Clearly Basil Dean was trying to change Gracies on screen persona during the later part of her Ealing career.Also by using the word "extravaganza"in the credits he clearly wants to make cinema-goers believe that much more time and money has been spent.The tunes are quite pleasant but why do they have to lumber her with John Loder,one of the most wooden actors who ever appeared.Furthermore they still wont let her get the man at the end.In this instance Loder has to marry a Princess who is even plainer than Gracie.In fact they pull that old chestnut....just take off your glasses and do your hair and we will make a princess out of a frog.Only in this instance they make a frog out of a frog.Maybe audiences of the time were conditioned to the view that Gracie couldn't get the man and had to suffer!
Review of Love, Life & Laughter
