Five Guineas a Week

Five Guineas a Week

33 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance, Music | Jan. 1, 1956

Britain's first musical shot in colour and widescreen (a process called Cosmoscope) is a cabaret-style featurette centred on a group of young people in Chelsea lodgings, watched over by a fatherly caretaker. Eight specially written songs are performed by stage stars of the day – most notably Georgia Brown, who later created the role of Nancy in Oliver!

Five Guineas a Week

33 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance, Music | Jan. 1, 1956

Five Guineas a Week
Britain's first musical shot in colour and widescreen (a process called Cosmoscope) is a cabaret-style featurette centred on a group of young people in Chelsea lodgings, watched over by a fatherly caretaker. Eight specially written songs are performed by stage stars of the day – most notably Georgia Brown, who later created the role of Nancy in Oliver!
Producers
Original title Five Guineas a Week
Directors Donald Monat, Jacques de Lane Lea
Writers Martinson James, Donald Cotton