Kenneth Cooper Annakin, OBE (10 August 1914 – 22 April 2009) was an English

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. His career spanned half a century, beginning in the early 1940s and ending in 1992, and in the 1960s he was noticed by critics with large-scale adventure epic and comedies films, like '' Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' Monte Carlo or Bust!''. During his career, Annakin directed nearly 50 pictures.

Biography

Annakin was born in and grew up in Beverley,

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where he attended the local

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. After leaving school he became a trainee income tax inspector in the city of Hull. Annakin subsequently decided to emigrate to New Zealand, and travelled around the world in a variety of jobs. He was compere and stage manager of Eugene Permanent Waving Company's roadshow, touring the Northern provinces. When

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broke out, Annakin became a firefighter in

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, then joined the

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Documentaries

Injured in the

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, Annakin joined the RAF Film Unit, where he worked as a camera operator on propaganda films for the Ministry of Information and the

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. '' We Serve'' (1942), a recruiting film for women, was directed by

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, who made Annakin his assistant director; Annakin subsequently directed several training films for Verity Films, a group led by Sydney Box, who was soon to become head of

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. His early documentaries included ''London 1942'' (1942), ''A Ride with Uncle Joe'' (1943), ''Make Fruitful the Land'' (1945), ''We of the West Riding'' (1945), ''English Criminal Justice'' (1946), '' It Began on the Clyde'' (1946) and '' Fenlands'' (1946).

Feature films and Gainsborough Pictures

Annakin had made a number of documentaries for Sydney Box, and when Box took over as head of

he brought Annakin with him and assigned him to his first feature, ''

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'' (1947). It was a solid hit and launched Annakin's career. Box called in Annakin to replace Michael Chorlton, who was directing '' Miranda'' (1948) with Glynis Johns. The resulting film was another success. '' Broken Journey'' (1948) with Phyllis Calvert was a commercial disappointment. However, '' Quartet'' (1948), an anthology film based on stories by W. Somerset Maugham, for which Annakin directed one segment, was well received. ''Holiday Camp'' featured the Huggetts, a working-class family living in suburban England headed by Jack Warner and Kathleen Harrison. They were spun off into their own vehicle directed by Annakin, '' Here Come the Huggetts'' (1948) with

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, Jane Hylton, and Susan Shaw as their young daughters,

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as their grandmother and

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as their cousin. It was popular and led to '' Vote for Huggett'' (1949) and '' The Huggetts Abroad'' (1949).

Associated British

Annakin moved to Associated British Pictures Corporation, for whom he directed ''

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'' (1949), a war film; and '' Double Confession'' (1950), a thriller. He did another installment for an anthology movie based on Maugham stories, '' Trio'' (1950). For producer George Brown, Annakin did the comedy '' Hotel Sahara'' (1951) with

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and

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Walt Disney

Annakin then received an offer from Walt Disney to make '' The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men'' (1952) with Richard Todd. He made an action film

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during the

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, the United Artists film '' The Planter's Wife'' (1952) with Jack Hawkins and

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, which was a big hit in Britain. Disney reunited Annakin and Todd on '' The Sword and the Rose'' (1953), co-starring Glynis Johns; it was a commercial disappointment. Annakin was offered the chance to direct a third historical film with Richard Todd, ''Rob Roy'', but John Davis refused to let him out of his contract with Rank. Annakin made a comedy, '' You Know What Sailors Are'' (1954) then did another imperial adventure story with Hawkins, ''

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'' (1954). He arranged for Rank to buy the rights to a Pearl Buck novel ''The Hidden Flower'' but then decided not to make it as he felt interracial romance was out of date. He worked on a film set in Burma, ''Elephant Bill'' but John Davis of Rank refused to make it as it was too expensive. He returned to comedy for '' Value for Money'' (1955) with John Gregson and

