P&P brought out the best in everyone. For example, the best performances ever given by Roger Livesey, Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Kathleen Byron and Pamela Brown are all in their films. And David Farrar. Jack Cardiff's best photography is in them. Brian Easdale's music has never been better. Junge and Heckroth's sets were never given more creative freedom. Reg Mills never had any better material...
There is an argument that the film goes a little flat after the incredible ballet itself.. but what a film it is. Massine and Helpmann and Basserman wonderful, Moira Shearer so natural... And as Coppelia, displaying nice comic timing. The dancing (Massine especially) is sensational.
"I'm just somebody's mother, and that doesn't mean much around here."
Now, to top 78 / 52 let's make a three hour film just about the ballet sequence.
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