Miss Grant Takes Richmond

Miss Grant Takes Richmond is a 1949 comedy film starring Lucille Ball and William Holden, directed by Lloyd Bacon and released by Columbia Pictures. It was released under the title Innocence is Bliss in the UK.

Ellen is distressed when she watches as her uncle, Judge Ben Grant George Cleveland, is forced to rule in favor of landlord Roscoe Johnson an uncredited Will Wright in eviction proceedings against several of her friends. There is an acute shortage of lowcost housing, exacerbated by Johnsons plans to tear down what he has and rebuild more expensive units.To avoid raising Ellens suspicions, Dick mentions that he cannot purchase some land offered because 60,000 is too high a price, but that he would for 55,000. Ellen goes to the vendors without authorization and negotiates the price down to 50,000. When she returns to the office with the news, accompanied by the seller and Ellens boyfriend, Assistant District Attorney Ralph Winton Stephen Dunne, Dick has to play along. Little does she know her plans to construct affordable housing are driving Dicks organization into financial trouble. He cannot fire her without questions being asked, so he tries being aggressively romantic with her. This backfires, however both he and Ellen find themselves enjoying embracing and kissing. ........

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