The Magic Bow

The Magic Bow is a 1946 British musical film based on the life of the Italian violinist and composer Niccolò Paganini. It was directed by Bernard Knowles. It was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival.

Cast

  • Stewart Granger as Niccolò Paganini
  • Phyllis Calvert as Jeanne de Vermond
  • Jean Kent as Bianca
  • Dennis Price as Paul de la Rochelle
  • Cecil Parker as Luigi Germi
  • Felix Aylmer as Signor Fazzini
  • Frank Cellier as Antonio
  • Marie Lohr as Countess de Vermond
  • Henry Edwards as Count de Vermond
  • Mary Jerrold as Teresa Paganini
  • Betty Warren as Landlady
  • Anthony Holles as Manager
  • David Horne as Rizzi
  • Robert Speaight as Cardinal
  • Charles Victor as Peasant Driver
  • Production

    Filming had to be postponed due to an illness to Phyllis Calvert, so Caravan, also starring Granger, was rushed into production and made first.

    Phyllis Calvert's character was fictitious, a composite of various women who had helped Paganini. The character of Bianca, the Italian singer, was real. Margaret Lockwood was originally announced to play the role, but was replaced by Jean Kent. Kent later recalled "I had marvellous costumes in that bit not a very good part. You expect she [Bianca] is going to do something and she never does. It's a film that went wrong. Originally I believe they wanted Margaret Lockwood to play it. Presumably then it would have been a much better part, I don't know what happened. Bernard Knowles was a very good cameraman but not a director."

    Podcasts:

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    The Magic

    by: Macklemore

    And then I remembered the magic,
    Forgot that you can't plan it.
    It's always there in front of us
    Just trust and it happens.
    And the star dust from the universe of this planet
    I just get stressed when I try to understand it.
    And I remember the magic,
    Forgot that you can't plan it.
    It's always there in front of us
    Just trust and it happens.
    And the star dust from the universe of this planet
    It's always there, you can't try to understand it.
    Now, I don't know why this world is a trip
    See, I just float by hoping that I can live.
    With a pen I'm so high, using this medicine
    I got a little bit of it to give
    Come on hear me now.
    My momma says the trip inside of you gon' hear it child.
    We all got it, if you want it gotta get it out.
    I know you know what I'm talking about
    See it's the music from the magic, got me on top of these clouds, come on
    Keep it poppin' with my favorite song
    There's no feeling like the city walking with my walkman on
    It gets to me, giving me goosebumps and I'm gone,
    And when I die just make sure that I got my pen and headphones on.
    In good times and upsets,
    Rain, hail, beats, sand, heat, land, and a lot of damn sunsets.
    They say that you can never capture the moment
    Photograph or record it, but I swear I can when I bump them.
    As I bear witness to existence setting in the distance
    For a sheer instance I become one with it
    Dismeant up to ten when I listen like I was set on this mission
    Places I've been when I with them
    I'm feeling the most high when I got my pen snd I'm scriptin'
    No engines speakin as I enter religion.
    No crosses, pews, prayers, or repentance for sinning
    Just the RCA jack, a sentence and a vision.
    Inside of the gut, time with the cut, right from the plug
    That feeling that goes right into us.
    Instead of bump live, but with eyes wide
    Church you got some fire and a lighter on my fire and uh
    Depending on the month, sometimes I feel high with just pen and pad
    If the gab, the light's within us.
    I can apply my touch on the mic stand and bust
    To the whole planet, and my headphones on
    And to the magic
    Forgot that you can't plan it.
    It's always there in front of us
    Just trust and it happens.
    And the star dust from the universe of this planet
    I just get stressed when I try to understand it
    And I remember the magic,
    Forgot that you can't plan it.
    It's always there in front of us
    Just trust and it happens.
    And the star dust from the universe of this planet
    It's always there, you can't try to understand it.
    (Speaking)
    Have you ever done hallucinogenics?
    Children don't get it twisted, I'm not reccomending.
    (Rapping)
    But it's not fried brains and hippies and kids jumpin' off buildings
    It can be spiritual epiphanies and medicine.
    Now I first tried shrooms when I was 16,
    And the universe became more interesting.
    I began to contemplate my place in this landscape
    And reflect on what it meant to be a human being.
    What I went through felt as though I dreamt it.
    Through my experience, became aware of my breath, then
    Began to cultivate my art with the intention of the heart,
    Started to use my sentences as reflections.
    And what I saw was God was in all of us and we all come to be interconnected.
    And all that was depended on all of us
    And had effects like a domino when you let it.
    Go with the flow, that the universe holds.
    Understand that there's more than you expected.
    I don't do shrooms anymore 'cause I don't need to explore.
    All that I was looking for was was the present.
    And I remember the magic,
    Forgot that you can't plan it.
    It's always there in front of us
    Just trust and it happens.
    And the star dust from the universe of this planet
    I just get stressed when I try to understand it.
    And I remember the magic,
    Forgot that I can't plan it.
    It's always there in front of us
    Just trust and it happens.
    And the star dust from the universe of this planet




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