The Man In The White Suit (DVD)

Description: Genre: Comedy / Theatrical Release: 1951 / Universal, suitable for all / Director: Alexander MacKendrick / Actors: Alec ... more

The Man In The White Suit (DVD) ... Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker, Michael Gough, Ernest Thesiger ... / DVD released 2006-11-13 at Optimum Home Entertainment / Features of the DVD: Black & White, PAL

Newest Review: ... visual aids. Stratton is a likeable geek, positive that his work is for the good of mankind, and it is easy to see why Daphne ... more

... Birnley, the mill owner's daughter could begin to fall for him. I don't suppose this performance, taken as a one-off, was ever going to make Guinness' name - but in conjunction with all his other performances, it really does show what he can do, even without too much slapstick humour and one-liners. Daphne Birnley is played by Joan Greenwood in another solid performance. As befits the time, the role of a woman was never going to be the main focus of the film, but she manages to come a close second, and works well ...more

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The Man In The White Suit [DVD] [1951]
Release Date: 2006 - 11 - 13, Rating Universal, suitable for all,

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The Man In The White Suit (DVD): Everlasting fabric? (877 words)
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Geeky Sidney Stratton gets a job in the local mill as a cover for what he is really doing - inventing a type of fabric that is everlasting. When he finally succeeds, he thinks he is made, and, with the help of the mill owner's daughter, manages to convince the man at the top that he has hit on something well worth investigating further. But then the unions realise that everlasting fabric would eventually put them out of business and try to stop Stratton's plans. Determined to fight back and see his product on the market, Stratton thinks of ways to carry on regardless. Will he finally be successful? And will he win the heart of the mill owner's daughter? ... Read the complete review

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