The Making of a Lady (2012)
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Directors
Richard Curson Smith
Cast
Lydia Wilson, Linus Roache, Joanna Lumley, James D'Arcy, Maggie Fox, Sarah Ridgeway
The story
Impoverished gentlewoman Emily Fox Seton is on temporary trial for hire as personal secretary to exacting Lady Maria Byrne. Overbearing Lady Maria is pressuring her reluctant widowed nephew, Lord James Walderhurst, to remarry and has arranged to present several suitable candidates to him at an evening soiree. Impressed by Emily’s initiative in planning the soiree and running errands, Lady Maria tells Walderhurst she will hire the efficient Emily.
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