Hollywood's leading ladies learn lesson in manners

British director Mike Newell sent his four American female stars to finishing school for a crash course in 1950s etiquette before they began work on his film Mona Lisa Smile.

Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Julia Stiles not only learned how to drink tea properly and sit with their legs together but they also took adagio and swing dancing lessons.