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Lassie from Lancashire (1938)

Directed by John Paddy Carstairs

Overview

Struggling young actress Jenny (Marjorie Browne) joins her dad (Mark Daly) when he moves into Aunt Hetty’s (Elsie Wagstaff) boarding house. Aunt Hetty overworks them, but Jenny is lucky enough to find love in the form of aspiring songwriter Tom (Hal Thompson). But their romance is threatened and nearly destroyed by the jealous star actress of the local pantomime company. However, the young lovers move on to bigger and better things after winning a London West End theatre contract.

Length 81 minutes

Actors

Leslie Phillips | Elsie Wagstaff | Anita Sharp-Bolster | Hal Thompson | Mark Daly | Johnnie Schofield | Vera Lennox | Marjorie Browne | Marjorie Sandford | Billy Caryll | Hilda Mundy