Greenpark Productions Ltd is a British documentary film production company, founded by Walter Greenwood in Polperro, Cornwall in 1938.[1] The company relocated to London in 1939. After the war it expanded into making upmarket corporate films.[2] Amongst its roster of directors were Ken Annakin, Ralph Keene and Humphrey Swingler, brother of the poet Randall Swingler.[3]
Greenpark Productions was a founding member of the Film Producers Guild, which set new standards for UK documentary film production. The company, together with its film archive, was acquired in 1977 by David Morphet, an award-winning documentary film producer. Greenpark Productions Ltd is still in business as a film archive, based in Cornwall. (www.greenparkimages.co.uk)
Filmography
editThis filmography below is a list of films produced or co-produced by Greenpark Productions.[4]
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | London 1942 | Ken Annakin | Produced in association with Verity Films. View the digitised film on the TIME/IMAGE site. |
| 1943 | Spring on the Farm | Ralph Keene | In association with Ministry of Agriculture/ Ministry of Information |
| 1943 | Summer on the Farm | Ralph Keene | In association with Ministry of Agriculture/ Ministry of Information |
| 1943 | Winter on the Farm | Ralph Keene | In association with Ministry of Agriculture/ Ministry of Information |
| 1943 | The Crown of the Year | Ralph Keene | In association with Ministry of Agriculture/ Ministry of Information |
| 1944 | The Grassy Shires | Ralph Keene | |
| 1944 | Cornish Valley | Ralph Keene | |
| 1944 | Crofters | Ralph Keene | In association with Ministry of Agriculture/ Ministry of Information |
| 1944 | North-East Corner | John Eldridge | |
| 1945 | Make Fruitful the Land | Ken Annakin | |
| 1945 | A Farmer's Boy | Peter Price | |
| 1945 | Proud City – A Plan for London | Ralph Keene | |
| 1945 | We of the West Riding | Ken Annakin | Script by Phyllis Bentley |
| 1946 | It began on the Clyde | Ken Annakin | |
| 1946 | Cyprus is an Island | Ralph Keene | Script by Laurie Lee |
| 1946 | English Criminal Justice | Ken Annakin | "I was lucky, in that I got a picture called English Criminal Justice, which really explained the British system of law and gave me a wonderful break."[5] |
| 1946 | Fenlands | Ken Annakin | |
| 1946 | United Harvest | Ralph Keene | |
| 1946 | Five Towns | Terry Bishop | Sponsored by the Board of Trade |
| 1947 | Park Here | John Eldridge] | Script by Laurie Lee. Sponsored by Central Office of Information and Ministry of Town and Country Planning. |
| 1948 | Waverley Steps: A Visit to Edinburgh | John Eldridge | Sponsored by Scottish Home Office and Central Office of Information |
| 1949 | Three Dawns to Sydney | John Eldridge | |
| 1949 | The Frasers of Cabot Cove | Humphrey Swingler | |
| 1949 | This Farming Business | Director Unknown | |
| 1950? | Pearl of the Gulf | Director Unknown | with Film Producers' Guild. Sponsored by Bahrein Petroleum Co. |
| 1950 | A Bridge in Persia | James McKechnie | |
| 1950 | No Man's Friend | Joe Mendoza | |
| 1950 | Fifty Acres | Peter Plaskett | |
| 1950 | Nines Was Standing | Humphrey Swingler | How coal miners' grievances are dealt with by pit committees. |
Notes
edit- ^ "History of Greenpark Productions". Greenpark Images. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
- ^ 'Greenpark Productions', British Film Institute
- ^ BFI. 'Five Forgotten Filmmakers'
- ^ Adapted from Chris Hopkins, Walter Greenwood's Love on the Dole: Novel, Play, Film, Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, 2018, p. 285-6
- ^ Valliance, Tom (25 April 2009). "Obituary. Ken Annakin: Film director whose 50 films included 'The Longest Day' and 'The Battle of the Bulge'". The Independent. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
References
edit- Spicer, Andrew (2006). Sydney Box. British Film Makers. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-5999-5. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
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