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Tilly of Bloomsbury (1940)

Tilly of Bloomsbury poster
Directed by
Leslie S. Hiscott
Genre
comedy film
Country
United Kingdom
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman falls in love with an aristocrat. She tries to persuade his family that she belongs to their social class.

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What happens

Tilly of Bloomsbury is a 1940 British comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscot and starring Sydney Howard, Jean Gillie, Kathleen Harrison and Henry Oscar. It was based on the play Tilly of Bloomsbury by Ian Hay. The screenplay concerns a young woman who falls in love with an aristocrat, and attempts to convince his family that she is of their social class. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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