The Ugly Duckling – 1959

Columbia Pictures Corporation presents A Hammer Film production
Copyright © MCMLIX by Hammer Film Productions Ltd. All rights reserved
MPAA Approved Certificate No. 18346
ROI Sound Recording
With ideas stolen from Robert Louis Stevenson

The characters and incidents portrayed herein are fictitious and any similarity to the names, character or history of any person is entirely accidental and unintentional.

Produces at Bray Studios, England
Black and White 80 minutes

Storyline

Henry Jeckyll was always the outsider, a bungling and awkward buffoon, relegated to waiting for his invitation to participate in life that never arrived: until he discovers a medical formula developed by his Great, Great Grandfather, which claimed to turn ‘a man of timid disposition into a bold, fearless dragon’. Taking a draught of the elixir Henry is transformed into suave, sophisticated and highly desirable Teddy Hyde. Armed with his new persona, Teddy is ready to face the world; but is Henry ready for the consequences?

Crew


Function	Credited	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Associate Producer	T.S. Lyndon-Haynes	46	17 Oct 1912		1972	59	3		3
Ast. Director	Philip Shipway	45	21 Feb 1914		20 Apr 1968	54	1		1
Ast. Director	John Peverall	28	1 Jan 1931		3 Oct 2009	78	21		21
Background Music Composed	Douglas Gamley	34	24 Sep 1924		5 Feb 1998	73	3		3
Camera Operator	Les Bowie	45	10 Nov 1913		27 Jan 1979	65	32	11	43
Cha Cha Chaquito written by	John Gregory	34	12 Oct 1924		23 Apr 2020	95	1		1
Continuity	Marjorie Lavelly	38	12 Apr 1921		22 Sep 2006	85	8		8
Director	Lance Comfort	50	11 Aug 1908		25 Aug 1966	58	1		1
Director of Photog.	Michael Reed	30	7 Jul 1929		15 Dec 2022	93	5	2	7
Editor	John Dunsford	32	11 Oct 1926		1995	68	5		5
Hair Stylist	Henry Montsash	53	17 Sep 1905		29 Sep 1974	69	16		16
Make-up Artist	Roy Ashton	50	16 Apr 1909		10 Jan 1995	85	36	4	40
Models Dresses	Frank Usher						1		1
Musical Numbers Staged	Lionel Blair	30	12 Dec 1928		4 Nov 2021	92	1		1
Musical Supervisor	John Hollingsworth	43	20 Mar 1916		29 Dec 1963	47	36	2	38
Producer	Michael Carreras	31	21 Dec 1927		19 Apr 1994	66	82	3	85
Production Designer	Bernard Robinson	47	28 Jul 1912		2 Mar 1970	57	46	3	49
Production Manager	Don Weeks	54	15 Nov 1904		Mar 1988	83	30		30
Screenplay	Sid Colin	43	31 Aug 1915		12 Dec 1989	74	4		4
Screenplay	Jack Davies	45	25 Nov 1913		22 Jun 1994	80	2		2
Sound Editor	Arthur Cox						4	1	5
Sound Recordist	Jock May	54	1 Jan 1905		8 Jan 1991	86	30	1	31
Special Effects	Len Harris	43	19 May 1916		21 Feb 1995	78	52	1	53
Story	Sid Colin	43	31 Aug 1915		12 Dec 1989	74	4		4
Supervising Editor	James Needs	39	17 Oct 1919		4 Feb 2003	83	110	1	111
The Ugly Duckling Theme	Brian Fahey						1		1
Wardrobe Mistress	Molly Arbuthnot	50	19 Dec 1908		31 Oct 2001	92	48	4	52
Uncredited
Ast. Art Director	Don Mingaye	30	1 Jan 1929		8 Nov 2017	88	26	14	40
Ast. Choreographer	Geremy Phillips	20	25 Oct 1938	25.10.1938		84	1	2	3
Ast. Editor	Alan Corder	32	5 Jan 1927		2007	79		2	2
Ast. Editor	Peter Todd							4	4
Casting	Dorothy Holloway	61	7 Mar 1898		1972	73	1	5	6
Clapper Loader	Alan McDonald	21	1938	01.01.1938		85		14	14
Focus	Harry Oakes	38	16 Jan 1921		11 Dec 2012	91		53	53
Master Plasterer	Arthur Banks						18	29	47
Second Ast. Director	Tom Walls	47	31 May 1912		28 Nov 1992	80	1	9	10
Third Ast. Director	Hugh Harlow	20	17 Jun 1939	17.06.1939		83	3	28	31
Wardrobe Ast.	Rosemary Burrows						36	5	41

