Script adapt . Jean Simmons has lost her brother and everyone claims he never existed. Even his hotel room has disappeared. Dirk Bogarde lends her a hand and falls for her in the process. Nice period mystery.
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Cicely Courtneidge plays two roles in this backstage musical. She is Jenny Marvello an old music-hall star and Maisy her daughter, a current star. Stephen Bourne's book Brief Encounters makes the relationship between Maisy and Judy one of unrequited lesbian love. There's no denying Maisy's fierce protectiveness of Judy and the potency of Maisy's image as a male impersonator but the book doesn't give the whole story. It's not too bad as it goes and looks expensive but some of Courtneidge's clowning is self-indulgent.