Noel Coward's lovely play isn't tampered with - he whinged about the ending apparently but I didn't mind it. The colour photography is lovely but probably wasn't worth getting for a film about people in a room. Indeed, it might've been better had they not done it because they might've avoided the worst mistake of the film - painting Kay Hammond all green.
Rex Harrison and Margaret Rutherford are divine in their roles - Harrison did Coward better than Coward, more focused (and I can say it with authority because I've seen the TV version). Cummings and Hammond are fine - it's not Hammond's' fault she's green - but I kept wishing for proper stars. Elvira at least should've been a star - imagine Vivien Leigh or someone.
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