A Southern Maid is a 1933 British musical film directed by Harry Hughes and starring Bebe Daniels, Clifford Mollison and Hal Gordon. It is based on the operetta A Southern Maid by Harold Fraser-Simson.
Is it worth your time? Honestly, only if you’ve got a weird soft spot for 1930s operetta adaptations. If you like snappy, modern pacing, stay far away. But if you’re the type who enjoys watching Bebe Daniels hold a room together with sheer force of personality while everyone else just kind of hangs around, you might fi...
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"Is it worth your time? Honestly, only if you’ve got a weird soft spot for 1930s operetta adaptations. If you like snappy, modern pacing, stay far away. But if you’re the type who enjoys watching Bebe Daniels hold a room together with sheer force of personality while everyone else just kind of hangs around, you might find it charming. The whole thing feels like it’s vibrating on a different frequency than anything made today. It’s not exactly high art, but it’s not trying to be. It just wants to..."
Frank Launder, Frank Miller, Harry Graham, Arthur B. Woods, Dion Clayton Calthrop, Austin Melford
United Kingdom
1932 · IMDb 6.7
