How is “to advantage” used?

In Downton Abbey (2019), one line is: “Would you show to advantage in this story, do you think?”

Which movie is “to advantage” from?

The clip at the top of this page is from Downton Abbey (2019).

Idiom

in a way that shows the best of sb / sth

Heard in 158 movies

to (good / best) advantage
in a way that shows the best of sb / sth
The photograph showed him to advantage.

Definitions from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, 9th edition

Would you show to advantage in this story, do you think?

Said in 8 films · #1