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The Magic Garden (film)

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Plot
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{{Italic title}}The Magic Garden, also known as The Pennywhistle Blues, is a 1951 feature film produced and directed by British filmmaker Donald Swanson in South Africa, made in and around Johannesburg with an amateur cast.^[1] It is historically important in South African cinema as the first film with an all-black cast to be shown in the white cinemas in racially-segregated Johannesburg.^[2] It was nominated for two British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs), for Best Film from any Source and Best British Film.^[3]^[4] It stars Tommy Ramokgopa, who also wrote some of the film's music. Willard Cele contributes to the soundtrack by playing the "Pennywhistle Blues" on the pennywhistle.^[2]

Plot

The film is a comical fable about an old man who gives his life savings to a priest, only for the money to be stolen by a thief (Ramokgopa), setting off a series of adventures. Eventually the thief is caught and the money returned, but before then the money is able to bring much good to several people whose hands it passes through.^[1]

Critical reaction

On release it was highly praised by The New York Times, which noted its charm and vivacity and compared it to René Clair, particularly applauding Ramokgopa's performance.^[1] Jet found the film mediocre by western standards and technically crude, despite its historical importance.^[2]

References

1. ^¹²{{cite news|last=Crowther|first=Bosley|title=Movie Review: The Pennywhistle Blues (1952)|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C05E3D7153BE23BBC4E53DFB4668389649EDE|accessdate=21 March 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 6, 1952}}
2. ^¹²{{cite journal|title=The Magic Garden (Review)|journal=Jet|date=21 Feb 1952|page=61|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K0MDAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA61&dq=%22Pennywhistle%20Blues%22%20film&pg=PA61#v=onepage&q=%22Pennywhistle%20Blues%22%20film&f=false}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=Film And British Film in 1952|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1952/film/film-and-british-film|work=BAFTA Website|accessdate=21 March 2013}}
4. ^{{cite web|title=BAFTA Awards: Awards for 1952|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000123/1952|work=IMDb|accessdate=21 March 2013}}

External links

[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045021/ IMDb]

2 : 1951 films|South African films

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