In Edwardian London music-hall star Harriet Green (played by the multi-talented Jessie Matthews) performs to adoring audiences. Then just as she is about to marry her aristocratic fianc'' her former lover appears threatening to unleash a public scandal that could ruin her: she already has an illegitimate daughter by him. Harriet flees abroad leaving her daughter also called Harriet in the care of her dresser. When years later the younger Harriet attends an audition for a musical - intent on pursuing her own stage career - a young publicity agent Tommy believes he has hit upon the perfect idea for a stage act based upon Harriet's remarkable resemblance to her mother... Evergreen was a major success for Jessie Matthews one of British cinema's best-loved stars. Also starring Matthews' husband Sonnie Hale and silent-screen star Betty Balfour (known as 'the British Mary Pickford') this charming musical comedy - featuring music by Rogers and Hart and outstanding choreography by Buddy Bradley - was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic.
Throughout the 1930s Jessie Matthews was Britain's best-loved musical film star, her dynamism and gamine charm beguiling audiences on both sides of the Atlantic. With a string of box-office hits spotlighting her unique talent, it's easy to see how she became so popular and why she remains so to this day. Showcasing some the era's finest cinema talent including Betty Balfour, Victor Saville, Michael Balcon, and actor/director (and Matthews' husband) Sonnie Hale two films in this set are presented as transfers from the original film elements, in their original theatrical aspect ratios. There Goes the Bride Fleeing her own wedding, Annette heads for Paris with detectives hot on her heels! The last thing she needs is to fall in love with a stranger... Black and White / 76 mins / 1.37:1 / Mono / English Evergreen The illegitimate daughter of starlet Harriet Green has inherited her mother's looks and talent and, thanks to a wily agent, a unique stage act is born! Black and White / 86 mins / 1.37:1 / Mono / English
Betty Balfour returns in the role of 'Squibs' a character that made her famous in the silent film era. Directed by Henry Edwards co-founder of New Art Productions. One of the main stays of Twickenham Studios - made in 1935, in this Musical Comedy Squibs, (Betty Balfour) a cockney flower seller has a burgeoning romance with policeman (Stanley Holloway), but the tryst is threatened by the gambling of Squibs's father (Gordon Harker). With the help of her friends and a lottery ticket... ...
Samuel Sweetland (Jameson Thomas) is a condescending farmer who finds himself all alone. His wife has died and his daughter has just gotten married. To find a new spouse Sweetland and his housekeeper Minta (Lillian Hall-Davis) make a list of the women who live nearby assuming that any one of them would kill to be his bride. But farmer Sweetland is in for a big surprise--and his ego is in for a major bruising--until the lovelorn Sweetland can acknowledge that he is secretly admire
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