by Arthur Crabtree » Fri Jan 27, 2023 7:42 pm
Yes, with Herbert Wilcox and Anna Neagle. Terrible film. As was her next with Neagle, No Time for Tears. But then she was the other woman in the excellent Woman in a Dressing Gown, and she was off on a run.
She was naturally very sexy in her earlier roles, but there wasn't really that outlet in mainstream fifties films in the UK. So she tended to be a nun or a nurse. Maybe that's what she wanted, but she could have been successful in sassier roles. Maybe Diana Dors got those jobs, such as they were, but SS was genuinely hot and could act too.
Familiar voice from Talking Pictures series on BBC.
I always say that everybody's right.