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
The Admirable Crichton (1957 film) daughters to treat the staff as guests during an uncomfortable afternoon tea. Lady Brocklehurst arrives and strongly disapproves of the arrangement, as does Crichton. When Lady Catherine (Mercy Haystead), one of the Earl's daughters, is arrested at a suffragette protest, Crichton recommends the family take a trip on the Earl's steam yacht to the South Seas until the scandal dies down. When the yacht's motors explode during a storm, all are forced to abandon ship. By the time Crichton rescues the still sleeping "tweeny" maid Eliza, the lifeboats have already departed. They jump into the water and are picked up