Not copyrighted or theatrically released in the U.S.A. Released in the U.K. through General Film Distributors: 8 May 1944. London trade show: 22 February 1944. 88 minutes.
SYNOPSIS: A confidence man promotes a time machine which, to his surprise, actually works! NOTES: One of the top twenty popular attractions at British cinemas in 1944.
COMMENT: A couple of minor disappointments - Moore Marriott's role is not only pifflingly small, it's not very funny, and while Moffatt's role is larger, it's virtually a straight part; and the special photographic effects seem amateurish by present standards - but otherwise a most enjoyable trip to Elizabethan London.
Not only are all the players - particularly Miss Dall - in fine form, but the quips come quick and fast. Sets, costumes and production values generally are incredibly lavish, with director Forde making the most of his many set-pieces and crowd scenes.
We particularly admired Olga Lindo's querulous Elizabeth, Roy Emerton's roughhouse Smith, Bradley's easily-conned Raleigh, and Salew's lost-for-a-word Shakespeare. And the songs are such a swinging delight, we wish there were more!
All told, a journey we were most happy to make.
OTHER VIEWS: A succession of delightfully weak puns, enthusiastically acted, directed with style and panache through dazzlingly authentic-looking sets and miniatures, this entertaining Female Yankee in Queen Elizabeth's Court is further enlivened by bright musical interludes. To quote The Manchester Guardian, the movie is "a triumph."
SYNOPSIS: A confidence man promotes a time machine which, to his surprise, actually works! NOTES: One of the top twenty popular attractions at British cinemas in 1944.
COMMENT: A couple of minor disappointments - Moore Marriott's role is not only pifflingly small, it's not very funny, and while Moffatt's role is larger, it's virtually a straight part; and the special photographic effects seem amateurish by present standards - but otherwise a most enjoyable trip to Elizabethan London.
Not only are all the players - particularly Miss Dall - in fine form, but the quips come quick and fast. Sets, costumes and production values generally are incredibly lavish, with director Forde making the most of his many set-pieces and crowd scenes.
We particularly admired Olga Lindo's querulous Elizabeth, Roy Emerton's roughhouse Smith, Bradley's easily-conned Raleigh, and Salew's lost-for-a-word Shakespeare. And the songs are such a swinging delight, we wish there were more!
All told, a journey we were most happy to make.
OTHER VIEWS: A succession of delightfully weak puns, enthusiastically acted, directed with style and panache through dazzlingly authentic-looking sets and miniatures, this entertaining Female Yankee in Queen Elizabeth's Court is further enlivened by bright musical interludes. To quote The Manchester Guardian, the movie is "a triumph."