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Shirley's World

  • TV Series
  • 1971–19721971–1972
  • 30m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
61
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Shirley's World (1971)
Comedy
Shirley Logan (Shirley MacLaine) is a globe-trotting magazine writer-photographer and Dennis Croft (John Gregson), her London based editor.Shirley Logan (Shirley MacLaine) is a globe-trotting magazine writer-photographer and Dennis Croft (John Gregson), her London based editor.Shirley Logan (Shirley MacLaine) is a globe-trotting magazine writer-photographer and Dennis Croft (John Gregson), her London based editor.
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
61
YOUR RATING
    • Frank Tarloff
    • Melville Shavelson(series created by)
  • Stars
    • Shirley MacLaine
    • John Gregson
    • Kim Smith
    • Frank Tarloff
    • Melville Shavelson(series created by)
  • Stars
    • Shirley MacLaine
    • John Gregson
    • Kim Smith
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    • 3User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Shirley MacLaine
    Shirley MacLaine
    • Shirley Logan
    John Gregson
    John Gregson
    • Dennis Croft
    Kim Smith
    • Rodney…
    Burt Kwouk
    Burt Kwouk
    • Shunji
    Yasuko Nagazumi
    • Morico…
    Stuart Damon
    Stuart Damon
    • Igor Kuraganovitch
    John Wreford
    • Peters
    Ron Moody
    Ron Moody
    • Matthew Quick
    Charles Lloyd Pack
    • Sir Harold
    Jeremy Hawk
    Jeremy Hawk
    • Addison Carshaw
    Nicky Henson
    Nicky Henson
    • Beanie
    Erik Chitty
    Erik Chitty
    • Commissionaire
    Isa Miranda
    Isa Miranda
    • Lilian
    Arthur Howard
    • Elderly Member
    Skip Martin
    Skip Martin
    • Mr. Brown
    Jack Newmark
    • Lord Arthur
    Frank Duncan
    Frank Duncan
    • Ringmaster
    Brian Blessed
    Brian Blessed
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      • Frank Tarloff
      • Melville Shavelson(series created by)
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    • Trivia
      Apparently Shirley MacLaine and her British crew developed a mutual loathing of each other during the making of this series. All were mutually happy when it was cancelled.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Discovering Film: Shirley MacLaine (2015)

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    4/10
    It Was A Good Idea ... At The Time
    I'll split the difference of the previous two reviews. "Shirley's World" is awful at times, but not all the time. However, it's never really that good, and that's the problem.

    The premise is fine -- a globe-trotting female photojournalist getting herself and others in and out of trouble and experiencing adventure (vaguely) and love (infrequently and incompletely) along the way. It's the type of show which could have appealed to the discerning tastes of intelligent, early-70's TV viewers if anyone with an ounce of talent and/or commitment had written any of the scripts. It got so bad on the "A Girl Like You" episode that the writers just ripped off "My Geisha", the movie MacLaine made a decade earlier (of course, I'm assuming Shirley didn't suggest that story line. If so, she has no one to blame but herself).

    The only constant selling point is Shirley, who is such a vivrant thing here, especially considering she was 37 when this series was filmed. She also looks different -- her traditional bob is nowhere to be found as she was in her natural, long-hair period that lasted through this series, the movies "Desperate Characters" and "The Possession of Joel Delaney", plus her stint pimpin' George McGovern as a '72 U.S. presidential candidate.
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    • rasithrill
    • Mar 23, 2010

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    • Release date
      • September 15, 1971 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • English
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      • Hong Kong, China
    • Production companies
      • Associated Television (ATV)
      • Incorporated Television Company (ITC)
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    • 30 minutes
      • Color
      • Mono

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