UK, 1954
72m [USA], 94m [UK]
35mm film, Trucolor, Eastmancolor, black and white, 1.37:1
mono, English
A British fantasy film directed by Herbert Wilcox.
Plot Summary
Carole Beaumont is knocked unconscious during an air raid and fantasies that she is Nell Gwyn. When she wakes she has to choose between two suitors, Charles King and Albert Gutman and keeps on fantasising to help her work things out.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Directed by: Herbert Wilcox
Produced by: Herbert Wilcox
Production Manager: J.D. Wilcox John Wilcox]
Play: Robert Nesbitt, Harold Purcell
Assistant Director: Frank Hollands
Director of Stage Production: Robert Nesbitt
Continuity: Phyllis Crocker
Director of Photography: Max Greene Mutz Greenbaum]
Camera Operator: Austin Dempster
Second Camera Operator: Skeets Kelly *
Assistant Camera: Brian West *
Supervising Editor: Reginald Beck
Assembly Cutter: Basil Warren *
Music: Robert Farnon
Sound Recordists: Peter Handford, Len Shilton
Assistant Boom Operator: Kevin Sutton *
RCA Sound System
Wardrobe Supervisor: Maude Churchill
Dresses for Miss Neagle: Anthony Holland
Make-up: Harold Fletcher
Hairdresser: Nora Bentley
Art Director: William C. Andrews
Assistant Art Directors: Leonard Townsend Len Townsend], A. Van Montagu A.J. Van Montagu], Albert Witherick
Choreographers: Betty Buchel, Philip Buchel
Studio: Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Unit Manager: Patricia Smith
“Blighty” front cloth by permission of Bruce Bairnsfather
Stunts: Nosher Powell *
Cast
Errol Flynn (John ‘Beau’ Beaumont)
Anna Neagle (Carole Beaumont/Lillian Grey/Nell Gwynn/Queen Victoria)
David Farrar (Charles King/King Charles II)
Kathleen Harrison (Kate)
Peter Graves (Albert Gutman/Prince Albert)
Helen Haye (Lady Drayton)
Scott Sanders (Old George)
Alma Taylor (1st woman)
Hetty King (2nd woman)
Alan Gifford (Hollywood director)
Jennifer Mitchell (young Carole)
Gillian Harrison (very young Carole)
George Margo (reporter)
Stephen Boyd [Beaumont’s poolside companion] *
Sean Connery *
Sam Kydd [actor in Beaumont film] *
Alternative Titles
Armi del re, Le – Italy
Blixtrande kär – Sweden
Drømmenes melodi – Denmark
Let’s Make Up – USA
Lilases na Primavera – Portugal
La reconciliación – Spain
Voyage en Birmanie – France
