| The Woman in the Hall | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jack Lee |
| Produced by | Ian Dalrymple |
| Written by | Ian Dalrymple (screenplay) G. B. Stern (novel and screenplay)) Jack Lee (screenplay) |
| Starring | Ursula Jeans Jean Simmons Cecil Parker |
| Music by | Temple Abady |
| Release date(s) | 28 October 1947 |
| Running time | 93 minutes |
The Woman in the Hall is a 1947 British drama film, directed by Jack Lee, with a screenplay by Jack Lee, Ian Dalrymple and Gladys Bronwyn Stern, from Stern's novel. It was released in 1947. "A studio bound melodrama, it seems atypical of Lee's later films, but the struggles of an individual to achieve a goal and through that struggle develop into a better person was a recurrent theme." The film features the screen debut of future television star Susan Hampshire.
Lorna Blake, (Ursula Jeans) is a widow with two daughters. She augments her slender income by using her children to extort money - visiting the houses of the rich to tell a pathetic story and beg for help. And Lorna makes a rich capture when Sir Halmar Bernard, (Cecil Parker), proposes to her. She tells him that she has only one daughter, Molly (Jill Freud, credited as Jill Raymond). When her other daughter, Jay (Jean Simmons), is arrested for forging a cheque, she refuses to help her.