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A Kid For Two Farthings is a 1955 British comedy-drama film directed by Carol Reed. The screenplay was adapted by Wolf Mankowitz from his 1953 novel of the same name. The title is a reference to the traditional Passover song, "Chad Gadya", which begins "One little goat which my father bought for two zuzim ". [2]
A Kid for Two Farthings: Directed by Carol Reed. With Celia Johnson, Diana Dors, David Kossoff, Joe Robinson. In London's working-class East End, a young boy is told a story by a neighbor that a unicorn can grant wishes.
A Kid for Two Farthings (1955) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Feb 21, 2024 · But it’s the eponymous unicorn – actually an oddly one-horned kid – that provides the emotional crux in A Kid for Two Farthings. Adopted off the street by worldly adolescent Joe (Jonathan Ashmore), the 96-minute runtime cutely explores the ramifications of the unicorn’s supposed wish-granting powers.
In a lower-class London community of small shops, open-air vendors and flea-marketers, Joe, a small boy, lives with his mother, Joanne, who works in and rooms above the Kandinsky tailor shop. Joe is innocently and earnestly determined to help realize the wishes of his poor, hard-working neighbours.
A Kid for Two Farthings. Directed by Carol Reed • 1955 • United Kingdom. Starring Jonathan Ashmore, Celia Johnson, Diana Dors. Set against a rich evocation of postwar London’s East End Jewish quarter, Carol Reed’s touchingly bittersweet Technicolor fable concerns a young boy (Jonathan Ashmore) who comes into possession of a curiously ...
Director Carol Reed's first colour film is a lively theatrical presentation all about working-class hopes and dreams. Released in 1955, A Kid For Two Farthings was filmed partially in and around London's Petticoat Lane market together with studio footage - and yes, you can see the join.
A Kid For Two Farthings is a 1955 film, directed by Carol Reed. The screenplay was adapted by Wolf Mankowitz from his own novel of the same name.
The adventures of a boy who listens to tales of magic unicorns, and buys a small goat, in the hope that this will grant his friends' wishes. Adapted by Wolf Mankowitz from his own novel, A Kid for Two Farthings was Carol Reed's first colour production, and his last wholly British film until Oliver! some thirteen years later.
Year: 1955. Original title: A Kid for Two Farthings. Synopsis: In a lower-class London community of small shops, open-air vendors and flea-marketers, Joe, a small boy, lives with his mother, Joanne, who works in and rooms above the Kandinsky tailor shop.
