A Date with a Dream
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Director Dicky Leeman Duration Language English | 5.8/10 IMDb Genre Comedy Country United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date November 1948 (1948-11) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A Date with a Dream is a 1948 British musical comedy film directed by Dicky Leeman and starring Terry-Thomas, Jeannie Carson and Wally Patch. Its plot concerns a wartime group of musical entertainers who meet up a year after being demobbed and decide to reform their act. This was one of Terry-Thomas's first films and is reputedly partly based on his own experiences. Terry-Thomas has not yet developed his cad persona and a young Norman Wisdom appears in a very brief, non-speaking cameo role.
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Plot
When an Army concert party is disbanded after the war, they plan to meet up in a years time for a reunion. When they do they discover that all the various members aren't coping too well with civilian life. Jean, a singer who is staying in the same house as two of the ex-concert party members, suggests that the various members get back together to perform.
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Critical reception
Sky Movies wrote, "a sparkling performance from the young Terry-Thomas and a bright, sassy attitude saves this dated, rather choppy little filler item from the scrapheap of movie history. Worth a look for nostalgia buffs and curio collectors."
A Date With A Dream was the first production of Tempean Films, a production company founded by Monty Berman and Robert S. Baker following their service in World War II. Of the film, Baker later commented, "It didn't make us a penny, but it gave us a good introduction to the film business." Tempean would go on to produce many British B-movies throughout the 1950's and into the early 1960s
References
A Date with a Dream WikipediaA Date with a Dream IMDb A Date with a Dream themoviedb.org