Ruth (Elizabeth Henson) hasn't laughed since her father died so when the passing tramp (Bill Owen) raises a smile from her his services are commandeered by the insufferable family. Of course Owen predictably teaches everyone a new way of living, but Henson remains frigid in her acting apart from in the scene where Owen puts her over his knee and gives her a good spanking. The scene is the liveliest in the movie, with Hensons legs flailing over Owens knee as he spanks away, but then she immediately returns to type as if nothing had happened. Surely after a spanking like that she would least be rubbing her bottom but no, she is so frigid that one wishes the tramp would repeat the dose. Sadly, the movie gets duller and duller from then on! 'As refreshing as a breath of spring air' as says the publicity? Hardly!
Review of The Girl Who Couldn't Quite
