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 (1968 film) The Admirable Crichton (1968 film) The Admirable Crichton is a 1968 TV movie adaptation of the play "The Admirable Crichton". It starred Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna. It was filmed for "Hallmark Hall of Fame" and was directed by George Schaefer. The show was taped in New York over a month in February and March 1968. McKenna said the play was "a comment on our society, how our social code of behaviour imprisons people and stops them from being natural." The "Chicago Tribune" called it "absorbing, humorous entertainment". The "New York Times" felt it was a "lacklustre production" which suffered