NOËL COWARD said of Gertie Millar, the great star of musical comedy in the early 1900s: ' I adored her and in my memory she is clearly the most graceful and charming artiste I have ever seen.'
His view of the Bradford girl who married the second Earl of Dudley is shared by 4ONES JACKSON, DOROTHY DICKSON 'EVELYN LAYE , PHYLLIS MONKMAN and CATHLEEN NESBITT
But Bernard Jackson was in for many surprises when he went in search of Gertie Millar. Producer PETER DE ROSA