
Lolita
1962


“The Whole Town's Talking About Woolley and Fields! Wow! What a Love and Laugh Team!”
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An artist returning from years abroad takes the identity of his dead valet and gets married, but then there are complications.
Director
John M. StahlWriters
Status
Released
Original Language
English
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Monty Woolley is on great form here as the celebrated artist "Priam Farll" (surely that's got to be an anagram of something?) who is mistakenly attributed dead (instead of his valet). Quite content, he basks in the lack of limelight and forges a new life for himself and new wife "Alice" (Gracie Fields). Money starts to get a bit tight, though, and his wife tries to sell one of his lately painted works. The dealer immediately identifies this as a genuine "Farll" and collector "Lady Vale" (Ethel Griffies) is soon collecting them. Of course, it doesn't take long for someone to spot that one of th…
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