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A Girl in a Million

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called it "an object lesson in how tastes change, this chauvinistic comedy was co-scripted (with producer-husband Sydney) by Muriel Box, who was one of the few female creatives with clout in postwar British cinema. Moreover, it made a star of Joan Greenwood in a role that basically dismisses women as
245:, and has lost the power of speech. Charmed by her and by the contrast with his former talkative wife, Tony soon falls in love and marries her. However, once wed, Gay suffers a further shock and recovers her speech, proving quite the match for Tony's first wife. 1031: 1016: 1041: 1026: 694: 1056: 1036: 1051: 1021: 583: 767: 917: 1006: 442: 1046: 827: 687: 887: 543: 134: 1011: 757: 622:"A Girl in a Million (1946) - Francis Searle - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie" 426: 747: 680: 947: 817: 787: 727: 436: 237:, nagging wife, and desiring to avoid all women, finds employment in a remote all-male department of the 937: 378: 967: 847: 302: 565: 30: 1001: 857: 513:
blethering nuisances who should be seen and not heard...Talk about not standing the test of time."
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comedy may definitely raise a few hackles" ; while David Parkinson in the
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It was the 24th most popular film at the British box office in 1946 after
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Francis Searle
Muriel Box
Sydney Box
Hugh Williams
Joan Greenwood
Basil Radford
Naunton Wayne
Reginald H. Wyer
Benjamin Frankel
British Lion Films
Associated British-Pathé
British comedy
Joan Greenwood
Basil Radford
Naunton Wayne
cricket
shrewish
War Office
shell-shocked
Hugh Williams
Joan Greenwood
Basil Radford
Naunton Wayne
Wylie Watson
Yvonne Owen
Hartley Power
Edward Lexy
James Knight
Aubrey Mallalieu

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