A Girl Must Live 1939
6.6 / 10
A Girl Must Live
A run-away school-girl falls among chorus girls planning to marry into the nobility.
A run-away school-girl falls among chorus girls planning to marry into the nobility.
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... Leslie James
... Gloria Lind
... Clytie Devine
... Horace Blount
... Earl of Pangborough
... Hugo Smythe
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Carol Reed and Margaret Lockwood can't really go too far wrong, but at times it is touch and go with the adaptation of Emery Bonnett's rather feeble novel. She assumes the name of "Leslie" who has absconded from her Swiss finishing school and hooks up with "Gloria" (Renee Houston) and "Clytie" (Lilli Palmer) as a jobbing chorus line actress. Enter poor old Hugh Sinclair - the recent inheritor of the Earldom of Pangborough - and the three ladies decide that they must be the next Countess. Their efforts are better focussed when they - alongside producer "Joe" (David Burns) - are invited to his country pile to shoot some of their latest movie. What ensues is occasionally quite witty, the dialogue is very quickly paced but misses as often as it hits. Naunton Wayne (without his usual sidekick) has some fun as an aspiring protegé of "Fagin", with Horace Robey constantly checking the quality of the sherry as "Blount", the butler and Helen Haye in her usual, imperious guise as the dowager "Lady Primrose". What does work it the rapport - competitive and lively - between the girls, especially Palmer who's character has a feistiness I rather enjoyed watching as she constantly spars with Houston. There are a few musical/dance numbers that are adequate, at best - but then they are not supposed to be Ziegfeld's gals, so can almost be treated as a chance for the stars to recharge their batteries for more chat. The ending isn't up to much, but it's just about worth the watch.
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Release Date:
Sep 24, 1939 (United Kingdom)
Run Time:
1hr 32`
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Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United Kingdom
Status:
Released
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A Girl Must Live
Carol Reed and Margaret Lockwood can't really go too far wrong, but at times it is touch and go with the adaptation of Emery Bonnett's rather feeble novel. She assumes the name of "Leslie" who has absconded from her Swiss finishing school and hooks up with "Gloria" (Renee Houston) and "Clytie" (Lilli Palmer) as a jobbing chorus line actress. Enter poor old Hugh Sinclair - the recent inheritor of the Earldom of Pangborough - and the three ladies decide that they must be the next Countess. Their efforts are better focussed when they - alongside producer "Joe" (David Burns) - are invited to his country pile to shoot some of their latest movie. What ensues is occasionally quite witty, the dialogue is very quickly paced but misses as often as it hits. Naunton Wayne (without his usual sidekick) has some fun as an aspiring protegé of "Fagin", with Horace Robey constantly checking the quality of the sherry as "Blount", the butler and Helen Haye in her usual, imperious guise as the dowager "Lady Primrose". What does work it the rapport - competitive and lively - between the girls, especially Palmer who's character has a feistiness I rather enjoyed watching as she constantly spars with Houston. There are a few musical/dance numbers that are adequate, at best - but then they are not supposed to be Ziegfeld's gals, so can almost be treated as a chance for the stars to recharge their batteries for more chat. The ending isn't up to much, but it's just about worth the watch.
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A Girl Must Live
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... Director
Cast
... Leslie James
... Gloria Lind
... Clytie Devine
... Horace Blount
... Earl of Pangborough
... Hugo Smythe
... Bretherton Hythe
... Mrs. Wallis
... Joe Gold
... Penelope
... Miss Polkinghome
... Mr. Joliffe
... Aunt Primrose
... Hodder
... Mme. Dupont, headmistress
... Mme. Dupont, assistant
... Mrs. Blount
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... College inmate
JW
Joan White... College inmate
Produced By
EB
Edward Black... Producer
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