ABOUT RAINBOW CORNER
Director Yasmin Shea read a book called After the Last Dance, by Sarra Manning. This lead to the making of the Rainbow Corner script. 'The book was like a portal that took you back to the magic of Rainbow Corner and made you feel as though you were in the buzz of the club, even though i was by the pool in Dominican,' Yasmin said.
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After researching a number of wartime love stories, it was found that more often than not the soldier left the girl and went back to his own country or the girl fell pregnant and the soldier would go back to war. So, Yasmin decided that she would right a story where the soldier did come back and did not follow the same path as his soldier brothers.
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So what if, amongst all the chaos, a solider and lowly hostess fall in love for real?
- Director, Yasmin Shea
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The original Rainbow Corner
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The American Red Cross on Shaftesbury Avenue was better known as Rainbow Corner. It was a refuge and social club for the American Soldiers who were on leave in London during the second world war.
When Rainbow Corner was first opened the key was thrown away so the doors were always open for anyone who needed shelter. Rainbow Corner famously never turned any one away.
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It is believed to be the first place in Britain to stock Coca Cola.
After the closing of Rainbow Corner a plaque was put up on the outside of the building on 22nd February 1949. It read, 'This plaque is placed here as a tribute to all ranks of the United Staes services who knew the original 'Rainbow Corner.' In 1959 the building it was placed on and the plaque was demolished.
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