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''Variety Hour'' is a 1937 British
musical Musical is the adjective of music. Musical may also refer to: * Musical theatre, a performance art that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance * Musical film and television, a genre of film and television that incorporates into the narr ...
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 Music hall is a type of British theatrical entertainment that was popular from the early Victorian era, beginning around 1850. It faded away after 1918 as the halls rebranded their entertainment as variety. Perceptions of a distinction in Bri ...
. It was made at
Wembley Studios Fountain Studios was an independently owned television studio in Wembley Park, northwest London. The company was last part of the Avesco Group plc. Several companies owned the site before it was bought by Fountain in 1993. Originally a film st ...
as a quota quickie by the British subsidiary of Twentieth Century Fox.Chibnall p.297 The film's sets were designed by the
art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
William Hemsley.


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 Raymond is a male given name. It was borrowed into English from French (older French spellings were Reimund and Raimund, whereas the modern English and French spellings are identical). It originated as the Germanic ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ ( ...
as Singer in Finale * The Music Hall Boys as Themselves * Carson Robison and His Pioneers as Themselves *
The Wiere Brothers Harry Wiere (23 June 1906 in Berlin, German Empire – 15 January 1992), Herbert Wiere (27 February 1908 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary – 5 August 1999) and Sylvester Wiere (17 September 1909 in Prague, Austria-Hungary – 7 July 1970), ...
as Dancers


References


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

* 1937 films British musical comedy films British black-and-white films 1937 musical comedy films Films directed by Redd Davis Films shot at Wembley Studios Quota quickies 20th Century Fox films 1930s English-language films 1930s British films {{1930s-UK-comedy-film-stub