I am grateful to Terry Teachout for reminding me of one of the first films I saw at the old Phoenix cinema in Wallasey. The film saw the last-but-one big-screen appearance of Irene Dunne (Queen Victoria), who meant nothing to me at the time, but who my parents must have recalled as one of the great glamorous actresses of pre-war Hollywood. Andrew Ray was much more recognisable as the son of comedian Ted Ray, then at the top of his career. Sadly, Ray suffered as so many child stars have done (though not quite as badly as Bobby Driscoll or Brandon de Wilde) from a decline after the impact of their first screen appearance.
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