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02/11/2019
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06/11/2019
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Derby QUAD
03/11/2019
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Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA)
01/12/2019
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15/11/2019
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HOME
01/12/2019
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Hyde Park Picture House
26/12/2019
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02/01/2020
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Queen's Film Theatre
17/11/2019
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Showroom Workstation
22/12/2019
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30/01/2019
- 30/01/2029
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The Flower Bowl
12/11/2019
- 12/11/2019
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28/11/2019
- 28/11/2019
Newcastle upon Tyne
CULTUREPLEX
02/11/2019
- 02/11/2019
Manchester
King Street Cinema
02/01/2020
- 02/01/2020
Ipswich
Depot
06/11/2019
- 12/11/2019
Lewes
Derby QUAD
03/11/2019
- 04/11/2019
Derby
Stoke Film Theatre
30/01/2019
- 30/01/2029
Stoke-on-Trent
Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA)
01/12/2019
- 01/12/2019
Dundee
Eden Court Theatre
15/11/2019
- 17/11/2019
HOME
01/12/2019
- 04/12/2019
Manchester
Hyde Park Picture House
26/12/2019
- 26/12/2019
Leeds
Showroom Workstation
22/12/2019
- 22/12/2019
Sheffield
The Flower Bowl
12/11/2019
- 12/11/2019
Preston
Tyneside Cinema
28/11/2019
- 28/11/2019
Newcastle upon Tyne
Queen's Film Theatre
17/11/2019
- 17/11/2019
Belfast
Jessie Matthews, Sonnie Hale, Anna Lee
Did you know that one of the most brilliant 1930s musicals was made in the UK? Sly, sparkling comedy First a Girl is a joy to watch and everything you need for your big screen musical fix.
This little-known British adaption of the 1933 German film Viktor und Viktoria (later remade as Victor Victoria and similarly reworked in Shakespeare in Love) sees a shop girl pretending to be a boy in order to perform onstage as a female impersonator.
First a Girl stars Jessie Matthews (Evergreen), one of the era’s biggest British stars. She and Sonnie Hale were a successful screen partnership in British cinema, and this is their most polished collaboration. Victor Saville’s film mixes its clever conceit with risqué comedy and impressive song-and-dance numbers (including the fabulous, feather-trimmed performance of ‘Everything’s in Rhythm with My Heart’) to thoroughly entertaining and surprisingly transgressive effect.
