I Live in Grosvenor Square

I Live in Grosvenor Square is a British war film, directed and produced by Herbert Wilcoxa forerunner of his London films collaboration with his wife, actress Anna Neagle. The film deploys a tragicomic plot in a context of USBritish wartime cooperation, and displays icons of popular music with the purpose of harmonising relationships on both sides of the Atlantic. An edited version was distributed in the United States, with two additional scenes filmed in Hollywood, under the title A Yank in London.

On a weekend visit to the dukes estate near Exmoor in Devon, Patterson meets the dukes granddaughter, Lady Patricia Fairfax Anna Neagle, a corporal in the Womens Auxiliary Air Force, who is Davids childhood sweetheart. After a cool beginning based on cultural misunderstandings, they fall in love. David is unaware of what is happening until the final night before the election, when it becomes clear to him during a party on the estate. The next day, the duke learns that his estate has been appropriated by the American army for a base and that David has lost the election.When Patterson realizes that Pat and David have long expected to marry, he contrives to obtain medical clearance to go back to combat duty. David and Pat have an ugly showdown over Patterson, only to learn that he has gone back to war. David realizes that Pat still loves Patterson and arranges for them to reunite. Returning from a mission with heavy battle damage, Patterson attempts to help his pilot land their B17 Flying Fortress at an emergency landing strip at Exmoor, but is killed when the bomber stalls as they manoeuvre to avoid crashing in the village. The duke and his family mourn Patterson at a memorial service in the village church, while David takes off with his paratroop unit to parachute into France on DDay. ........

Source: Wikipedia