, for Rank; '' Loser Takes All'' (1956) with Johns, based on a script by

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, for British Lion Films. He was going to direct ''The Alcock and Brown Story'' for Alex Korda starring Kenneth More but the film was cancelled when Korda went bankrupt. He was going to direct ''The Singer Not the Song'' with Marlon Brando and Peter Finch but pulled out when they were unable to raise finance and John Davis insisted Dirk Bogarde be cast. He directed ''

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'' (1956) with

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and Jimmy Edwards for Romulus Films. ''Three Men in a Boat'' was especially popular. Annakin made '' Across the Bridge'' (1957) with

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from a story by

. This would be Annakin's favourite film. He was going to direct '' The Singer Not the Song'' but was unhappy with the idea of making the film with Dirk Bogarde. Instead he travelled to South Africa to make another adventure story, '' Nor the Moon by Night'' (1958) for Rank, with Michael Craig and Belinda Lee. Around this time he was credited as a writer on '' Mission in Morocco'' (1959), though he did not direct it. Disney called again and hired Annakin to make a mountaineering tale, '' Third Man on the Mountain'' (1959). They kept him on for '' Swiss Family Robinson'' (1960), which

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's nephew, Roy, considered "one of the greatest family adventure films of all time and a favourite for generations of moviegoers". It was a huge hit. Annakin returned to comedy with ''

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'' (1961) with James Robertson Justice. He travelled to South Africa once more for '' The Hellions'' (1962) with Richard Todd. Annakin did some British comedies with Leslie Phillips,

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and a young Julie Christie: '' The Fast Lady'' (1962) and '' Crooks Anonymous'' (1962).Ken Annakin---on a Grand Scale Los Angeles Times 24 Dec 1965: a9.

Producer

Annakin was hired by Darryl F. Zanuck to direct the British and (uncredited) French and American interior segments in '' The Longest Day'' (1962), which was nominated for an

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, eventually losing out to '' Lawrence of Arabia''. Annakin then made '' The Informers'' (1963) with Nigel Patrick for Rank. June 16, 1965, saw the release of '' Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines.'' At the time it was Annakin's most ambitious project, and Zanuck, the head of the

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Studio, endorsed the

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period

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. In this project, Annakin co-wrote, produced and directed an international

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, including

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, Sarah Miles, Robert Morley,

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, James Fox,

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, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Gert Fröbe and Alberto Sordi. The story, revolving around the craze of early aviation , is about a pompous newspaper magnate (Morley) who is convinced, by his daughter (Miles) and fiancée (Fox), to organize an air race from London to Paris. A large sum of money is offered to the winner, and a variety of characters are drawn to participate. The film received favourable reviews, in which it was described as funny, colourful and clever, and was said to have captured the early enthusiasm for aviation. It was treated as a major production, one of only three full-length 70 mm

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Fox releases in 1965, with an intermission and musical interlude part of the original screenings."Director's Voice-over Commentary". ''Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines'' DVD, 2004. Because of the Todd-AO process, the film was an exclusive roadshow feature, initially shown in deluxe Cinerama venues, where customers needed reserved seats purchased ahead of time.Munn (1983), p. 161. The film grossed $31,111,111 theatrically. Audience reaction both in first release and even today, is nearly universal in assessing the film as one of the "classic" aviation films. For its writing, Annakin and Jack Davies received an

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nomination. Annakin directed the big-scale war film ''

'' the same year for producer Philip Yordan and Cinerama. He also started writing a follow-up to ''Flying Machine'' called ''Monte Carlo or Bust''. Annakin planned to make epics about the

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, Cortez and the Indian Mutiny, and a film about Martians. None of these were made. Instead, he made '' The Long Duel'' (1967) in India for Rank with

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, then ''

'' (1968) for MGM in Italy. This was followed by '' Monte Carlo or Bust'' (1969) for

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, which Annakin produced and directed from his own script and story. It was an attempt to replicate the success of ''Those Magnificent Men'', but was not as well received. Annakin continued to travel widely with his films: '' The Call of the Wild'' (1972) was shot in Finland, with

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; '' Paper Tiger'' (1975), with David Niven in Malaysia.

