Paradise Lagoon (1957)

• Year: 1957
• Released: 16 Dec 1957
• Country: United Kingdom
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• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050100/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/paradise_lagoon
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• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: Approved
• Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance
• Runtime: 94 min
• Writer: Vernon Harris, J.M. Barrie, Lewis Gilbert
• Director: Lewis Gilbert
• Cast: Kenneth More, Diane Cilento, Cecil Parker
• Keywords: shipwreck, satire, based on play or musical, survival, stranded, swimming,

7.1/10

Paradise Lagoon Storyline

Thinking that the time has come for his family to get away from London and have a holiday–one of his daughters, a suffragette, has just had an encounter with the police–Lord Loam takes them off on their yacht for a South Seas cruise. Along is Crichton, the family’s butler who can seemingly anticipate all of his master’s wishes. After a violent storm, they find themselves marooned on a deserted island. Initially, the aristocratic Lord Loam sees himself as being in charge. After two years on the island, the social structure has been upended. Crichton, the most able at survival in the wilderness, is now the leader of the group and he and Lady Mary, Loam’s eldest daughter, are very much in love and about to be married. The arrival of a ship has consequences for all of them.—garykmcd

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Awesome!

Wow what a great film, I can’t believe this isn’t considered one of the great classics of all time! More is perfect as Crichton, super-butler (and inspiration for the Red Dwarf character), who takes charge when the nice(-ish) but (very) dim family he serves are shipwrecked. Lots of hilarity in the early stages – (especially the classy dialog between Crichton and the ship’s captain – “Will she sink?”, “Not unless the engine blows up” (BOOM) “What, like that?” – hilarious), then a really nicely worked role-reversal sequence after they have settled in to their island paradise (although the whole “guv”-“daddy” thing sounds a bit strained and weird). Some interesting ideas about people’s roles in society, the importance of leadership and heirarchy, in a gorgeous looking movie, with beautiful people in lovely period/desert island clothing, stunning scenery and a great beachhouse rivalling Swiss Family Robinson’s. All the characters blossom under the sun and question their own attitudes and status in life, and show some really eye-opening attitudes (for the time) as the blokes start getting frisky. Poor little Tweeny’s predicament nearly had me in tears! Looks like it’s heading for a sad ending but works out almost lovely, a really enjoyable, heartwarming adventure/romance yarn with a nice chunk of social commentary and toff-bashing thrown in. Thoroughly recommended to anyone who likes a bit of old-fashioned, old-world entertainment now and again.

The Governor and The Daddy.

The Admirable Crichton is an adaptation of J.M. Barrie’s role reversal play, taking pot shots at the British class system and starring Kenneth More in the title role, it’s something of a little treasure. Basically the plot sees Butler supreme Crichton become the governor of the desert island that he, and the toff family he serves, have been shipwrecked upon. The point being that these rich toffs, tho basically good people, are ill equipped to fend for themselves in the cold hard world. Crichton of course is well prepared for this new life forced upon them. He can cook, swim, catch fish, even start a fire, which none of the rich folk are capable of doing! We are of course asked to suspend a modicum of disbelief, I mean there are four sexy babes on this island and all of them start to fancy Crichton! Yes it’s that sort of film folks. But it’s a real well told story that is acted with fine skill, particularly from More and the infectious Cecil Parker as Lord Loam, whilst red blooded men such as myself get the benefit of some rather pretty looking ladies, especially Sally Ann Howes as Lady Mary. The ending is never really in doubt, but you know what, in this type of picture I didn’t want it any other way. Highly recommended escapism. 7/10

The Importance Of Being Crichton

The 1957 version of the classic J.M. Barrie play — yes, he wrote something besides Peter Pan — benefits from its opening up, with a lot of shooting in Bermuda. Kenneth More is the butler who, when the yacht sinks, becomes the leader of the aristos by dint of his understanding that work must be done and how to do it; by the time they are unwillingly rescued, he’s got the island organized and built up like a Buster Keaton set.

Cecil Parker plays his fuddy-duddy upper-class twit, but here clearly takes pleasure in playing against type in the scenes where he’s Kenneth More’s manservant. I thought it a bit odd that Diane Cilento played ‘Tweenie’ and Sally Ann Howes Parker’s daughter; were I casting it, I would have switched those roles. Both ladies acquit themselves well. Martitia Hunt has a great small role as Lady Bracknell….. I mean Lady Brocklehurst.