Artists Must Live

Name: Artists Must Live
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1953-06-30

195328m

Directed by John Read

Art historian Basil Taylor presents the film and interviews several of its subjects, in between leisurely sequences surveying paintings and sculptures to the strains of the BBC Radio Orchestra.

Little in life comes free: one question that should be asked of any art form is who's paying for it.

Cast

Reg Butler

Self

Clifford Ellis

Self

Patrick Heron

Self

Ivor Hitchens

Self

Rodrigo Moynihan

Self

John Piper

Self

Basil Taylor

Self - Narrator

Keith Vaughan

Self

Crew

John Read

Director

Kenneth Rick

Production Manager

John Elliot

Producer

Vernon Phipps

Sound Recordist

A.A. Englander

Cinematography

Details

Release date: June 30, 1953
Runtime: 28m
Director: John Read

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