Design for Loving
1962 British film by Godfrey Grayson
- March 1962 (1962-03) (UK)
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Design for Loving (also known as Fashion for Loving) is a 1962 British comedy film directed by Godfrey Grayson and starring June Thorburn, Pete Murray and Soraya Rafat.[1][2]
A beatnik becomes a top fashion model.
Plot
With an eye on the youth market, fashion executive Barbara Winters hires beatnik Stanford as her chief fashion adviser. However, discovering Stanford is in reality Lord Stanford, leads to ensuing comic complications.
Cast
- June Thorburn as Barbara Winters
- Pete Murray as Lord Stanford
- Soraya Rafat as Irene
- James Maxwell as Joe
- June Cunningham as Alice
- Prudence Hyman as Lady Bayliss
- Michael Balfour as Bernie
- Edward Palmer as Graves
- John Bay as Freddie
- Marjie Lawrence as Mrs. Samson
- Katharine Page as chaperone
- Patsy Smart as landlady
- Mark Singleton as Karl
- Charles Lamb as Walter
- Humphrey Lestocq as manager
- Mary Malcolm as compere
- Angela Douglas as Bernie's secretary
Critical reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin called the film: "one of those shop-soiled little romantic comedies stuck in the bargain-basement where the situations, backdrops and staging are concerned. The jokes at the expense of beatniks and haute couture tend to become tedious, for all that they are put over with energy by a willing cast."[3]
TV Guide concluded that the film "...fails to produce much excitement, comic or otherwise."[4]
References
- ^ "Design for Loving". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
- ^ BFI.org
- ^ "Design for Loving". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 29 (336): 67. 1 January 1962 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "Design for Loving".
External links
- Design for Loving at IMDb
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Films directed by Godfrey Grayson
- Dick Barton Strikes Back (1949)
- Doctor Morelle (1949)
- The Adventures of PC 49 (1949)
- Meet Simon Cherry (1949)
- What the Butler Saw (1950)
- The Lady Craved Excitement (1950)
- Room to Let (1950)
- Dick Barton at Bay (1950)
- To Have and to Hold (1951)
- The Fake (1953)
- Black Ice (1957)
- Innocent Meeting (1958)
- Date at Midnight (1959)
- Woman's Temptation (1959)
- High Jump (1959)
- An Honourable Murder (1960)
- The Spider's Web (1960)
- Escort for Hire (1960)
- So Evil, So Young (1961)
- The Lamp in Assassin Mews (1962)
- The Battleaxe (1962)
- She Always Gets Their Man (1962)
- Design for Loving (1962)
- The Durant Affair (1962)
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