Twice Upon a Time (1953 film)

Twice Upon a Time is a 1953 British comedy film directed by Emeric Pressburger and starring Hugh Williams, Elizabeth Allan, Yolande Larthe, and Charmian Larthe. It is based on the 1949 novel Lisa and Lottie by Erich Kästner.

Lotte and Lisa had already been adapted into the films Two Times Lotte (1950) and Hibari no komoriuta (1951). Twice Upon a Time was the first English-language film adaptation; the story was later twice adapted as The Parent Trap (1961 and 1998) and has been remade a number of times in English and many other languages. It was shot at Shepperton Studios with sets designed by the art director Arthur Lawson (designer).

The film is the only solo directing credit for Pressburger, whose other directing credits are in association with Michael Powell.

Plot
Twin sisters are separated when their parents divorce. They meet again by accident when they are sent to the same summer camp, and they hatch a plan to reunite their parents.

Cast

 * Hugh Williams as James Turner
 * Elizabeth Allan as Carol-Anne Bailey
 * Jack Hawkins as Dr. Mathews
 * Yolande Larthe as Carol Turner
 * Charmian Larthe as Anne Bailey
 * Violette Elvin as Florence la Riche
 * Isabel Dean as Miss Burke
 * Michael Gough as Mr. Lloyd
 * Walter Fitzgerald as Professor Reynolds
 * Jeanne Stuart as Mrs. Jamieson
 * Nora Gordon as Emma
 * Martin Miller as Eipeldauer
 * Lily Kann as Mrs. Eipeldauer
 * Collin Wilcox as Ian
 * Jack Lambert as Ernest
 * Pat Baker as Sonia
 * Isabel George as Molly
 * Alanna Boyce as 	Susie
 * Margaret McCourt as Wendy
 * Myrette Morven	as 	Miss Rupert
 * Margaret Boyd as 	Mrs. Kinnaird
 * Cicely Walper as 	Mrs. Maybridge
 * Mollie Terraine as 	Miss Wellington
 * Archie Duncan as Doorman