Working on a film, you don't get time to develop rivalries, but the theatre is like a little village, and the differences between me, Lionel and Georgia grew.

His surname was legally changed to Moody in 1930. Moody then 80 but still spry and Jack Wild (seriously ill with oral cancer at the time) recreated their dance from the closing credits of the film. He acted again with former Oliver! co-star Jack Wild in Flight of the Doves.