Elstree Calling 1930
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Elstree Calling
A series of 19 musical and comedy "vaudeville" sketches presented in the form of a live television broadcast hosted by Tommy Handley (as himself).
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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... The Host
TB
Teddy Brown... Himself
... Himself / Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew
... Himself
... Herself
...
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See All 1 Reviews29 Aug 2022 by CinemaSerf
A distinctly off-form Tommy Handley introduces this rather curious piece of cinematic entertainment that features a variety of stars from the British stage at the end of the 1920s. The mixture of musical, comedy and magical turns illustrates well just quite how a real pot-pourri of acts took to the stage in theatres up and down the UK - but there is no audience. Without the engagement, even applause, from those watching the whole thing comes across as a rather sterile collection of concert performances, as if filmed in an empty television studio. It has a couple of rather tenuous continuing threads that try to hold it together - one features a fellow with an elementary television trying, unsuccessfully usually, to catch some of the performance on his set. The other, has a more contrived Shakesperian theme to it that coupled with a lot of Handley's equally over-cooked links make this all rather a disjointed, and frankly rather staccato film to watch. As a curiosity, it is certainly worth a watch - but mainly just as a bit of nostalgia.
Release Date:
Feb 06, 1930 (United Kingdom)
Run Time:
1hr 23`
MMPA Rating:
Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United Kingdom
Status:
Released
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Elstree Calling
A distinctly off-form Tommy Handley introduces this rather curious piece of cinematic entertainment that features a variety of stars from the British stage at the end of the 1920s. The mixture of musical, comedy and magical turns illustrates well just quite how a real pot-pourri of acts took to the stage in theatres up and down the UK - but there is no audience. Without the engagement, even applause, from those watching the whole thing comes across as a rather sterile collection of concert performances, as if filmed in an empty television studio. It has a couple of rather tenuous continuing threads that try to hold it together - one features a fellow with an elementary television trying, unsuccessfully usually, to catch some of the performance on his set. The other, has a more contrived Shakesperian theme to it that coupled with a lot of Handley's equally over-cooked links make this all rather a disjointed, and frankly rather staccato film to watch. As a curiosity, it is certainly worth a watch - but mainly just as a bit of nostalgia.
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Elstree Calling
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Cast
... The Host
TB
Teddy Brown... Himself
... Himself / Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew
... Himself
... Herself
...
TTE
The Three Eddies... Themselves
LM
Lily Morris... Herself
... Himself
... Herself
... Himself
... Herself / Katherina in Taming of the Shrew
... Herself
... George
... George's Wife
GB
Gordon Begg... Shakespeare
...
IM
Ivor McLaren...
...
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Produced By
JM
John Maxwell... Executive Producer
JBS
James B. Sloan... Production Manager
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