It Started in Paradise
5.7
A talented dress designer, who lets nothing get in the way of her success, rises in the fashion world then loses contact with her own humanity. She also forgets that you meet the same people on the way up as on the way down.
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Cast
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Jane Hylton
Martha Watkins
Known for
Circus of Horrors
Passport to Pimlico
Ian Hunter
Arthur Turner
Known for
The Adventures of Robin Hood
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Compton Bennett
Jack Cardiff
Also in
Tiptoes
British Film Forever
Sergei Nolbandov
Hugh Hastings
Also in
Dad's Army
Terence Morgan
Edouard
Known for
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
Hamlet
Marghanita Laski
Malcolm Arnold
Leslie Parkyn
Muriel Pavlow
Alison Greville
Known for
Murder She Said
Glorious 39
Earl St John
Compton Bennett Director · Marghanita Laski Screenplay Malcolm Arnold Composer
Worldwide gross $372K · United States release August 15, 1953 · Produced in United Kingdom
Box office
Worldwide gross
$372,000
Production
British Film-Makers
Production
United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Spain · October 28, 1952
Theatrical
United Kingdom · October 28, 1952
Theatrical
United States · August 15, 1953
Australia
September 25, 1953
Portugal
June 4, 1953
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