Music Hall Parade
Directed byOswald Mitchell
Screenplay byOswald Mitchell
Con West
Produced byOswald Mitchell
StarringGlen Raynham
Richard Norris
Charles Sewell
CinematographyGeoffrey Faithfull
Edited byDaniel Birt
Music byPercival Mackey (musical director)
Production
company
Distributed byButcher's Film Service (UK)
Release date
1939 (UK)
Running time
80 min.
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Music Hall Parade is a 1939 British musical film directed by Oswald Mitchell.[1] The film featured Glen Raynham, Richard Norris (actor), and Charles Sewell. Sid Palmer also had a role. The story is about a daughter who works to keep her father's music hall going after his death.[1] The film was reissued in 1940 as Cavalcade of Variety.[2] The film was produced at the Walton on Thames studios.[3] Renown Pictures released a digitally remastered edition of the film in 2011.

Billy Cotton and his Band perform in the film.[4]

Critical reception

TV Guide called it above average with a thin plot but fun acts.[5] Monthly Film Bulletin gave a similar assessment, praising the variety acts and noting the slim plot.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Music Hall Parade (1939)". BFI. Archived from the original on 31 May 2017.
  2. ^ Gifford, Denis (1 January 1998). Entertainers in British Films: A Century of Showbiz in the Cinema. Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313307201 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Motion Picture Herald". Quigley Publishing Company. 26 February 1939 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ McFarlane, Brian (16 May 2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781526111968 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "Music Hall Parade | TV Guide". TVGuide.com.
  6. ^ Richards, Jeffrey (12 January 2001). The Unknown 1930s: An Alternative History of the British Cinema 1929-1939. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 9781860646287 – via Google Books.

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