''Gaiety George'' is a 1946 British historical musical film directed by

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and Leontine Sagan and starring

Richard Greene Richard Marius Joseph Greene (25 August 1918 – 1 June 1985) was a noted English film and television actor. A matinée idol who appeared in more than 40 films, he was perhaps best known for the lead role in the long-running British TV series ' ...

, Ann Todd and

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.Harper p.179 It is set in the late Victorian music hall, when an Irish

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arrives in

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. The film was inspired by the memory of

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Cast

as George Howard * Ann Todd as Katharine Davis *

as Henry Carter * Morland Graham as Morris *

Hazel Court Hazel Court (10 February 1926 – 15 April 2008) was an English actress. She is known for her roles in British and American horror films during the 1950s and early 1960s, including Terence Fisher's ''The Curse of Frankenstein'' (1957) and ...

as Elizabeth Brown *

Charles Victor Charles Victor (10 February 1896 – 23 December 1965) was a British actor who appeared in many film and television roles between 1931 and 1965. He was born Charles Victor Harvey. Born in Southport, Lancashire, England, Victor was a fourth ...

as Danny Collier *

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as Hastings *

Leni Lynn Leni Lynn (born Angelina Ciofani; May 3, 1923 – January 1, 2010) was an American actress and a contralto singer. She was also known as Leni Hoffer. The daughter of a Pasaic, New Jersey, factory worker, Francesco Ciofani, and his wife, Carme ...

as Florence Stevens *

Ursula Jeans Ursula Jean McMinn (5 May 1906 – 21 April 1973), better known as Ursula Jeans, was an English film, stage, and television actress. Biography Jeans was born in Simla, British India, to English parents, and brought up and educated in London. S ...

as Isobel Forbes * Daphne Barker as Miss de Courtney *

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as Mrs. Murphy *

Frank Pettingell Frank Edmund George Pettingell (1 January 1891 – 17 February 1966) was an English actor. Pettingell was born in Liverpool, Lancashire, and educated at Manchester University. During the First World War he served with the King's Liverpool Re ...

as Grindley * Phyllis Robins as Chubbs *

John Laurie John Paton Laurie (25 March 1897 – 23 June 1980) was a Scottish actor. In the course of his career, Laurie performed on the stage and in films as well as television. He is perhaps best remembered for his role in the sitcom '' Dad's Army'' (19 ...

as McTavish *

Frederick Burtwell Augustus Frederick Burtwell (23 December 1894 – 16 November 1948) was an English actor, on stage from 1914, who featured in supporting roles in over 40 British films of the 1930s and 1940s. Partial filmography * ''Other People's Sins'' ( ...

as Jenkins * Anthony Holles as Wade * David Horne as Lord Mountsbury *

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as Lt. Travers *

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as Archie * Graeme Muir as Lord Elstown * Evelyn Darvell as Maisie * Paul Blake as Lord Royville * John Miller as Rosie *

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as Laurient *

Gerhard Kempinski Gerhard Kempinski (1904–1947) was a German-born actor. Partial filmography * ''The Day Will Dawn'' (1942) * ''We'll Smile Again'' (1942) * '' Lady from Lisbon'' (1942) * '' Thursday's Child'' (1943) * ''Beware of Pity'' (1946) * '' Spring Song'' ...

as Muller *

Wally Patch Walter Sydney Vinnicombe (26 September 1888 – 27 October 1970) was an English actor and comedian. He worked in film, television and theatre. Biography Vinnicombe was born in Willesden, Middlesex and began working on the music hall stages in ...

as Commissionaire *

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as Kommandant *

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as Landlady * Roger Moore as Member of the Audience * Hugh Morton as King (on stage) *

Maxwell Reed Maxwell Reed (2 April 1919 – 31 October 1974) was a Northern Irish actor who became a matinee idol in several British films during the 1940s and 1950s. Biography Early Years Reed was born in Larne. He left school aged fifteen to work on ...

as Prince (on stage)

References

Bibliography

* Harper, Sue. ''Picturing the Past: The Rise and Fall of the British Costume Film''. British Film Institute, 1994. * Murphy, Robert. ''Realism and Tinsel: Cinema and Society in Britain, 1939–1949''. Routledge, 1989.

External links

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Review of film
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