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Design for Loving
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Wikipedia article
'Design for Loving' is a 1962 British comedy film directed by Godfrey Grayson and starring June Thorburn, Pete Murray and Soraya Rafat.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090116025958/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/31094 BFI.org] Its plot concerns a beatnik who becomes a top fashion model. It is also known by the alternative title 'Fashion for Loving'.
Plot
With an eye on the youth market, fashion executive Barbara Winters (June Thorburn) hires beatnik Stanford (Pete Murray) as her chief fashion adviser. However, discovering Stanford is in reality Lord Stanford, leads to ensuing comic complications.
Cast
* June Thorburn - Barbara Winters
* Pete Murray - Lord Stanford
* Soraya Rafat - Irene
* James Maxwell - Joe
* June Cunningham - Alice
* Prudence Hyman - Lady Bayliss
* Michael Balfour - Bernie
* Edward Palmer - Graves
* John Bay - Freddie
* Marjie Lawrence - Mrs. Samson
* Katharine Page - Chaperone
* Patsy Smart - Landlady
* Mark Singleton - Karl
* Charles Lamb - Walter
* Humphrey Lestocq - Manager
* Mary Malcolm - Compere
* Angela Douglas - Bernie's Secretary
Critical reception
'TV Guide' concluded that the film "...fails to produce much excitement, comic or otherwise."
References
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