Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000)
In World War 2, an all-girl swing band was performing in England; but the drummer was a man in drag. Fifty years on, one of the girls decides to try to re-form the band for a one night stand, following a chance meeting with the drummer. The plot revolves around the difficulties of getting everyone rounded up, and numerous flashbacks to the amorous adventures of the band in wartime.
pic: Patrick then.
The drummer (Patrick, played by Ian Holm, and Grant Ibbs in his WW2 persona) was a bit of a ladies' man and a bit of a conman too. Elizabeth is the organising spirit, played by Judi Dench in the present day and Romola Garai in WW2.
pic: Patrick now.
There are some interesting sub-plots, and the film has many resonances of Hunting Venus, although the plot is nothing like as convincing. A fun film, all the same.
HF August 2002
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