The Lady in the Van on 132 reviews, with an average rating of 7.2/10. The site's consensus states, "Led by a marvelous performance from Maggie Smith, "Lady in the Van" wrings poignant, often hilarious insight from its fact-based source material." On Metacritic the film holds a score of 70 out of 100, based on 30 critics, indicating "generally favourable reviews". Guy Lodge, of "Variety" magazine, attended the worldwide premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. After the screening, he described Smith's portrayal of Mary Shepherd as "one of the most tailor-made leading roles of her late career". Even though, he says, the film is "low
The Lady in Ermine musical in Technicolor, "Bride of the Regiment" (1930), also released by First National and also considered a lost film. It was remade again in 1948 by 20th Century-Fox as "That Lady in Ermine", starring Betty Grable and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. The Lady in Ermine The Lady in Ermine is a 1927 American silent romantic drama film directed by James Flood and produced by and starring Corinne Griffith, and distributed by First National Pictures. The film is now considered a lost film. The operetta "The Lady in Ermine", upon which this film and later films are based, opened on Broadway October