Bikini Baby (1951)
"Lady Godiva Rides Again" (original title)

Marjory Clark wins a competition in her Midland town and finds herself in a Festival of Britain procession as Lady Godiva - though not in the buff. This leads by way of a suspect beauty ... See full summary »

Director:

Frank Launder

Writers:

Frank Launder, Val Valentine

Stars:

Dennis Price, John McCallum, Stanley Holloway

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dennis Price	...	Simon Abott
John McCallum	...	Larry Burns
Stanley Holloway	...	Mr. Clark
Pauline Stroud	...	Marjorie Clark
Gladys Henson	...	Mrs. Clark
Bernadette O'Farrell	...	Janie
George Cole	...	Johnny
Diana Dors	...	Dolores August
Eddie Byrne	...	Eddie Mooney
Kay Kendall	...	Sylvia
Renee Houston	...	Beattie
Dora Bryan	...	Lady in charge of publicity
Sid James	...	Lew Beeson
Tommy Duggan	...	Compere
Eddy Leslie	...	Comic

Storyline

Marjory Clark wins a competition in her Midland town and finds herself in a Festival of Britain procession as Lady Godiva - though not in the buff. This leads by way of a suspect beauty competition to the show-business world of London. But it could be a slippery slope for simple home-town Marge.

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Taglines:

FEATURING DOZENS OF INTERNATIONAL BEAUTY QUEENS AND FAMOUS ARTISTS MODELS!

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

1952 (USA)

Also Known As:

Bikini Baby

Filming Locations:

Folkestone, Kent, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

London Film Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The feature debut of Toke Townley.

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Soundtracks

"If I Painted A Picture"
By David Heneker and Tommy Duggan
Sung by Jimmy Young with Syd Dean and his band

User Reviews

Austerity is Nearly Over!

This was a hugely enjoyable film for those of us who were around when it was made. Even sixty years on I can still remember Battersea Funfair.

What I do wonder though, is how many in a modern audience will get all the topical jokes, a few for instance: the reference to Johnny being a butter patter: in those days Sainsbury's cut butter from a block, and patted it with wooden patters to the required weight; in the cinema Johnny buys a brickette ice-cream (without wafers); the 10/- fine if a half-naked girl moved during a tableau (Lord Chamberlain's rules - see Mrs Henderson Presents).

Among the nice touches: Alistair Sim's cameo as Hawtry Murington was quite brilliant from the opening, louring, shot of him to his accurate critique of the problems facing the British film industry; as Marjorie goes into see Otto Mann, casting director, a couch is just inside the door.

Although set in the North, the exterior shot of Chanters store is of Bentalls in Kingston. The station with the train back home is Kings Cross (the coaches are Eastern Region). And was the pawnbroker an uncredited Bernard Miles? Oh, and wasn't the 20 year old Diana Dors a dish? (And can somebody identify Joan Collins for me please).

The whole thing was a delight from start to finish (despite the lack of regional accents among the girls).