A Girl Must Live

(1939)

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| Film | United Kingdom | B&W | Comedy, Drama | 1h 32min |
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| Stars: Margaret Lockwood, Renee Houston, Lilli Palmer | Director: Carol Reed

A runaway schoolgirl falls among chorus girls who plan to marry into the nobility

A girl runs away from her Swiss finishing school to go on the stage under a false name, just as a rich, young rubber-planter returns to England to inherit a title.

Her fellow lodgers and chorus girls, Gloria and Clytie, fight it out for the Earl of Pangborough’s attentions, until the whole chorus line is unexpectedly invited to spend the weekend at his mansion.

The girls’ producer, Joe Gold and con-man Hugo are also in attendance, when the real Leslie James threatens to make an appearance...

Cast

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Main title from A Girl Must Live (1939) (3) featuring Margaret Lockwood
Leslie James
A Girl Must Live (1939) opening credits (4) | Renee Houston
Renee Houston
Gloria Lind
Main title from A Girl Must Live (1939) (5) featuring Lilli Palmer
Clytie Devine
George Robey
Horace Blount
Hugh Sinclair
Earl of Pangborough
Naunton Wayne, well-known British actor who plays the role of Leslie, one of the club friends of of Henry Garnet (Basil Radford) in ‘The Facts of Life’, one of the four Somerset Maugham stories comprising ‘Quartet’, Sydney Box’s new production for Gainsborough Pictures
Hugo Smythe
Photograph of British actor, Moore Marriott (1)
Bretherton Hythe
Mary Clare
Mrs Wallis
David Burns
Joe Gold
British actress Kathleen Harrison wears a striped blouse
Penelope
Drusilla Wills
Miss Polkinghome
Wilson Coleman
Mr Joliffe
Helen Haye
Aunt Primrose
Frederick Burtwell
Hodder
Muriel Aked
Mme Dupont, headmistress
Photograph of British actress, Martita Hunt (1). The actress wears pearls while smoking a cigarette
Mme Dupont #2
Kathleen Boutall
Mrs Blount
Merle Tottenham
College inmate
Joan White
College inmate
Michael Hordern
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Reviews

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Light, peppery comedy with a strong cast. (Halliwell’s)

Film clips

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Main title from A Girl Must Live (1939). A runaway schoolgirl falls among chorus girls who plan to marry into the nobility.

A Girl Must Live (1939) opening credits

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Main title from A Girl Must Live (1939). A runaway schoolgirl falls among chorus girls who plan to marry into the nobility.

Margaret Lockwood in a film clip from A Girl Must Live

The runaway

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Margaret Lockwood in a film clip from A Girl Must Live.

Hugh Sinclair, Margaret Lockwood, Lilli Palmer and Renee Houston in a film clip from A Girl Must Live

The games room

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Hugh Sinclair, Margaret Lockwood, Lilli Palmer and Renee Houston in a film clip from A Girl Must Live.

Pictures

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Main title from A Girl Must Live (1939) (10)
Main title from A Girl Must Live (1939) (9)
Main title from A Girl Must Live (1939) (8)
Main title from A Girl Must Live (1939) (7). Directed by Carol Reed
Main title from A Girl Must Live (1939) (6). With George Robey, Hugh Sinclair, Naunton Wayne, Moore Marriott, Mary Clare, David Burns
Main title from A Girl Must Live (1939) (5) featuring Lilli Palmer
Main title from A Girl Must Live (1939) (4) featuring Renee Houston
Main title from A Girl Must Live (1939) (3) featuring Margaret Lockwood
Main title from A Girl Must Live (1939) (2)
Main title from A Girl Must Live (1939) (1). Argyle TV Films presents
Margaret Lockwood, in costume for A Girl Must Live, holds up a cat for the camera. The moggy is decidedly unimpressed.
Margaret Lockwood (as Leslie James) in a photograph from A Girl Must Live (1939) (13)
Margaret Lockwood (as Leslie James) in a screenshot from A Girl Must Live (1939) (3)
Lobby card from A Girl Must Live (1939) (6)
Lobby card from A Girl Must Live (1939) (5)
Margaret Lockwood (as Leslie James), Lilli Palmer (as Clytie Devine) and Renée Houston (as Gloria Lind) in a photograph from A Girl Must Live (1939) (12)
David Burns (as Joe Gold), Margaret Lockwood (as Leslie James) and Lilli Palmer (as Clytie Devine) in a photograph from A Girl Must Live (1939) (11)
Lobby card from A Girl Must Live (1939) (4)
Lilli Palmer (as Clytie Devine), Margaret Lockwood (as Leslie James) and Renée Houston (as Gloria Lind) in a photograph from A Girl Must Live (1939) (10)
Margaret Lockwood (as Leslie James), Lilli Palmer (as Clytie Devine) and Renée Houston (as Gloria Lind) in a photograph from A Girl Must Live (1939) (9)
Margaret Lockwood (as Leslie James) in a photograph from A Girl Must Live (1939) (8)
Margaret Lockwood (as Leslie James) and Hugh Sinclair (as Earl of Pangborough) in a screenshot from A Girl Must Live (1939) (2)
Margaret Lockwood (as Leslie James) in a screenshot from A Girl Must Live (1939) (1)
Lilli Palmer (as Clytie Devine) and Margaret Lockwood (as Leslie James) in a photograph from A Girl Must Live (1939) (7)
Lilli Palmer (as Clytie Devine) and Margaret Lockwood (as Leslie James) in a photograph from A Girl Must Live (1939) (6)
Renée Houston (as Gloria Lind), Lilli Palmer (as Clytie Devine) and Margaret Lockwood (as Leslie James) in a photograph from A Girl Must Live (1939) (5)
Poster for A Girl Must Live (1939) (3)
Pressbook for A Girl Must Live (1939) (1)
Poster for A Girl Must Live (1939) (2)
Lobby card from A Girl Must Live (1939) (3)
Lobby card from A Girl Must Live (1939) (2)
Poster for A Girl Must Live (1939) (1)
Margaret Lockwood knits away the time during a break from filming A Girl Must Live
Lilli Palmer (as Clytie Devine), Renée Houston (as Gloria Lind) and Margaret Lockwood (as Leslie James) in a photograph from A Girl Must Live (1939) (3)
Margaret Lockwood (as Leslie James), Renée Houston (as Gloria Lind), Hugh Sinclair (as Earl of Pangborough) and Lilli Palmer (as Clytie Devine) in a photograph from A Girl Must Live (1939) (2)
Margaret Lockwood (as Leslie James) in a photograph from A Girl Must Live (1939) (1)
Lobby card from A Girl Must Live (1939) (1)
Picturegoer magazine with Margaret Lockwood and Hugh Sinclair in A Girl Must Live. March, 1939.

Production

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British director Carol Reed, perhaps best known for his work on The Third Man (1949)
Director
Edward Black
Producer
Frank Launder
Writer
Emery Bonnett
Writer (novel)

Companies

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Gainsborough Pictures
Production company
Twentieth Century Fox Film Company
Distribution company