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	*[https://archive.org/details/variety134-1939-05/page/n78/mode/1up/search/%22margaret+lockwood%22?q=%22margaret+lockwood%22 Review of film] at ''Variety''		*[https://archive.org/details/variety134-1939-05/page/n78/mode/1up/search/%22margaret+lockwood%22?q=%22margaret+lockwood%22 Review of film] at ''Variety''
	*[https://archive.org/details/variety144-1941-10/page/n104/mode/1up/search/%22margaret+lockwood%22?q=%22margaret+lockwood%22 1941 review of film] at ''Variety''		*[https://archive.org/details/variety144-1941-10/page/n104/mode/1up/search/%22margaret+lockwood%22?q=%22margaret+lockwood%22 1941 review of film] at ''Variety''
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{{short description|1939 film by Carol Reed}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2013}}
{{Infobox film
| name = A Girl Must Live
| image = A_Girl_Must_Live_(1939_film).jpg

| caption =
| director = [[Carol Reed]]
| producer = [[Edward Black (producer)|Edward Black]]
| writer = [[Frank Launder]] Austen Melford [[Michael Pertwee]]
| based_on = novel by [[Emery Bonett]]
| starring = [[Margaret Lockwood]] [[Renée Houston]] [[Lilli Palmer]] [[Hugh Sinclair (actor)|Hugh Sinclair]]
| music = [[Louis Levy]] [[Charles Williams (composer)|Charles Williams]] (uncredited)
| cinematography =
| editing =
| studio = [[Gainsborough Pictures]]
| distributor = [[20th Century Fox]]
| released = {{start date|1939|4|29|df=y}}
| runtime = 92 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''A Girl Must Live''''' is a 1939 British romantic comedy film directed by [[Carol Reed]] that stars [[Margaret Lockwood]], [[Renee Houston]], [[Lilli Palmer]], [[Hugh Sinclair]], and [[Naunton Wayne]]. Based on a 1936 novel by [[Emery Bonett]] with the same title, the plot features three [[chorus line]] girls competing for the affection of a wealthy bachelor.

==Plot==
Running away from her finishing school in Switzerland, Leslie James (a false name taken from a musical star of the past) finds a room in a London boarding house. There she learns from two other lodgers, Gloria and Clytie, that there will be an audition for a new musical that day, at which all three win places in the chorus line. Gloria meanwhile, tipped off by her conman cousin Hugo who plans to make plenty of money out of the deal, has caught the eye of the bachelor Earl of Pangborough. Her roommate Clytie, also keen on what profit she can extract, tries to detach him at the first night party but instead of these brash blonde showgirls he prefers the quiet brunette Leslie.

He invites the whole cast to spend the weekend at his country mansion, just so that he can get closer to Leslie. Despite spirited competition from Gloria and Clytie, manipulation from Hugo, and hostility from the Earl's aunt, she keeps his interest. Terrified however that she will be exposed as a runaway schoolgirl using a false name, she flees the house in the middle of the night. Abandoning his guests, the Earl gives chase and his pursuit ends with the two marrying.

==Production==
The film was based on a novel by Emery Bonnett published in 1937.<ref>"NEW NOVELS: Rural Norway a Century Ago" ''The Scotsman'' [Edinburgh, Scotland] 31 May 1937: 13</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203866141 |title=NEW NOVELS. |newspaper=[[The Age]] |issue=25,645 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=26 June 1937 |access-date=10 October 2017 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

