Lilacs in the Spring

Lilacs in the Spring (1954)

Wait till you see Errol as a song and dance man - with a temper to match each tempo!

A young actress must decide which of two lovers will be her husband. She daydreams about each one to help her decide.

Date of release
1954-12-21
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (3)
Runtime
1h 34m
Genres
Romance, Comedy
Director
Herbert Wilcox

Casting

Interesting facts

Lilacs in the Spring is a 1954 British musical film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Errol Flynn and David Farrar. The film was made at Elstree Studios with sets designed by the art director William C. Andrews. Shot in Trucolor it was distributed in Britain by Republic Pictures. It was the first of two films Neagle and Flynn made together, the other being King's Rhapsody. It was released in the United States as Let's Make Up.

Production

The film was made by Everest Pictures, a new production company from producer-director Herbert Wilcox. Wilcox had just made three films in collaboration with Republic Pictures, and hoped for them to finance films of two Ivor Novello musicals he had purchased. When this did not happen, he was forced to obtain finance from British Lion. Neagle and Wilcox guaranteed a loan of £75,000 to make the film.

Errol Flynn agreed to make the film to pay off the debts he incurred due to his abandoned William Tell project, The Story of William Tell.

The movie was shot at Elstree Studios near London in July 1954. Neagle enjoyed working with her co-star:

I love naturalness and simplicity and Errol Flynn has this to a charming degree. He has made so many friends on this picture with his sense of fun and his conscientiousness and he has been enormously co-operative. It's so unfair to judge people by what you read or hear and I mst confess I was not prepared to find him such a hard worker.

Flynn used his real singing voice. It was the feature film debut of Sean Connery.

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