Hollywood

Thanks to the money made from his films, Annakin moved to the south of France with his family. In 1978, Annakin left France and moved to

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. According to his autobiography, this was due to running afoul of criminals while attempting to get funding for a new project, who threatened his family. There he made a series of films for TV: '' Murder at the Mardi Gras'' (1978), '' The Pirate'' (1978) from a novel by Harold Robbins and '' Institute for Revenge'' (1979). He wouldn't stay only in America, as he travelled to Europe for '' The Fifth Musketeer'' (1979). '' Cheaper to Keep Her'' (1981) and then Australia for the musical '' The Pirate Movie'' (1982). Annakin's last completed film was '' The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking'' (1988) which he directed, produced and co wrote. Annakin would continue to work on more screenplays, as well as attempt to develop a new film about Amelia Earhardt called ''Redwing''. His 1992 project, the historical drama ''

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'' was not completed, as the company financing it went bust.

Autobiography

In 2001 Annakin released his autobiography ''So You Wanna Be A Director?'' with forewords by

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and

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. In its review, the

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stated "''So You Wanna Be a Director?'' is an entertaining autobiography through which seasoned directors and aspirants alike can enjoy and learn from a man with such a versatile and long-lived career. If Annakin tells of his exasperation over trying to coax performances out of producers' girlfriends, the bad behaviour – and sometimes the drug problems – of certain stars and the vagaries of international film financing, he's providing tales that are as cautionary today as when he lived them". Annakin was honored as a Disney Legend by

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in March 2002, only the second film director to be so honoured. He was awarded an OBE the same year for service to the film industry and received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Hull University. He died on 22 April 2009, the same day as

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, who had been his cinematographer on '' The Fifth Musketeer'' (1979). The cause of death was

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and

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. A daughter from a previous marriage predeceased him. Following Annakin's death,

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's publicist denied that Lucas took the name

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in ''

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'' from Annakin.

Filmography

* ''London 1942'' (1943) * ''Fruitful the Land'' (1945) * ''We of the West Riding'' (1946) * ''English Criminal Justice'' (1946) * '' It Began on the Clyde'' (1946) * '' Fenlands'' (1946) * ''

'' (1947) * '' Miranda'' (1948) * '' Broken Journey'' (1948) * '' Quartet'' (1948) * '' Here Come the Huggetts'' (1948) * '' Vote for Huggett'' (1949) * '' The Huggetts Abroad'' (1949) * ''

'' (1949) * '' Double Confession'' (1950) * '' Hotel Sahara'' (1951) * '' The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men'' (1952) * '' The Planter's Wife'' (1952) * '' The Sword and the Rose'' (1953) * '' You Know What Sailors Are'' (1954) * ''

'' (1954) * '' Value for Money'' (1955) * '' Loser Takes All'' (1956) * ''

'' (1956) * '' Across the Bridge'' (1957) * '' Nor the Moon by Night'' (1958) * '' Third Man on the Mountain'' (1959) * '' Swiss Family Robinson'' (1960) * ''

'' (1961) * '' The Hellions'' (1961) * '' The Fast Lady'' (1962) * '' The Longest Day'' (1962) * '' Crooks Anonymous'' (1962) * '' The Informers'' (1963) * '' Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines'' (1965) * ''

'' (1965) * '' The Long Duel'' (1967) * ''

'' (1968) * '' Monte Carlo or Bust!'' (1969) * '' The Call of the Wild'' (1972) * '' Paper Tiger'' (1975) * '' The Pirate'' (1978) * '' Institute for Revenge'' (1979) * '' The Fifth Musketeer'' (1979) * '' Cheaper to Keep Her'' (1981) * '' The Pirate Movie'' (1982) * '' The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking'' (1988) * ''

'' (1992) (unreleased)

References

Bibliography

External links

* *
Ken Annakin biography at BFI Screenonline

AP Obituary
in the ''

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''
Obituary in ''The Times''

Obituary in ''The Guardian''

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