Diana Dors in It's Not Cricket, A Boy, a Girl, and a Bike, ...

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Diana Dors in It's Not Cricket, A Boy, a Girl, and a Bike, and Diamond City (Rank Film, 1949), Young and Willing (The Weak and the Wicked) (Associated British-Pathé, 1953, A Kid and Two Farthings (Independent Film Dist., 1955), (Yield to the Night (Associated British-Pathé, 1956), 8" x 10" Key Set Photographs (135+) and Color Transparencies (6). Vintage gelatin silver glossy borderless 9.25" x 7.25" (1) key set photograph of Diana Dors in Here Come the Huggetts (Rank Film, 1948), glossy borderless 7.5" x 9.25" (22) master key book album photographs (eight double-sided, tipped to 8" x 11" linen card stock pages, loose) from It's Not Cricket, 7.5" x 9.5" (2) and 8" x 10" (5) key set photographs with John McCallum, and Honor Blackman in A Boy, a Girl, and a Bike by John H. Bennett, 8" x 10" (1) and 7.5" x 9.25 (8) key set photographs with David Farrar and Honor Blackman in Diamond City (Rank Film, 1949) by Wilfrid Newton, and 4" x 5" (2) color camera transparencies, 8" x 10" (17) and 9.25" x 6.5" (2) key set photographs with Glynis Johns, and John Gregson in Young and Willing (The Weak and the Wicked), 8" x 10" (60+) key set photographs with Celia Johnson, Joe Robinson, and Primo Carnera in A Kid and Two Farthings (dir. Carol Reed) by Arthur Higgins, 7.25" x 9.25" (2) key set photographs from Value for Money (Rank Film, 1955) by Cornel Lucas, 8" x 10" (1) and 4" x 5" (3) color transparencies from An Alligator Named Daisy (Rank Film, 1955), 7.5" x 9.5" (8) key set photographs from Yield to the Night, 10" x 8" (1) studio release photographs with George Gobel in I Married a Woman (RKO, 1958) by Oliver Sigurdson, and from Danger Route (UA, 1967) (1), with wet stamp and paper caption on the verso. Very Fine, with corner crease (1), edge tear (1), light handling, and smudging. Comes with a COA from Heritage Auctions.

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More Information: Diana Dors was the most visible British female star of the 1950s and one of the few UK actors to craft a transatlantic persona. Often dubbed "the English Marilyn Monroe," she skillfully navigated the tension between tabloid sensationalism and serious dramatic ambition. This archive charts that duality—pairing glamour shots with substantive production imagery from some of her most important roles. More than a publicity record, this archive is a visual biography of Dors's unique trajectory through British postwar cinema, from Rank contract player to international icon. An invaluable primary source for understanding her stardom, public image, and the broader cultural shifts in British film over two decades.

Reed's adaptation of A Kid and Two Farthings, Wolf Mankowitz's novel is a tender East End fable, shot on location in London's Petticoat Lane, blending documentary realism with fairy-tale charm. The film is remembered for Dors's luminous presence as Sonia, Johnson's delicate performance as the mother, and the remarkable appearance of former heavyweight boxing champion Primo Carnera. Higgins, serving as the film's unit still photographer, captured both the richly atmospheric street settings and the nuanced performances that anchored Reed's vision


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