Six months before the general release of Love on the Dole in the UK in June 1941, the innovative photojournalism magazine Picture Post published a lavishly illustrated double-page feature about Deborah Kerr and her forthcoming film. This article explores how the photographs and text represent Deborah Kerr as both ordinary and extraordinary – and as in effect therefore the perfect Sally Hardcastle – and prepared potential cinema audiences for an exceptional performance in an exceptional film.
- Best, Chris.
Walter Greenwood: Not Just Love on the Dole 