It Started in Paradise (1952)
October 28, 1952Release Date
It Started in Paradise (1952)
October 28, 1952Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Jane Hylton
Martha Watkins
Ian Hunter
Arthur Turner
Terence Morgan
Edouard
Martita Hunt
Mme. Alice
Muriel Pavlow
Alison Greville
Brian Worth
Michael
Compton Bennett
Director
Hugh Hastings
Writer
Ronald Squire
Mary Jane
Kay Kendall
Lady Caroline Frencham
Marghanita Laski
Writer
Sergei Nolbandov
Producer
Joyce Barbour
Lady Burridge
Leslie Parkyn
Producer
Harold Lang
Mr. Louis
Malcolm Arnold
Composer
Margaret Withers
Miss Madge
Lucienne Hill
Madame Lucienne
Diana Decker
Crystal Leroy
Arthur Lane
Sydney Bruce
Dana Wynter
Barbara, The Model
Jack Allen
Lord Chandos
Naomi Chance
Primrose
June Brown
Announcer
Details.
Release DateOctober 28, 1952
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 34m
Filming LocationsPinewood Studios, United Kingdom
Genres
Wiki.
It Started in Paradise is a 1952 British drama film directed by Compton Bennett and starring Jane Hylton, Martita Hunt and Muriel Pavlow. Set in the world of haute couture, the film was squarely aimed at female audiences. Its storyline of an established master of her craft being usurped by a younger, ruthlessly ambitious underling, who then years later finds the same thing happening to her β with a waspish male critic on hand throughout to provide a steady stream of acerbic, biting commentary β led inevitably to the film being dubbed the All About Eve of the fashion world.
The film was made at Pinewood Studios with sets designed by the art director Edward Carrick. It was shot in Technicolor and is described by Hal Erickson of Allmovie as: "an unusually plush, Lana Turner-esque production to come from a British studio in the early 1950s".
The title is a wry suggestion that Adam, by his crafting of the fig leaves for Eve and for himself to wear, also began the fashion industry.