ELIZABETH IS QUEEN
(Associated British-Pathe). HIS Coronation film is _ slightly shorter than A Queen is Crowned, and its approach and _ introductory scenes are different. On the whole,’ its
colour (Warnercolor) is often better, the camerawork is _ occasionally more original, and. the spoken narration (by Leo Genn) easier to hear. As a result, both films can be seen without loss of _ interest. Nevertheless, Elizabeth is Queen loses through its more prosaic commentary, written by John Pudney, and by spending less time inside the Abbey. Neither film shows the most sacred part of the ceremony, the anointing. In both films the camera records many intimate and amusing incidents among the audience, and those who participate in the ceremony. Field Marshal Montgomery is picked out in the crowd, peering over his spectacles, Winston Churchill nods and chubbily smiles, the massed rows of peers shuffle and adjust their coronets. In the gallery of the Abbey Prince Charles appears for a brief time, between
his grandmother and aunt, and looks down on the ceremony with apparent boredom. When the peers pay their homage to the Queen the Duke of Edinburgh knocks her crown slightly askew. and she demurely straightens it; the Duke of Gloucester stumbles and almost falls as he backs away down the steps from the throne. In A Queen is Crowned speciai music was written by Guy Warrack and played by the London Symphony Orchestra under the supervision of Sir Malcolm Sargent. In Elizabeth is Queen the official music for the Abbey ceremony was played by the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 728, 26 June 1953, Page 20
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262ELIZABETH IS QUEEN New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 728, 26 June 1953, Page 20
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