Wonderful romantic comedy with divine music and a wonderful Anna Neagle showcase this 1940 film.
While it is certainly not Cinderella or My Fair Lady, a furniture upholsterer enters into the lives of the wealthy on Long Island and rises in the fashion world and to upper society as well.
Billie Burke, for a change doesn't sound like her usual self, plays a society matron and mother of one of Neagle's suitors. May Robson, as Neagle's grandmother, steals every scene she is in with her tough Irish brogue and mannerisms.
Ray Milland, the secret owner of the dress company, is charming and so very debonair in the role of the second suitor.
There is a brief hint of an anti Irish attitude shown in the form of prejudice by the head of the models who slips nasty information about Irene to a newspaper columnist.
The scene of the ball shown in Technicolor is ravishing.
While it is certainly not Cinderella or My Fair Lady, a furniture upholsterer enters into the lives of the wealthy on Long Island and rises in the fashion world and to upper society as well.
Billie Burke, for a change doesn't sound like her usual self, plays a society matron and mother of one of Neagle's suitors. May Robson, as Neagle's grandmother, steals every scene she is in with her tough Irish brogue and mannerisms.
Ray Milland, the secret owner of the dress company, is charming and so very debonair in the role of the second suitor.
There is a brief hint of an anti Irish attitude shown in the form of prejudice by the head of the models who slips nasty information about Irene to a newspaper columnist.
The scene of the ball shown in Technicolor is ravishing.