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The film was produced at the same time as two other Ealing comedies, Passport to Pimlico and Whisky Galore!; all three were released into British cinemas over two months. [10] [n 2] The film's title was taken from the 1842 poem "Lady Clara Vere de Vere" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. The full couplet reads Kind hearts are more than coronets,
These films were also an international success and received acclaim in the US. In 2005, Kind Hearts and Coronets was included in Time ' s list of the top 100 films since 1923. The Ladykillers won the BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. [7]
Such a case in French (ancien, i.e., royal era) heraldry, where coronets of rank did not come into use before the 16th century, is the vidame, whose coronet (illustrated) is a metal circle mounted with three visible crosses (there is no documentary or archeological evidence that such a coronet was ever made).
Joan Mary Waller Greenwood (4 March 1921 – 28 February 1987) was an English actress. Her husky voice, coupled with her slow, precise elocution, was her trademark. She played Sibella in the 1949 film Kind Hearts and Coronets, and also appeared in The Man in the White Suit, Young Wives' Tale (both 1951), The Importance of Being Earnest (1952), Stage Struck (1958), Tom Jones (1963) and Little ...
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French heraldry has a set system of crowns and coronets. [1] Supporters are not linked with any rank or title, unlike the coronets, and are far less common than in other forms of European heraldry, such as English heraldry. [1] Even the Royal Arms' angelic supporters are not shown in most depictions. Crests are rare in modern depictions, again ...
Huntington is an upcoming black comedy thriller film written and directed by John Patton Ford. The script was loosely inspired by the 1949 British film Kind Hearts and Coronets by Robert Hamer and John Dighton. Glen Powell stars in the film, along with Margaret Qualley and Ed Harris.
After an early career on the stage, Guinness made a name for himself in six Ealing Comedies, starting in 1949 with both A Run for Your Money and Kind Hearts and Coronets — in which he played nine different characters — going on to lead roles in The Lavender Hill Mob and The Man in the White Suit both in 1951, The Ladykillers in 1955, and ...