06 February 1930 Comedy, Music 83 mins
A series of 19 musical and comedy "vaudeville" sketches presented in the form of a live television broadcast hosted by Tommy Handley (as himself).
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Tommy Handley as The Host
Teddy Brown as Himself
Donald Calthrop as Himself / Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew
Jack Hulbert as Himself
Helen Burnell as Herself
The Three Eddies as Themselves
Lily Morris as Herself
Will Fyffe as Himself
Cicely Courtneidge as Herself
John Longden as Himself
Anna May Wong as Herself / Katherina in Taming of the Shrew
Bobbie Comber as Herself
Gordon Harker as George
Hannah Jones as George's Wife
Gordon Begg as Shakespeare
Alfred Hitchcock Director
Jack Hulbert Director
Paul Murray Director
Claude Friese-Greene Director of Photography
A.C. Hammond Editor
John Maxwell Executive Producer
Val Valentine Writer
Walter C. Mycroft Writer
James B. Sloan Production Manager
Emile de Ruelle Editor
Adrian Brunel Writer
Alec Murray Sound
André Charlot Director
Adrian Brunel Director
United Kingdom 06 February 1930
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The Charlot Girls again still singing in posh voices this time in glorious Claude Friese-Greene colour (any colour you like provided it's yellow or orange).
The best attempt at comedy in this film. A running gag about Calthrop being prevented by "the management" from performing Shakespeare. A very lively finale ...
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