Our Virgin Island
Virgin Island
1959 theatrical poster
Directed byPat Jackson
Written byRing Lardner Jr.
Produced byLeon Clore
StarringJohn Cassavetes
Virginia Maskell
Sidney Poitier
CinematographyFreddie Francis
Edited byGordon Pilkinton
Music byClifton Parker
Distributed byBritish Lion Film Corporation
Release date
  • October 1958 (1958-10)
(UK)
Running time
94 minutes[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Virgin Island is a 1958 British drama film directed by Pat Jackson and starring John Cassavetes, Virginia Maskell and Sidney Poitier.[2] It is an adaptation of the memoir Our Virgin Island by Robb White and was filmed on the British Virgin Islands. The American release in 1960 followed the title of the novel.[3][4]

Premise

A British woman (Virginia Maskell) marries an American writer (John Cassavetes) in spite of her family's disapproval and goes to live with him on a tropical island.

Cast

Production

Freddie Francis said he was "pressured" into doing the film by producer Leon Clore.

I don't think Pat Jackson particularly wanted me to do it. But Leon wanted me to do it. Not that there was any bad feeling between dear old Pat and myself but once again Pat was the wrong guy I think for the picture because the two stars were John Cassavetes and Sidney Poitier. And let's face it, those two guys with dear old Pat whose such a nice bloke and basically a documentary director, he was way off...I remember one night I was having dinner in the yacht club in one of the Virgin Islands and Sidney Poitier and Cassavetes came over and said would I take the picture over. I said listen I can't do that, you better go and speak to Leon. So anyway they went to Leon and obviously Leon said no you can't do that. So it was a very unhappy picture from that point of view. [5]

References

  1. Film Review 1959-60, p.98
  2. "BFI | Film & TV Database | VIRGIN ISLAND (1958)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  3. British Virgin Islands, Report - Page 6 Great Britain. Foreign and Commonwealth Office - 1958 GENERAL The Colony was the location for the film Virgin Island shot by Countryman Films Ltd. of London during the period September to November, 1957. The film was based on Robb White's book Our Virgin Island which had its setting on ...
  4. Film Review - Page 22 F. Maurice Speed - 1959 But one girl who did get a really big chance in 1958 and made the most of it was Virginia Maskell, the girl from Shepherd's Bush who made a delightful impact with her performance in her first major role in the British Lion film Virgin Island.
  5. "Interview with Freddie Francis". British Entertainment History Project. 1993–1994.


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