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MusicComedy

Elstree Calling

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A series of 19 musical and comedy "vaudeville" sketches presented in the form of a live television broadcast hosted by Tommy Handley (as himself).

Release Date : 1930-02-06

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : British International Pictures

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Tommy Handley

Character Name : The Host

Original Name : Tommy Handley

Gender : Male

Teddy Brown

Character Name : Himself

Original Name : Teddy Brown

Gender : Male

Donald Calthrop

Character Name : Himself / Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew

Original Name : Donald Calthrop

Gender : Male

Jack Hulbert

Character Name : Himself

Original Name : Jack Hulbert

Gender : Male

Helen Burnell

Character Name : Herself

Original Name : Helen Burnell

Gender : Male

The Three Eddies

Character Name : Themselves

Original Name : The Three Eddies

Gender : Male

Lily Morris

Character Name : Herself

Original Name : Lily Morris

Gender : Female

Will Fyffe

Character Name : Himself

Original Name : Will Fyffe

Gender : Male

Cicely Courtneidge

Character Name : Herself

Original Name : Cicely Courtneidge

Gender : Female

John Longden

Character Name : Himself

Original Name : John Longden

Gender : Male

Anna May Wong

Character Name : Herself / Katherina in Taming of the Shrew

Original Name : Anna May Wong

Gender : Female

Bobbie Comber

Character Name : Herself

Original Name : Bobbie Comber

Gender : Male

Gordon Harker

Character Name : George

Original Name : Gordon Harker

Gender : Male

Hannah Jones

Character Name : George's Wife

Original Name : Hannah Jones

Gender : Female

Gordon Begg

Character Name : Shakespeare

Original Name : Gordon Begg

Gender : Male

Lawrence Green

Character Name :

Original Name : Lawrence Green

Gender : Male

Ivor McLaren

Character Name :

Original Name : Ivor McLaren

Gender : Male

Nathan Shacknovsky

Character Name :

Original Name : Nathan Shacknovsky

Gender : Male

Jameson Thomas

Character Name :

Original Name : Jameson Thomas

Gender : Male

John Stuart

Character Name :

Original Name : John Stuart

Gender : Male

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-08-29

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.