Editing Phyllis Calvert (section)

===Stardom===
Calvert was by now well established in British films. She did not become a star, however, until given one of the four leading roles in the [[Gainsborough melodrama]] ''[[The Man in Grey]]'' (1943).<ref name=allmovie>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/phyllis-calvert-p10341|title=Phyllis Calvert – Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos |website=AllMovie}}</ref> The movie was a huge success, making her and her three co-stars – [[Stewart Granger]], [[James Mason]] and [[Margaret Lockwood]] – genuine box office stars in Britain.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-man-in-grey-v31175/review |title=The Man in Grey (1943) – Leslie Arliss – Review |website=AllMovie}}</ref>

Calvert followed it with ''[[Fanny by Gaslight (film)|Fanny by Gaslight]]'' (1944), co-starring Granger and Mason, which was another big hit.<ref name=heartthrobs>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cIELDgAAQBAJ&q=fanny+by+gaslight+1944+big+hit&pg=PT48 |title=Heartthrobs: A History of Women and Desire |first=Carol |last=Dyhouse |date=9 February 2017 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |via=Google Books |isbn=9780191078392}}</ref> Also popular was ''[[Two Thousand Women]]'' (1944), made by [[Frank Launder|Launder and Gilliat]], about British women interned in occupied France.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/440851/index.html |title=BFI Screenonline: Two Thousand Women (1944) |website=www.screenonline.org.uk}}</ref> It co-starred [[Patricia Roc]], who appeared with Calvert and Granger in ''[[Madonna of the Seven Moons]]'' (1945), another Gainsborough melodrama, and another hit.<ref name=heartthrobs/> Calvert's successful run at the box office continued when she and Mason were reunited in ''[[They Were Sisters]]'' (1945), a more contemporary-set Gainsborough melodrama.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/440876/index.html |title=BFI Screenonline: They Were Sisters (1945) |website=www.screenonline.org.uk}}</ref> Exhibitors voted her the fifth-most popular star of 1945 in Britain.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26173215 |title=CROSBY and HOPE try their luck in Alaska |newspaper=[[The Mercury]] |volume=CLXIII |issue=23,475 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=2 March 1946 |access-date=9 August 2017 |page=3 (The Mercury Magazine) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

She was one of Stewart Granger's loves in ''[[The Magic Bow]]'' (1946) and had the female lead in a drama about colonialism in Africa ''[[Men of Two Worlds]]'' (1946), made a few years before being released.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/441045/index.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Magic Bow, The (1946)|website=www.screenonline.org.uk}}</ref> It was a success, though not profitable because of its high cost.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.colonialfilm.org.uk/node/1845|title=MEN OF TWO WORLDS – colonialfilm|website=www.colonialfilm.org.uk}}</ref> ''[[The Root of All Evil (1947 film)|The Root of All Evil]]'' (1947) was one of the last of the Gainsborough melodramas.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tAGGFKeyXvsC&q=the+root+of+all+evil+1947+last+of+gainsborough+melodramas&pg=PA66|title=Women in British Cinema: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know|first=Sue|last=Harper|date=14 September 2000|publisher=Bloomsbury Academic|via=Google Books|isbn=9780826447333}}</ref> She was voted the sixth most popular British star at the box office in 1946.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46266039 |title=FILM WORLD. |newspaper=[[The West Australian]] |volume=63 |issue=18,916 |location=Western Australia |date=28 February 1947 |access-date=9 August 2017 |page=20 (SECOND EDITION.) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>