IT’S IN THE BAG

GB
1944
1hr 20mins
Dir: Herbert Mason
Starring: Elsie Waters and Doris Waters

Gert and Daisy are on the look out for a lost dress, inside of which is stuffed £2000

This wartime musical comedy featuring the female double-act of Gert and Daisy, played by sisters Elsie and Doris Waters, is listed on the BFI 75 most wanted list of lost films. However, it was given a DVD commercial release by Renown Pictures Ltd in 2014, although the Renown version is only 63 minutes long. The ‘completed’ film features a stock publicity shot of an LNER A4 pacific on the prestigious Silver Jubilee named express.

This is the Silver Jubilee, hauled by one of the four A4 pacifics dedicated to the service