Things Are Looking Up

If you keep your eyes peeled, you can't miss spotting Miss Leigh in this, one of her very first roles. She even had one line of dialogue - "If you are not made headmistress, I shan't come back next term." Contrary to many sources, this line was NOT cut from the final print, as I just heard and saw it with my own eyes.

Things Are Looking Up is a delightful romp with non-stop laughs. Cicely Courtneidge is Cicely Fytte, a circus-owner, and also her identical twin sister Bertha Fytte, a strict schoolmistress. When Bertha runs away to elope with "the Big Black Fox", their younger sister Mary summons Cicely to help out - in effect, taking Bertha's place as teacher. Now Cicely doesn't know geometry, nor does she play tennis, but she manages to wade through everything in her own unique way. Don't eat anything during the Wimbledon scene, unless you want to end up wearing it!

An easy 10/10 and definitely worth it for other Vivien Leigh fans!