''Variety Hour'' is a 1937 British
musical
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* 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
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.
It was made at
Wembley Studios
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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
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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
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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
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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
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