Tiara Tahiti

Tiara Tahiti is a 1962 comedy-drama film directed by Ted Kotcheff and starring James Mason and John Mills.[2] Kotcheff's directorial debut, it is based on the novel by Geoffrey Cotterell, who also adapted it for the screen with Ivan Foxwell.[3][2] It was filmed in London and Tahiti.[2][4] Rosenda Monteros, a Mexican actress, plays a Tahitian beauty.[5] Roy Kinnear had a minor role.[2]

Tiara Tahiti
Belgian theatrical poster
Directed byTed Kotcheff
Written byGeoffrey Cotterell
Ivan Foxwell
Produced byIvan Foxwell
StarringJames Mason
John Mills
Rosenda Monteros
CinematographyOtto Heller
Edited byAntony Gibbs
Music byPhilip Green
Production
companies
The Rank Organisation
Ivan Foxwell Productions
Release date
1962
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£500,000[1]

Plot

Clifford Southey (Mills) is a clerk at a brokerage firm who is promoted to lieutenant colonel during the war. His subordinate officer, Captain Brett Aimsley (Mason), was a partner at Southey's firm. Popular and charismatic, Capt. Aimsley is everything Col. Southey is not, but aspires to be. Unfortunately money is Aimsley's weakness. His profligacy sees him removed from Southey's command.

Some time after the war, Aimsley's comfortable exile in Tahiti is rudely interrupted by the arrival of his old adversary, now director of a hotel chain looking to expand into the burgeoning South Seas market.

Cast

Critical reception

In The New York Times, Bosley Crowther called it "lush, foolish, sometimes funny...splotchy entertainment that is, at least, colorful";[6] while Variety wrote "The two male stars in this pic have a field day. Mason is fine as the mocking wastrel while Mills is equally good in a more difficult role that could have lapsed into parody. These two carry the main burden of the film"[7] whereas Time Out found it an "uneven mix of character study and situation comedy".[8]

Box Office

According to Kinematograph Weekly the film was considered a "money maker" at the British box office in 1962.[9]

References
  1. "Satirical City". Evening Standard. 19 January 1962. p. 10.
  2. "Tiara Tahiti (1962)". BFI. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019.
  3. "Tiara Tahiti (1962) - Ted Kotcheff | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie" – via www.allmovie.com.
  4. "Previously Shot (media film in tahiti content)".
  5. "DVD Savant Review: Tiara Tahiti". www.dvdtalk.com.
  6. Crowther, Bosley (6 November 1963). "Screen: 'Tiara Tahiti':John Mills and James Mason Star in Farce". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
  7. "Tiara Tahiti". Variety. 1 January 1962.
  8. "Tiara Tahiti". Time Out Worldwide.
  9. Billings, Josh (13 December 1962). "Three British Films Head the General Releases". Kinematograph Weekly. p. 7. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
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