Elstree Calling poster

Elstree Calling( 1930)

TV-MAMusicComedy
51%
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Overview

A series of 19 musical and comedy "vaudeville" sketches presented in the form of a live television broadcast hosted by Tommy Handley (as himself).

    Top Billed Cast

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      Tommy Handley

      The Host

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      Teddy Brown

      Himself

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      Donald Calthrop

      Himself / Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew

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      Jack Hulbert

      Himself

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      Helen Burnell

      Herself

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      The Three Eddies

      Themselves

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      Lily Morris

      Herself

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      Will Fyffe

      Himself

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      Cicely Courtneidge

      Herself

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      John Longden

      Himself

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      Anna May Wong

      Herself / Katherina in Taming of the Shrew

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      Bobbie Comber

      Herself

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      Gordon Harker

      George

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      Hannah Jones

      George's Wife

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      Gordon Begg

      Shakespeare

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      Lawrence Green

    17. cast image

      Ivor McLaren

    18. cast image

      Nathan Shacknovsky

    19. cast image

      Jameson Thomas

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      John Stuart

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by CinemaSerf

    5
    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Aug 29 2022
    A distinctly off-form Tommy Handley introduces this rather curious piece of cinematic entertainment that features a variety of stars from the British stage at the end of the 1920s. The mixture of musical, comedy and magical turns illustrates well just quite how a real pot-pourri of acts took to the stage in theatres up and down the UK - but there is no audience. Without the engagement, even applause, from those watching the whole thing comes across as a rather sterile collection of concert performances, as if filmed in an empty television studio. It has a couple of rather tenuous continuing thr...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • tap dancing
    • black and white
    • vaudeville
    • shakespeare in modern dress
    • blackface
    • skit
    • variety show
    • xylophone player
    • russian song
    • part in color
    • music hall song
    • romantic song