Here’s a movie ad from the October 5 1951 edition of the Toronto Daily Star:
I wonder if anyone actually wore gloves to the movie.
Seven Days To Noon was a British drama released there in 1950. It did reasonably well at the box office, and it won an Oscar for Best Story. The opening scene of the movie is available on YouTube.
By the way: when doing (minimal) research for this post, I discovered that Wikipedia has a list of fictional prime ministers of Britain. My favourite names from this list are Alan B’Stard and the Duke of Omnium.
