Alec Guinness played Sid Stratton in The Man in the White Suit' in a film made as part of which famous studio's comedy classics.
The Man in the White Suit The Man in the White Suit The Man In The White Suit is a 1951 science-fiction satirical comedy film made by Ealing Studios. It starred Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood and Cecil Parker and was directed by Alexander Mackendrick. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing (Screenplay) for Roger MacDougall, John Dighton and Alexander Mackendrick (who was a cousin of Roger MacDougall). It followed a common Ealing Studios theme of the "common man" against the Establishment. In this instance the hero falls foul of both trade unions and the wealthy mill owners who attempt to suppress his
The Man in the White Suit through a tube into water and then amplifying the bubble sound through a metal tube. After Habberfield captured each sound effect, she mixed them in different combinations by trial-and-error until she found the leitmotif that would accompany Sidney Stratton and his bubbling apparatus in the film. It was one of the most popular films of the year in Britain. The British Film Institute named it the 58th greatest British film of all time. In 2014 "The Guardian" included it as one of the 20 best British science fiction films. The Man in the White Suit The Man In The White