St. Martin's Lane (1938) on Netflix
Charles Staggers, a London busker, performs with Arthur Smith and Gentry. He shields Libby, a pickpocket who stole songwriter Harley Prentiss's gold cigarette case, and brings her into their act.
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Plot summary
Charles Staggers is a London busker approaching forty. He recites the classics in the street with his friends Arthur Smith and Gentry, a musical duet, though his act has shifted with his moods and he once worked as a ventriloquist. One evening he clashes with a young woman, then learns her situation: Libby has no home, sleeps in an empty house up for rent, and can sing and dance. He takes her into the troupe, turning the trio into a quartet. The gold cigarette case she steals that night belongs to Harley Prentiss, a songwriter, and their song-and-dance act catches his attention.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about St. Martin's Lane (1938)
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- Larry Adler said Vivien Leigh and Charles Laughton disliked each other, yet Laughton gave up his usual weekends in the country with Elsa Lanchester to stay in town and feed Leigh her lines from behind the camera during close-ups.
- Vivien Leigh was sought for a film version of Cyrano de Bergerac, but Charles Laughton said she would have to dye her hair blonde; she asked for a wig, he insisted on the dye, the talks collapsed and she felt slighted.
- Vivien Leigh did not want to work with Charles Laughton on St Martin's Lane and felt no attachment to the role, but she was persuaded to take it.
