.A. Lejeune of The Observer. The unknown reviewer from The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote that Guinness played his roles `` with intelligence and restraint and show ( ed ) his power as a character actor '', while Crowther considered that Guinness acted with `` such devastating wit and variety that he naturally dominates the film ''. Price 's performance was appreciated by a number of critics, including The Monthly Film Bulletin, who considered he gave a `` brilliant performance '', and Richard L. Coe, the critic for The Washington Post thought Price was `` splendid '' ; Crowther wrote that Price was `` as able as Mr. Guinness in his single but most demanding role ''. The Observer dissented, and thought he `` seems pitifully outclassed every time he comes up against a Guinness '' character. Kind Hearts and Coronets was nominated for the British Academy Film Award for Best British Film, alongside Passport to Pimlico and Whisky Galore !, although they lost to The Third Man ( 1949 ). The film was screened as one of Britain 's entries to the 10th Venice International Film Festival ; William Kellner won an award for Best Production Design. According to Michael Newton, writing for the BFI, Kind Hearts and Coronets has retained the high regard of film historians. In 1964 The Spectator called it `` the most confident comedy ever to come out of a British studio '', and the actor Peter Ustinov considered it the `` most perfect achievement '' of Ealing Studios, `` a film of exquisite construction and literary quality ''. Kind Hearts and Coronets is listed in Time 's top 100 and also at number six in the BFI Top 100 British films. Adaptations The film has been adapted for radio. In March 1965 the BBC Home Service broadcast an adaptation by Gilbert Travers - Thomas, with Dennis Price reprising his role as Louis D'Ascoyne Mazzini. In 1980 BBC Radio 4 produced a new adaptation featuring Robert Powell as the entire D'Ascoyne clan, including Louis, and Timothy Bateson as the hangman, and another for BBC7 featuring Michael Kitchen as Mazzini and Harry Enfield as the D'Ascoyne family. In May 2012 BBC Radio 4 broadcast a sequel to the film called Kind Hearts and Coronets -- Like Father, Like Daughter. In it, Unity Holland, the daughter of Louis and Sibella, is written out of the title by Lady Edith D'Ascoyne. Unity then murders the entire D'Ascoyne family, with all seven members played by Alistair McGowan. In 2013 a musical version entitled A Gentleman 's Guide to Love and Murder opened at the Walter Kerr Theatre on Broadway to critical acclaim. The show has all the victims played by the same actor, in the original company Jefferson Mays. Though the plot remains essentially the same, most of the names are changed : half - Italian Louis Mazzini becomes half - Castilian Montague Navarro, the D'Ascoynes become the D'Ysquiths and Henry 's wife Edith becomes Henry 's sister Phoebe. The musical won four Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Digital restoration The Criterion Collection released a two DVD disc set ; disc one featured the standard version of the film released in the UK. As a bonus feature disc one also included the final scene with the American ending. Disc two includes a 75 - minutes BBC Omnibus documentary `` Made in Ealing '', plus a 68 - minute talk - show appearance with Guinness on the BBC 's Parkinson television programme. The British distributor Optimum Releasing released a digitally restored version for both DVD and Blu - ray in September 2011. Notes Jump up ^ Brian McFarlane, writing for the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, states that although it was not an aim of releasing the three films together, together they `` established the brand name of ' Ealing comedy ' ''. Jump up ^ Although there were reports that part of the film was shot at Pinewood Studios, Balcon wrote to Sight and Sound magazine to state that, with the exception of the location filming, it was shot at Ealing. References ^ Jump up to : Fahy, Patrick ( 21 August 2015 ). `` Alec Guinness : 10 essential performances ''. British Film Institute. Retrieved 13 February 2017. Jump up ^ Sellers 2015, pp. 152 -- 153. Jump up ^ Heffer, Simon. `` Israel Rank Reviewed ''. Faber and Faber. Archived from the original on 1 September 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2017. Jump up ^ Newton 2003, p. 35. Jump up ^ Duguid et al. 2012, p. 131. Jump up ^ Mackillop & Sinyard 2003, p. 75. Jump up ^ Perry 1981, p. 121. Jump up ^ Sellers 2015, p. 153. Jump up ^ Newton 2003, p. 7. Jump up ^ Barr 1977, p. 80. Jump up ^ McFarlane, Brian. `` Ealing Studios ( act. 1907 -- 1959 ) ''. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ( online ed. ). Oxford University Press. doi : 10.1093 / ref : odnb / 93789. ( Subscription or UK public library membership required. ) Jump up ^ Perry 1981, p. 118. Jump up ^ Hernandez, Raoul ( 24 February 2006 ). `` Kind Hearts and Coronets ''. The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 7 May 2017. ^ Jump up to : Perry 1981, p. 123. Jump up ^ `` Kind Hearts and Coronets ( 1949 ) ''. Kent Film Office. Retrieved 3 March 2017. Jump up ^ Sellers 2015, p. 195. Jump up ^ Duguid et al. 2012, pp. 119 -- 121. 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Question: who played sibella in kind hearts and coronets
Answer: Joan Greenwood