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This needed another director


Beatrice Lillie is OK.

Googie is too young and the two old men seem like geriatrics.

The brittle, fragile sub-Wildean comic wordplay is often inaudible and utterly overwhelmed by the over-elaborate, over sumptuous decor and Cecil Beaton costumes.

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the narrated introduction goes on FOREVERRRRRRRR.

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Maybe. The film is slow to get started, but once the story moves to Maria's house in Scotland, it's full-on hilarity from there.

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