Diamond City (film)
Diamond City is a 1949 British drama film directed by David MacDonald and starring David Farrar, Honor Blackman, Diana Dors and Niall MacGinnis.[1]
Plot
After the discovery and exploitation of a new diamond mine in South Africa, lawman Stafford Parker tries to maintain order in the ramshackle mining town that springs up around it.[2][3]
Cast
- David Farrar - Stafford Parker
- Honor Blackman - Mary Hart
- Diana Dors - Dora
- Niall MacGinnis - Muller
- Andrew Crawford - David Raymond
- Mervyn Johns - Hart
- Phyllis Monkman - Ma Bracken
- Hal Osmond - Brandy Bill
- Bill Owen - Pinto
- Philo Hauser - Piet Quieman
- John Blythe - Izzy Cohen
- Dennis Vance - John Albert Rogers
- Norris Smith - Jan Bloem
- John Salew - Dr. Woods
- Tony Quinn - Vanderbyl
- Ronald Adam - Robert Southey
- Arthur Lane - Timothy Maxie
Production
The film was seen as an attempt by producer Sydney Box to compete with Eureka Stockade (1949), another British film set and shot in a former colony.[4] The script was based on the true story of Stafford Parker[5] who was elected president of the Diamond Diggers Republic in 1871.[6][7]
It combined location filming in South Africa with studio work in England.[8]
Filming was held up when David Farrar fell ill.[9]
Bombadier Billy Wells taught Farrar how to box for the film.[10]
References
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041294/
- ↑ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/31282
- ↑ http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/1174593/index.html
- ↑ "Film Gossip From London And Hollywood CHALLENGE TO EUREKA BY OLD RIVAL.". Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902 - 1954) (Perth, WA: National Library of Australia). 2 October 1949. p. 2 Supplement: Sunday Times Comics. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
- ↑ "Healesville Talkies.". Healesville Guardian (Lilydale, Vic. : 1942 - 1954) (Lilydale, Vic.: National Library of Australia). 12 July 1952. p. 3. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ↑ "Stafford Parker - KAAPSCHE HOOP CHARACTERS OF THE EARLY DAYS", Mapumalanga Happenings accessed 27 Jan 2014
- ↑ Jade Davenport, "A question of sovereignty over South Africa’s earliest diamond diggings" Mining Weekly 28 May 2010 accessed 27 Jan 2014
- ↑ "400 Horsemen.". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) (Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia). 11 January 1949. p. 3 Supplement: The Argus Woman's Magazine. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ↑ "FILM CLOSE-UPS.". The Mail (Adelaide, SA : 1912 - 1954) (Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia). 26 February 1949. p. 2 Supplement: SUNDAY MAGAZINE. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ↑ "NOVELLO HIT TO BE SCREENED.". The Mail (Adelaide, SA : 1912 - 1954) (Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia). 23 April 1949. p. 3 Supplement: SUNDAY MAGAZINE. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
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