Having watched Godard the same day and finding a masterpiece I was obliged to watch this nonsense with a friend. I thought I will endure it as it has colour, but that added to the mistake of watching it at all. The colour was dire and as there were terrible dresses to show off Wilcox must have thought I will give them something extra. I notice that the others in this ridiculous cycle with titles like ' The Courtneys of Curzon Street ' did not have that honour. I give it 2 stars for bravery that Anna Neagle endured yet again a snobbishly conservative film. Was it popular at the time ? Maybe in times of austerity, a housing shortage and rationing it may have been a fantasy worth seeing. After all the censors had been in an uproar in the UK over the inoffensive ' No Orchids For Miss Blandish ' and perhaps these sort of films were an act of penance. Anna Neagle deserved better and occasionally got it. I just wish she had worked more with other directors.
Review of Maytime in Mayfair