Gaumont British bought the rights and decided to make the film as one of their 12 "A class" features for 1937-38, made with an eye on the US market. [[Anna Lee]] and [[Lilli Palmer]] were the original stars.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article42088119 |title=BRITISH FILM PRODUCTION |newspaper=[[The West Australian]] |volume=54 |issue=16,213 |location=Western Australia |date=17 June 1938 |access-date=10 October 2017 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=GAUMONT BRITISH PLANS 12 RELEASES: Program of Class A Feature Films for U. S. Market Is Outlined for 1937-38 SEVERAL STARS LISTED Jessie Matthews, Anna Neagle and Nova Pilbeam IncludedOther Picture Items News From Hollywood|newspaper=The New York Times|date=10 July 1937|page= 18}}</ref><ref>"Gaumont British Deals Block-Booking a Lusty Blow By Announcing 12 "Class A" Films for Sale Singly: British Producing Company Stresses Quality Rather Than Quantity in Preferred List; 'Hollywood Premiere' Is Planned for 'The Road Back' Thursday; Another Bulky Reference Work Is Received." ''The Washington Post'' 19 July 1937: 14.</ref> Eventually Margaret Lockwood and Renee Houston were announced as stars.<ref>"SCREEN CONTRACT. TO GENE REYNOLDS: Metro Casts Youthful Actor in 'Boys Town' and to Star in 'One Young American' SIMONE SIMON IN HOSPITAL RKO Planning to Produce 'The Life of Sam Houston' as a Vehicle for Richard Dix Another Film for Miss Rogers Coast Scripts Rachmaninoff Sails for Tour Rachmaninoff Sails for Tour Skelton at Loew's State of Local Origin" Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES.. ''New York Times'' 4 Feb 1938: 17.</ref>

==Cast==
*[[Margaret Lockwood]] as Leslie James
*[[Renée Houston]] as Gloria Lind
*[[Lilli Palmer]] as Clytie Devine
*[[George Robey]] as Horace Blount
*[[Hugh Sinclair (actor)|Hugh Sinclair]] as Earl of Pangborough
*[[Naunton Wayne]] as Hugo Smythe
*[[Moore Marriott]] as Bretherton Hythe
*[[Mary Clare]] as Mrs. Wallis
*[[David Burns (actor)|David Burns]] as Joe Gold
*[[Kathleen Harrison]] as Penelope
*[[Drusilla Wills]] as Miss Polkinghome
*[[Wilson Coleman]] as Mr. Joliffe
*[[Helen Haye]] as Aunt Primrose
*[[Frederick Burtwell]] as Hodder
*[[Muriel Aked]] as Mme. Dupont, headmistress
*[[Martita Hunt]] as Mme. Dupont, assistant
*Kathleen Boutall as Mrs. Blount
*[[Michael Hordern]]
*[[Merle Tottenham]] as College inmate
*[[Joan White]] as College inmate

It was one of a series of movies Carol Reed made starring Margaret Lockwood when she was a "resident ingenue".<ref name="vagg">{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|magazine=Filmink|title=Why Stars Stop Being Stars: Margaret Lockwood|date=January 29, 2020|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/stars-stop-stars-margaret-lockwood/}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0031367}}
*[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/76361/Girl-Must-Live-A/ ''A Girl Must Live''] at [[TCMDB]]
*{{AllMovie title|id=93122}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160503164229/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/films/A-Girl-Must-Live_1939 ''A Girl Must Live''] at Britmovie
*[http://www.silversirens.co.uk/girl-must-live.php A Girl Must Live at Silver Sirens.co.uk]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071128161025/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/34699 A Girl Must Live at the British Film Institute]
*[https://archive.org/details/variety134-1939-05/page/n78/mode/1up/search/%22margaret+lockwood%22?q=%22margaret+lockwood%22 Review of film] at ''Variety''
*[https://archive.org/details/variety144-1941-10/page/n104/mode/1up/search/%22margaret+lockwood%22?q=%22margaret+lockwood%22 1941 review of film] at ''Variety''
{{Carol Reed}}
{{Launder and Gilliat}}

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[[Category:1939 films]]
[[Category:1930s dance films]]
[[Category:1930s romantic comedy-drama films]]
[[Category:British dance films]]
[[Category:British romantic comedy-drama films]]
[[Category:20th Century Fox films]]
[[Category:Films based on British novels]]
[[Category:Films based on romance novels]]
[[Category:Films directed by Carol Reed]]
[[Category:British black-and-white films]]
[[Category:1939 comedy films]]
[[Category:1939 drama films]]
[[Category:1930s British films]]

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