The Admirable Crichton (1957 film) Barrie's play include a 1918 film adaptation directed by G. B. Samuelson, Cecil B. DeMille's "Male and Female" (1919), and "We're Not Dressing" (1934) with Bing Crosby. The play was also filmed twice for television, in 1950 and 1968. The Admirable Crichton (1957 film) The Admirable Crichton is a 1957 British comedy film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Kenneth More, Diane Cilento, Cecil Parker and Sally Ann Howes. The film was based on J. M. Barrie's 1902 stage comedy of the same name. It was released in the United States as Paradise Lagoon. In 1905 William Crichton is the
Love in the Afternoon (1957 film) include it to forestall complaints that the relationship between the two was immoral. The narration is attributed to Louis Jordan with the note that he was uncredited. The debt Allied Artists incurred while making "Friendly Persuasion" prompted the studio to sell the distribution rights of "Love in the Afternoon" for Europe to gain more financing. The film was a commercial failure in the United States, but it was a major success in Europe, where it was released under the title "Ariane". In his 1957 review, Bosley Crowther of "The New York Times" called the film a "grandly sophisticated romance ...