An actor's last film isn't always the great fade-out that their past work deserves...but even if the film is a negligible one, and the performance is far from perfect, the
The iconic-ish French model/mistress/actor
The “lost decade”
We have discussed in previous pieces for this series how the Rank Organisation contracted its filmmaking division in the early 1960s – there were less big “international” productions, and a
The head of MGM-British in the early 1960s
As mentioned in our previous piece in this series, October 1959 saw the Rank Organisation’s Film and Distribution Division record a large loss for the second year in a row.
For context read our earlier pieces on British Film-Makers (1951-53), Group Film Productions (1953-56) and Rank in 1956. The Rank Organisation began 1957 with a degree of optimism. It was
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… a tribute band playing accurate covers but only serving to remind us of the gap between this and the original.
... a funny and sweet film.