London Entertains

Anchored by a young Eamonn Andrews, desperately trying to not sound Irish resulting in an odd mid-Atlantic accent, this is very lightweight fare indeed. Andrews was a real fixture in British TV in the 50's, 60's and 70's and was a truly great presenter, making Stateside forays to appear in both the US and UK versions of What's My Line.

The girls all look older than 30 yet apparently are straight out of school, and the storyline is sweet, if not rather lame and certainly badly dated, even for something made in 1950.

The entire production weirdly has the look of a 1930's Hollywood movie, and showcases some up-and-coming BBC talent like one of the first episodes of the Goon Show, complete with Michael Bentine who apparently left after some friction between him and Spike Milligan. That alone is worth the price of admission and is of great historic interest by itself. As with many British films and TV shows of that era, American roles are filled by Canadians.