Miss London Ltd.

Miss London Ltd.
Directed by	Val Guest
Produced by	Edward Black
Written by	Marriott Edgar Val Guest
Starring	See below
Music by	Bob Busby
Cinematography	Basil Emmott
Editing by	R. E. Dearing
Studio	Lime Grove Studios (credited as Gaumont British)
Distributed by	Gainsborough Pictures
Release date(s)	1943
Running time	99 minutes (UK)
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Miss London Ltd. is a 1943 British, black-and-white, comedy, musical, war film, directed by Val Guest and starring Ronald Shiner as Sailor Meredith and Arthur Askey as Arthur Bowden.^[1] It was produced by Edward Black, Maurice Ostrer, Fred Gunn and Gainsborough Pictures.

Plot summary

This musical comedy stars Arthur Askey as Arthur Bowden, the head of an escort agency in wartime London. He is assisted in this role by Evelyn Dall and soon has railway clerk Anne Shelton on the books. The opening sequence of the film features the latter singing "The 8.50 Choo Choo For Waterloo Choo" at Waterloo Station before she is recruited by Arthur Bowman (Arthur Askey) for his escort agency. As usual, Ronald Shiner's character (Sailor Meredith) plays a decisive role.

The film is notable for a surreal self parodying sequence in which Bowman, to gain entrance to a hotel, pretends to be the famous Arthur Askey, using some of his choice catchphrases. Other spoofs include Askey and Dall doing a routine as Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers and, with Shiner in addition, as the three Marx Brothers.

Cast

• Arthur Askey as Arthur Bowden
• Evelyn Dall as Terry Arden
• Anne Shelton as Gail Martin
• Richard Hearne as Commodore Joshua Wellington
• Max Bacon as Romero
• Jack Train as Joe Nelson
• Peter Graves as Captain Michael "Rory" O'More
• Jean Kent as The Encyclopedia Girl
• Ronald Shiner as Sailor Meredith
• Iris Lang
• Virginia Keiley
• Una Shepherd
• Sheila Bligh
• Noni Brooke
• Patricia Owens as Miss London

Soundtrack

• Evelyn Dall and Anne Shelton – "A Fine How Do You Do" (Words and music by Val Guest and Manning Sherwin)
• Evelyn Dall – "Keep Cool Calm and Collected" (Words and music by Val Guest and Manning Sherwin)
• Arthur Askey – "The Moth" (Words and music by Val Guest and Manning Sherwin)
• Arthur Askey – "I'm Only Me" (Words and music by Val Guest and Manning Sherwin)
• Anne Shelton – "You Too Can Have a Lovely Romance" (Words and music by Val Guest and Manning Sherwin)
• Anne Shelton – "The 8.50 Choo Choo" (Words and music by Val Guest and Manning Sherwin)
• Anne Shelton – "If You Could Only Cook" (Words and music by Val Guest and Manning Sherwin)
• "My Father Was a Yes Man" (Words and music by Val Guest and Manning Sherwin)

References

1. ^ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/284313?view=cast

External links

• Miss London Ltd. at AllRovi
• Miss London Ltd. at the BFI Film & TV Database
• Miss London Ltd. at the Internet Movie Database
• Miss London Ltd. is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]