Bitter Sweet

Anna Neagle and Fernand Graavey play the lovers in Noel Coward’s operetta, set in 19th-century Vienna. Manon: Ivy St. Helier. Auguste: Miles Mander. Tranisch: Stuart Robertson. Hugh: Esme Percy. Vincent: Hugh Williams. Dolly: Pat Paterson. Gussi: Kay Hammond. Schlick: Clifford Heatherley. Directed by Herbert Wilcox., Written as an operatta by Noel Coward and containing some of his most beautiful songs, this is the story of a woman who marries the man she loves and then discovers that he is a compulsive gambler. Compassionate rendering of love struggling against the odds.