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Miss Pilgrim's Progress

April 10, 2024

Miss Pilgrim's Progress is a 1949 black-and-white British comedy film by producer Nat Cohen and director Val Guest.[1]

Miss Pilgrim's Progress
Original Australian poster
Directed byVal Guest
Written byVal Guest
Produced byNat Cohen
Daniel Angel
StarringMichael Rennie
Yolande Donlan
Garry Marsh
CinematographyBert Mason
Edited byDouglas Myers
Music byPhilip Martell
Ronald Hanmer (uncredited)
Production
company
Angel Productions
Distributed byGrand National Pictures
Release date
  • 29 November 1949 (1949-11-29) (London)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Plot edit

Laramie Pilgrim (Yolande Donlan) is an American exchange factory worker who trades places with an upper class British girl. After much adjusting to English country life, and with the various attendant culture clashes, Miss Pilgrim comes to the rescue of her new village and its exploitation by a local land developer.

Cast edit

Uncredited:

Production edit

Val Guest wrote the film as a vehicle for Yolande Dolan, who had been a sensation in London in Born Yesterday and whom he would later marry. The male lead was Michael Rennie, who Guest had given his first leading man part; Rennie returned from Hollywood to appear in it.[2]

Reception edit

Guest says the film was "a big success" and let to Dolan and Rennie being reunited on The Body Said No!.[2]

Critical reception edit

TV Guide gave the film two out of four stars, and wrote, "the script relies on the surefire technique of cultural differences for humor, with the English countryside providing a pleasant background."[3]

External links edit

References edit

  1. ^ . BFI. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012.
  2. ^ a b Fowler, Roy (1988). "Interview with Val Guest". British Entertainment History Project.
  3. ^ "Miss Pilgrim's Progress". TV Guide.


 

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