Margaret Hurst Movies
Appearing on television and the big screen, actress Margaret Hurst's career can be divided into two periods, before and after she raised her children. Her career began with a stint in the Canadian Navy's U.S.O. Her performance landed her a role in the British-produced Meet the Navy. Her husband, Lewis E. Hurst Jr., was on set working as the production designer. She and Hurst settled in Los Angeles, where she retired from film to rear her kids; she did not return to her career until the 1980s, when she began appearing in major features such as Hook (1991). Hurst also launched a television career and appeared on shows ranging from sitcoms to sci-fi. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide- 1946
Virtually plotless, the British Meet the Navy is not so much a film as a musical revue. Which is as it should be, since the film is based on the Royal Canadian Navy stage show of the same name, originally put together by radio musical arranger Louis Silvers and choreographer Larry Ceballos. Like its Hollywood predecessor This is the Army, Meet the Navy is so smooth and professional-looking that one doubts the publicity claims that the cast was comprised entirely of talented amateurs. Few of the cast members went on to illustrious careers, though most were certainly capable of doing so. The film closes with a Technicolor sequence, wherein the Meet the Navy cast participate in a Command Performance before the Royal Family-including young princess Elizabeth. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Lionel Murton, Margaret Hurst, (more)