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Angel	Norma Marla						2		2
Barman	Verne Morgan	58	19 Dec 1900		23 Apr 1984	83	3	1	4
Benny	Harold Goodwin	41	22 Oct 1917		3 Jun 2004	86	5	2	7
Bimbo	Jess Conrad	23	24 Feb 1936	24.02.1936		87	1		1
Customer	Alexander Dore	36	28 Aug 1923		16 Apr 2002	78	1		1
Dandy	Elwyn Brook-Jones	47	11 Dec 1911		4 Sep 1962	50	1		1
Det. Sgt. Barnes	John Harvey	47	27 Sep 1911		19 Jul 1982	70	12	1	13
Fish	Michael Ripper	46	27 Jan 1913		28 Jun 2000	87	34	2	36
Henrietta	Maudy Edwards	52	16 Oct 1906		24 Mar 1991	84	1		1
Henry	Bernard Bresslaw	25	25 Feb 1934		11 Jun 1993	59	4	2	6
Inspector Barclay	Richard Wattis	47	25 Feb 1912		1 Feb 1975	62	6		6
Mark Pascoe	Michael Ward	50	9 Apr 1909		8 Nov 1997	88	5		5
Miss Angers	Shelagh Dey						1		1
Model	Heather Downham	22	23 Dec 1936	23.12.1936		86	1		1
Model	Aldine Honey						1		1
Model	Ann Mayhew						1		1
Model	Helen Pohlman						1		1
Model	Helga Wahlrow						1		1
Model	Jacqueline Perrin						1		1
Model	Malka Alamont						1		1
Monsieur Blum	Jean Driant	37	12 Jul 1922		1989	66	1		1
Old Time Dancer	Peter Mander	35	1 Jan 1924		11 Nov 2008	84	1		1
Old Time Dancer	Aileen Lewis	45	9 Apr 1914		12 Feb 2014	99	1	5	6
Old Time Dancer	Lola Morice	46	12 Oct 1912		14 Dec 1998	86	1		1
Old Time Dancer	Stella Kemball	33	28 Apr 1926		24 Nov 2001	75	1	1	2
Old Time Dancer	Alecia St.Leger	53	18 Jun 1906		4 Apr 1998	91	1		1
Old Time Dancer	Jack Armstrong						1	6	7
Old Time Dancer	Jamie Barnes						1		1
Old Time Dancer	Richard Duke						1	1	2
Peewee	David Lodge	37	19 Aug 1921		18 Oct 2003	82	10		10
Receptionist	Sheila Hammond						1		1
Reginald	Reginald Beckwith	50	2 Nov 1908		26 Jun 1965	56	6		6
Rockets member	Robert Desmond	36	16 Dec 1922		2002	79	1		1
Rockets member	Alan Coleshill	16	2 Mar 1943		27 Mar 2001	58	1		1
Rockets member	Geremy Phillips	20	25 Oct 1938	25.10.1938		84	1	2	3
Rockets member	Jill Carson						1		1
Rockets member	Vicki Marshall						1		1
Rockets member	Mary Wilson						2		2
Snout	Jean Muir	23	1 Jan 1936	01.01.1936		87	1		1
Victor	Jon Pertwee	40	7 Jul 1919		20 May 1996	76	1		1
Uncredited
Cellist	Lucy Griffiths	40	24 Apr 1919		29 Sep 1982	63	1	3	4
Commissionaire	Nicholas Tannar	57	1 Sep 1901					1	1
Fraser	Ian Ainsley	45	1914		30 Jul 2015	101		1	1
Gent at Fashion Show	Reg Thomason	40	29 Nov 1918		30 Aug 2003	84		5	5
Gent at Fashion Show	Ernest Blyth							11	11
Laughing Man	George Hilsdon	52	25 Apr 1907		28 May 1982	75		7	7
Police Sergeant	Cyril Chamberlain	50	8 Mar 1909		30 Apr 1974	65	1	1	2
Reporter	Roger Avon	44	23 Nov 1914		21 Dec 1998	84	2	1	3
Reporter	Reginald Marsh	32	17 Sep 1926		9 Feb 2001	74	1	1	2
Reporter	Ian Selby							5	5
Reporter	Richard Statman	31	1928		16 Jun 1967	39		1	1
Small Man	Ian Wilson	58	2 Jul 1901		Dec 1987	86	4	4	8

Production


FILMING BEGAN	15 May 1959
UK RELEASE	10 August 1959
STUDIO	Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England

Footnotes

The film was shot in the summer of 1959 and was not a success at the box office losing ₤20,000.

John Pertwee went on to become the 3rd Doctor in the BBC TV series “Doctor Who”.

Richard Wattis appeared in two other Hammer productions “The Abominable Snowman” (1957), and “Stolen Face” (1952).

Harold Goodwin’s other Hammer appearances included, Pat in “The Mummy” (1959) and an uncredited performance as a burglar in “Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed” (1969)

Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection