"BLUE LAGOON" DELAYED
The Bank of England has refused bo grant a permit at present for iollar expenditure in the purchase Tf American colour film stock for "The Blue Lagoon." As a result the aim has been postponed until the, spring of next year, when it is hoped that British • Technicolour stock will be available. Preparations will proceed, hpw.ever, since no j.
other dollar expenditure is involved. The Fiji Islands, the location . of the picture, are in the sterling area. * Noel Purcell, the Dublin actor, who played McGinty, the schoolteacher, in "Captain Boycott/' has been signed for the part of Paddy Button in "The Blue Lagoon." So far "a leading man to play opposite Jean Simmons has not been found in Britain, although thousands have been interviewed but without success. . .
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Chronicle (Levin), 3 January 1948, Page 7
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