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Lady Godiva Rides Again (Original title)Beauty Queen (Alternative title)
Dates: 1951 (Copyright), 07 January 1952 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Frank Launder

Synopsis: A girl wins beauty contest and thinks she is on the way to fame and stardom, however she slowly sinks lower and lower, and loses her boyfriend. She is about to have to perform in a nude show when she is rescued by her parents.

Genre:
Comedy
Releases
Date: 1951Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 90 mins Length: 8000 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (35)
Production Company: London Film Productions, ©/Produced in association with and distributed by: British Lion Film Corporation, A Sidney Gilliat production: Sidney Gilliat, A Frank Launder production: Frank Launder, Production Manager: Leslie Gilliat, Assistant to the Producers: Cyril Coke, Assistant Director: Percy Hermes, Continuity: Paddy Arnold, Screenplay: Frank Launder, Screenplay: Val Valentine, Director of Photography: Wilkie Cooper, 2nd Unit Cameraman: Bill Allan, Camera Operator: Denys Coop, Camera Assistant: Gerry Fisher, Film Editor: Thelma Connell, Assembly Cutting: Derek Armstrong, Art Director: Joseph Bato, Costumes: Anna Duse, Wardrobe: Ivy Baker, Make-up: Michael Morris, Hairdressing: Bill Griffiths, Music: William Alwyn, Song 'How Long is Always' by: Leo Towers, Frankie Russell, Song 'If I Painted a Picture' by: Tommy Duggan, David Heneker, Song 'Comedian's Dance' by: Walford Hyden, 'If I Painted a Picture' sung by: Jimmy Young, Conductor: Muir Mathieson, Sound Supervisor: John Cox, Sound Recording: Bert Ross, Sound Recording: Red Law, Publicity: Jean Osborne, Studio: Shepperton Studios
Cast (48)
Dennis Price (Simon Abbott), John McCallum (Larry Burns), Stanley Holloway (Mr. Clark), Pauline Stroud (Marjorie), Diana Dors (Dolores August), George Cole (Johnny), Bernadette O'Farrell (Janie), Kay Kendall (Sylvia), Eddie Byrne (Eddie Mooney), Gladys Henson (Mrs. Clark), Sidney James (Lew Beeson), Dora Bryan (film publicity woman), Cyril Chamberlain (Harry), Lyn Evans (Vic Kennedy), Peter Martyn (photographer), Fred Berger (Mr Green), Henry Longhurst (soap director), Felix Felton, Arthur Brander, Sidney Vivian (councillor), Arthur Howard, Clive Baxter, Paul Connell (soap publicity man), John Harvey (Buller), Rowena Gregory (waitress), Dagmar Wynter (Myrtle Shaw), Tom Gill (receptionist), Renée Houston (Beattie), Patricia Goddard (Susan), Richard Wattis (casting director), Tommy Duggan (compere), Eddie Leslie (comedian), Michael Ripper (stage manager), Charlotte Mitchell (Lucille Laroche), Toke Townley (her husband), Edward Forsythe, Lisa Lee (singer), Alastair Sim ([Mr. Murington]), Googie Withers ([Susan Forster]), Trevor Howard ([man at film preview]), Jimmy Young ([singer]), Leslie Mitchell ([BBC interviewer]), Joan Collins, Anne Heywood, Delene Scott, Jacquie Wallis ([beauty show contestant]), Fred Griffiths ([river boat guide]), Walford Hyden (conductor)