The Lady is a Square (1959)
Neagle stars as Frances Baring, a socialite widow attempting to keep her late husband's symphony orchestra going. Reluctantly she enlists the help of a young pop singer (Frankie Vaughan) who has fallen for Baring's daughter Joanna, played by a young Janette Scott.
- Date of release
- 1959-02-03
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Genres
- Romance, Comedy, Music
- Director
- Herbert Wilcox
Casting
- Anna Neagle — Frances Baring
- Frankie Vaughan — Johnny Burns
- Janette Scott — Joanna Baring
- Anthony Newley — Freddy
- Wilfrid Hyde-White — Charles
- Christopher Rhodes — Greenslade
- Kenneth Cope — Derek
- Josephine Fitzgerald — Mrs. Eady
- Harold Kasket — Spolenski
- John Le Mesurier — Fergusson
- Ted Lune — Harry Shuttleworth
- Mary Peach — Mrs. Freddy
Interesting facts
The Lady Is a Square is a black and white 1958 British comedy musical film directed by Herbert Wilcox and featuring Anna Neagle, Frankie Vaughan and Janette Scott.
Production
The film features and names the then-new London nightclub The Talk of the Town and the Royal Festival Hall as venues. The plot is set in the then contemporary London theatre world and makes reference to impresarios such as Lord Delfont.
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