The Blue Lagoon (1949 film)

The Blue Lagoon
The Blue Lagoon
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Directed by	Frank Launder
Written by	Novel: ; Henry De Vere Stacpoole ; Screenplay: ; John Baines ; Michael Hogan ; Frank Launder
Produced by	Sidney Gilliat ; Frank Launder
Starring	Jean Simmons; Donald Houston; Noel Purcell; James Hayter; Cyril Cusack;
Cinematography	Geoffrey Unsworth
Edited by	Thelma Connell
Music by	Clifton Parker
Distributed by	General Film Distributors
Release date	1 March 1949;
Running time	101 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£311,100
Box office	£351,400 (by 24 December 1949)

The Blue Lagoon is a 1949 British coming-of-age romance and adventure film directed and co-produced by Frank Launder (with Sidney Gilliat) and starring Jean Simmons and Donald Houston. The screenplay was adapted by John Baines, Michael Hogan, and Frank Launder from the 1908 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.

The film tells the story of two young children shipwrecked on a tropical island paradise in the South Pacific. Emotional feelings and physical changes arise as they grow to maturity and fall in love. The film has major thematic similarities to the Biblical account of Adam and Eve.

^ ^a ^b Chapman, James (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press. p. 354. ISBN 9781399500777. Income is in terms of producer's share of receipts.
^ Fowler, Roy; Haines, Taffy (15 May 1990). "Interview with Sidney Gilliat" (PDF). British Entertainment History Project. p. 111.

[money-1] Chapman, James (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press. p. 354. ISBN 9781399500777. Income is in terms of producer's share of receipts.

[2] Fowler, Roy; Haines, Taffy (15 May 1990). "Interview with Sidney Gilliat" (PDF). British Entertainment History Project. p. 111.

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