and runs into Dudley. Dudley believes in her innocence and that she has been wronged, and offers her accommodation in his flat. He soon falls in love with her and asks her to marry him. Jerry is finally released from hospital and returns to London to look for Diana. Finding her living in another man's flat, he confronts her over her fickleness and in anger at his lack of faith in her, she sends him away. She realises that her feelings are still for Jerry and it would be unfair of her to marry Dudley, so in despair she leaves London and returns to her home village. Aware of what the situation must be, the kind-hearted Dudley travels to the village with Jerry, where he engineers a reconciliation between the two. Cast Chili Bouchier as Diana Whitcombe Bruce Lester as Jerry Dean Vera Bogetti as Countess Delavell Charles Cullum as Dudley Chalfont Ena Moon as Annette Pat Ronald as Justine Florence Vie as Mrs. Jubb Tony de Lungo as Manager Production To Be a Lady was mounted as a star vehicle for Bouchier, who at the time was one of Britain's biggest home-grown female screen stars, and one of the few who had been able to make the transition from silent to sound films without any loss in popularity. Indications are that the film was marketed as a prestige production, with advance publicity emphasising aspects such as "lavish mounting", "expert direction" and "faultless recording and camera work". It was reported that it had taken an entire day's filming for King to be satisfied with the kitten rescue sequence, which lasted a bare 60 seconds in the finished film. Reception Surviving contemporary critical reaction suggests that the film was less well-received that had been hoped. The Picturegoer spoke of "moderate" acting, "unconvincing" plot and said "the wholly obvious theme is indifferently directed". Kine Weekly was similarly unimpressed with the storyline, but somewhat more enthusiastic about the standards of acting and direction. Preservation status There is no record of To Be a Lady after its original 1934–1935 cinema run. The British Film Institute has been unable to locate a print for inclusion in the BFI National Archive, and currently classes the film as "missing, believed lost", and is included on the BFI's "75 Most Wanted" list of missing British feature films. It is the only sound film of Bouchier's not known to