▁Fair child ' s ▁screen play ▁renamed , ▁replaced ▁or ▁combined ▁some ▁real ▁people , ▁for ▁dram atic ▁and ▁legal ▁reasons . ▁Two ▁of ▁Lawrence ' s ▁closest ▁friends , ▁No ël ▁Cow ard ▁and ▁Be atrice ▁L ill ie , ▁were ▁approached ▁regarding ▁the ▁rights ▁to ▁port ray ▁them ▁in ▁the ▁film . ▁While ▁Cow ard ▁was ▁generally ▁support ive , ▁suggesting ▁only ▁small ▁alter ations ▁to ▁his ▁character ' s ▁dialog ue , ▁L ill ie ▁had ▁a ▁manager ▁who ▁demanded ▁that ▁she ▁play ▁herself , ▁in ▁addition ▁to ▁numerous ▁script ▁changes ▁that ▁en larg ed ▁her ▁role . ▁W ise ▁then ▁asked ▁Fair child ▁to ▁find ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁another ▁female ▁perform er ▁Lawrence ▁had ▁worked ▁with ▁who ▁was ▁already ▁dead . ▁Bill ie ▁Car leton ▁became ▁the ▁composite ▁character ▁that ▁replaced ▁L ill ie ▁in ▁the ▁film . ▁When ▁Lawrence ▁re connect s ▁with ▁her ▁way ward ▁father ▁in ▁the ▁film , ▁he ▁is ▁performing ▁in ▁music ▁h alls ▁with ▁a ▁m ature ▁woman ▁who ▁joins ▁him ▁when ▁he ▁dep arts ▁for ▁a ▁job ▁in ▁South ▁Africa . ▁In ▁reality ▁Rose ▁was ▁a ▁ch orus ▁girl ▁not ▁much ▁older ▁than ▁Lawrence , ▁and ▁she ▁remained ▁in ▁the ▁UK . ▁On ▁screen , ▁Lawrence ' s ▁first ▁husband ▁Jack ▁R oper ▁is ▁roughly ▁her ▁age , ▁whereas ▁in ▁real ▁life ▁his ▁name ▁was ▁Francis ▁Gordon - How ley ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁twenty ▁years ▁her ▁senior . ▁Her ▁upper - class ▁Gu ards man ▁boy friend , ▁actually ▁Capt . ▁Philip