Miss London Ltd.

Miss London, Ltd, is a respectable escort service which provides proper female dates for British and American servicemen stationed in London. The profits are used to support the prisoner of war fund. Arthur Boden (Arthur Askey) is half owner, joined by his new American partner, Terry Arden (Evelyn Dall). But, the company has fallen on hard times financially and must recruit new girls to survive. They do so but must jump through numerous hilarious hoops to keep the business afloat. The key is getting railway PA announcer Gail Martin (Anne Shelton) to attend a party so that Captain Rory O'Moore (Peter Graves) can spend some time with her. But will she attend?

The singing and dancing are all first rate. Watch for the opening scenes at Waterloo Station where three uniformed female porters push luggage carts around while singing. One of the girls is 18-year old Patricia Owens in her first credited movie role. She and the other girls display fine soprano voices.

Jean Kent has a role written especially for her as "The Encyclopedia Girl" who keeps selling Arthur more encyclopedias each time she sees him.

Richard Hearne is Commodore Wellington, whose slapstick dancing style is a real hoot.

The funniest bit is the Marx Brothers scene with Evelyn Dall hilarious as Groucho.

Miss London, Ltd. Is a Gainsborough Studios production. It is a real classic and well worth watching. The movie is available on DVD and is a fine addition to any collection.