Evergreen

1934
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1h 34m

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Barry MacKay and Jessie Matthews in Evergreen (1934)

Harriet Green, a beloved and radiant music hall star of the Edwardian era, has a guilty secret: She has a baby daughter, born out of wedlock. Harriet leaves her public and flees to South Afr... Read allHarriet Green, a beloved and radiant music hall star of the Edwardian era, has a guilty secret: She has a baby daughter, born out of wedlock. Harriet leaves her public and flees to South Africa to raise her daughter quietly. The years pass, and now her daughter, Harriet Hawkes, r... Read allHarriet Green, a beloved and radiant music hall star of the Edwardian era, has a guilty secret: She has a baby daughter, born out of wedlock. Harriet leaves her public and flees to South Africa to raise her daughter quietly. The years pass, and now her daughter, Harriet Hawkes, returns to London as a young show-biz hopeful. Tommy, a wily publicity man, knowing that yo... Read all

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Jessie Matthews

Harriet Green

Sonnie Hale

Leslie Benn

Betty Balfour

Maudie

Barry MacKay

Tommy Thompson
(as Barry Mackay)

Ivor McLaren

Marquis of Staines
(as Ivor Maclaren)

Hartley Power

Treadwell

Patrick Ludlow

Lord Shropshire

Betty Shale

Mrs. Hawkes

Marjorie Brooks

Marjorie Moore

Buddy Bradley

Dancer

Arnold Bell

Reporter
(uncredited)

Stewart Granger

Theatre Audience Member
(uncredited)

Rita Grant

Chorus Girl
(uncredited)

Joyce Kirby

Minor Role
(uncredited)

Christine Lindsay

Sonnie Hale's Secretary
(uncredited)

Miles Malleson

Minor Role
(uncredited)

Charles Mortimer

Butler
(uncredited)

Richard Murdoch

Undetermined Role
(uncredited)

Director
- Victor Saville
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Trivia
The main character is based upon the music hall star Lottie Collins, who popularized the song "Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-de-Ray" and who also had an illegitimate daughter who grew up to be a famous actress, Jose Collins.

Goofs
The onscreen source of the movie is listed as "Evergreen", but it actually was called "Ever Green".

Crazy credits
Opening credits prologue: Yesterday

Connections
Featured in Forty Minutes: Catch a Fallen Star (1987)

Soundtracks
Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bow-Wow
(1892) (uncredited)
Written by Joseph Tabrar
Performed by Jessie Matthews and chorus

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6/10

Dancing on the Ceiling with Jessie Matthews

"Yesterday," to avoid scandal involving her illegitimate baby girl, music hall performer Jessie Matthews (as Harriet Green) retires from the stage. "To-Day" her adult daughter, Ms. Matthews (as Harriet Hawkes), is back in London, auditioning as a chorus girl. She meets young show business hopeful Barry Mackay (as Tommy Thompson), who promotes Ms. Matthews as the return of her eternally youthful mother. The British public is delighted with the comeback, but 60-year-old "mother" Matthews falls in love with "son" Mackay and their ruse is threatened by paramours from Mathews' past. Helping out are real-life husband Sonnie Hale (as Leslie Benn), veteran British favorite Betty Balfour (as Maudie), and director Victor Saville.

****** Evergreen (4/34) Victor Saville ~ Jessie Matthews, Barry Mackay, Sonnie Hale, Betty Balfour