Profumo affair Party was marked by the scandal, which may have contributed to its defeat by the Labour Party in the 1964 general election. When the Profumo–Keeler affair was first revealed, public interest was heightened by reports that Keeler may have been simultaneously involved with Captain Yevgeny Ivanov, a Soviet naval attaché, thereby creating a possible security risk. Keeler knew both Profumo and Ivanov through her friendship with Stephen Ward, an osteopath and socialite who had taken her under his wing. The exposure of the affair generated rumours of other scandals, and drew official attention to the activities of Ward, who was
The Christine Keeler Story filmic equivalent to a sex comic." In 1971 the film screened in London at the New Cinema Club by Derek Hill as an act of defiance against the censor. Derek Malcolm of "The Guardian" said "it was scarcely worth seeing even as a curiosity, a fact that Mr Hill openly admits". The Christine Keeler Story The Christine Keeler Story is a 1963 film about the Profumo Affair. The film was also known as The Keeler Affair. The film was shot in Denmark over six weeks. Keeler took a photo to promote the film. It was taken by Lewis Morley on