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==Unmade projects== Korda announced a number of projects which were never made, including: *the life of [[T. E. Lawrence]] with [[Leslie Howard (actor)|Leslie Howard]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article30091256 |title=PICTURES AND PERSONALITIES. |newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]]|location=Hobart, Tas. |date=15 June 1935 |access-date=7 July 2012 |page=13}}</ref> later to be directed by [[Brian Desmond Hurst]]. *the life of [[Nijinsky]] (1930s)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55934024 |title=Merle Oberon in Nijinsky Film. |newspaper=[[The Mail (Adelaide)|The Mail]] |location=Adelaide |date=29 May 1937 |access-date=7 July 2012 |page=12}}</ref> *''[[Cyrano de Bergerac (play)|Cyrano de Bergerac]]'' with [[Charles Laughton]] (1930sβ1940s)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41567267 |title=No title. |newspaper=[[The Cairns Post]] |location=Qld. |date=12 August 1935 |access-date=7 July 2012 |page=3 }}</ref> *''Precious Bane'' with Robert Donat<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article79717450 |title=ROBERT DONAT TO STAR AS GHOST.β. |newspaper=[[The Western Champion]] |location=Barcaldine, Qld. |date=12 October 1935 |access-date=7 July 2012 |page=2 }}</ref> *''Burmese Silver'' with [[Conrad Veidt]] (1930s)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46301614 |title=UNITED ARTISTS. |newspaper=[[The West Australian]] |location=Perth |date=17 February 1939 |access-date=7 July 2012 |page=3 }}</ref> *the story of [[Pocahontas]] starring [[Merle Oberon]] (1939)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55909401 |title=Pars About Players. |newspaper=[[The Mail (Adelaide)|The Mail]] |location=Adelaide |date=4 February 1939 |access-date=7 July 2012 |page=14}}</ref> *adaptation of ''Manon Lescaut'' for [[Merle Oberon]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51398023 |title=MERLE OBERON TELLS OF HER ROMANCE. |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] | date=17 June 1939 |access-date=7 July 2012 |page=3 }}</ref> *an adaptation of ''[[War and Peace]]'' by [[Leo Tolstoy]] to star [[Merle Oberon]](1940s)<ref name="nla.gov.au"/> *''Velvet Coat'', the life of [[Robert Louis Stevenson]] with Oberon and Robert Donat<ref name="plan">{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48778404 |title=BIG FILM PLANS FOR BRITAIN. |newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]] |location=Adelaide |date=18 December 1943 |access-date=7 July 2012 |page=5 }}</ref> *an adaptation of ''Greenmantle'' by [[John Buchan]]<ref name="plan"/> *''Lottie Dundass'' starring [[Vivien Leigh]] from the play by [[Enid Bagnold]]<ref name="hobart">{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26051074 |title=KORDA PLANS BIG PROGRAMME. |newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]] |location=Hobart, Tas. |date=2 June 1945 |access-date=7 July 2012 |page=11 }}</ref> *an adaptation of ''The Wrecker'' by [[Robert Louis Stevenson]]<ref name="hobart"/> *''Habitation Enforced'' from the story by [[Rudyard Kipling]]<ref name="hobart"/> *an adaptation of ''The King's General'' by [[Daphne du Maurier]] (late 1940s)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article79610010 |title=Ambitious Korda plan launched. |newspaper=[[Daily News (Perth, Western Australia)|The Daily News]] |location=Perth |date=6 September 1947 |access-date=7 July 2012 |page=22 Edition: FIRST EDITION}}</ref> *''The Promotion of the Admiral'' from the novel by [[C. S. Forester]] starring [[Ralph Richardson]] directed by [[Powell and Pressburger]] (1940s)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22533011 |title=GOSSIP AMONG STARS. |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]] |location=Melbourne |date=23 December 1947 |access-date=7 July 2012 |page=9 Supplement: The Argus Woman's Magazine }}</ref> *''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]'' with [[Gregory Peck]]<ref name="argus"/> *''[[Tess of the d'Urbervilles]]'' with [[Jennifer Jones]] as Tess *''[[Around the World in Eighty Days]]'' *''[[The Magic Mountain]]'' by [[Thomas Mann]] *''[[Point Counter Point]]'' by [[Aldous Huxley]]
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