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Artists Must Live
Artists Must Live
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Artists Must Live

1953
28m
Documentary

Status

Released

Release

1953

Runtime

28m

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Storyline

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

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.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
28m
Jun 30, 1953
Director
John Read
Production
Arts Council of Great Britain
Arts Council of Great Britain
BBC
BBC

Top Cast

8 Cast Members

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

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