Variety Hour
1937 British film
- 23 August 1937 (1937-08-23)
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Variety Hour is a 1937 British musical comedy film directed by Redd Davis and starring Charles Clapham and Bill Dwyer. It is a revue show featuring a number of performers from radio and music hall.
It was made at Wembley Studios as a quota quickie by the British subsidiary of Twentieth Century Fox.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director William Hemsley.
Plot
Cast
- Charles Clapham as Radio announcer
- Bill Dwyer as Radio announcer
- Brian Lawrance as Band Leader
- Jack Donohue as himself
- Helen Howard as Herself
- Kay Katya and Kay as Themselves
- The Norwich Trio as Themselves
- Raymond Newell as Singer in Finale
- The Music Hall Boys as Themselves
- Carson Robison and His Pioneers as Themselves
- The Wiere Brothers as Dancers
References
- ^ Chibnall p.297
Bibliography
- Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The British of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
- Variety Hour at IMDb
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Films directed by Redd Davis
- The Spare Room (1932)
- Here's George (1932)
- Excess Baggage (1933)
- The Umbrella (1933)
- The Medicine Man (1933)
- Send 'em Back Half Dead (1933)
- Ask Beccles (1933)
- Seeing Is Believing (1934)
- The Girl in the Flat (1934)
- Easy Money (1934)
- Say It with Diamonds (1935)
- On Top of the World (1936)
- Excuse My Glove (1936)
- King of the Castle (1936)
- Underneath the Arches (1937)
- Variety Hour (1937)
- Sing as You Swing (1937)
- Calling All Ma's (1937)
- Special Edition (1938)
- Anything to Declare? (1938)
- Discoveries (1939)
- That's the Ticket (1940)
- The Balloon Goes Up (1942)
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