Michael Wilding inherits a dress shop run by Anna Neagle . Cue fluffy romance. Not a bad attempt to do for Coward what Quartet did for Maugham. This has the advantage of a single director, but suffers slightly from theatricality. Still, theatricality is what you expect from Coward, so just sit back and enjoy it.
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In 1953, television was beginning to make inroads into the cinema audience. This satirical comedy has Stanley Holloway as the devil trying to use the box for evil. It now has a slight historical interest but lacks the bite or the cosiness of the best of Ealing. Script adapt . Miriam Hopkins came from Hollywood to play in this silly melodrama about an actor who tries to kill his wife on stage during Othello in order to cop-off with Ms Hopkins.