Adam and Evelyne (1949)

Interesting facts

Adam and Evelyne is a 1949 British romance film directed by Harold French and starring Stewart Granger and Jean Simmons. It was written by George Barraud, Nicholas Phipps and Lesley Storm, based on a story by Noel Langley.

Production

Despite no on-screen credit, Stewart Granger said the storyline of the film was his, based on the 1919 silent film Daddy Long Legs; he said contacted the writer Noel Langley and they wrote it as a vehicle for Jean Simmons. "It was a very good vehicle for her", he said. "It was a sweet film, a charming light comedy.

Director Harold French also said he "really liked" the film.

At that stage I could pick and choose and I really liked that one. I became producer because Paul Soskin, who was to have produced it, didn’t like the fact that I had employed an actor called Edwin Styles for the part of the valet; I thought he was quite good and he got on well with Jimmy [Stewart] Granger in his first comedy role. Paul said he wanted to go back to America, and would I take over as producer? I didn't mind ...

This was the first adult role of Jean Simmons, who had become a star in Great Expectations (1946).

Simmons and Granger were rumoured to be romantically involved during filming although they denied it to the press.

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