Film Preview – Bognor Regis Observer – Saturday, 27 June 1953

PAVILION, SELSEY. EIGHTEEN Technicolor cameras were used in making "A QUEEN IS CROWNED," showing at the Pavilion, Selsey, for the first three days of next week. Four-fifths of the film is devoted to the service itself and five of the cameras were stationed inside Westminster Abbey. The sound recording of the Abbey ceremony was taken from the B.B.C.'s line. Background music was written by Guy Warrack and recorded under the direction of Sir Malcolm Sargent. The commentary was written by Christopher Fry and spoken by Sir Laurence Olivier. A record will be set up when 800 prints of the film are made. It is to be translated into French, German, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, and Japanese. Other versions will be sub-titled. Fifty-two countries will show the film. Feature for the second half of the week is "KING SOLOMON'S MINES," adapted from Rider Haggard's book of the same name. In the leading roles are Stewart Granger and Deborah Kerr. The film was made in Africa and there are shots of many wild animals, including a remarkable scene of a Jungle stampede. African natives, too, may be seen carrying out their mysterious dances.