Variety Jubilee
| Variety Jubilee | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Maclean Rogers |
| Produced by | F.W. Baker |
| Written by |
Kathleen Butler Mabel Constanduros |
| Starring |
Reginald Purdell Ellis Irving Lesley Brook Betty Warren |
| Music by | Percival Mackey |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Faithfull |
| Edited by | A. Charles Knott |
Production company |
Butcher's Film Service |
| Distributed by | Butcher's Film Service |
Release dates | 14 June 1943 |
Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Variety Jubilee is a 1943 British historical musical film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Reginald Purdell, Ellis Irving and Lesley Brook. It depicts life in a London music hall from 1892 to the Second World War. It was made at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith. The film was re-released in 1945, to capitalise on the popularity of Ealing's Champagne Charlie.[1]
Cast
- Reginald Purdell as Joe Swan
- Ellis Irving as Kit Burns
- Lesley Brook as Evelyn Vincent
- Betty Warren as Florrie Forde
- Tom E. Finglass as Eugene Stratton
- John Rorke as Gus Elen
- Marie Lloyd Jr. as Herself
- George Robey as Himself
- Charles Coborn as Himself
- Ella Retford as Herself
- Charles Shadwell as Himself
- Joan Winters as Herself
- Nat Ayer as Himself
- Slim Rhyder as Himself
- Tessa Deane as Herself
- Wilson, Keppel and Betty as Themselves
- Band of the Coldstream Guards as Themselves
- Peter Noble as Chairman
- Louis Bradfield as Chris Burns
- Amy Dalby as Suffragette
- Arthur Hambling as Commissionaire
- Bryan Herbert as Guest at Theatre Opening
- Vi Kaley as Evelyn's Dresser
- David Keir as Theatre Bar Patron
- Pat McGrath as Kit Burns Jr
- George Merritt as Music Hall Chairman
References
- ↑ Harper p.102
Bibliography
- Harper, Sue. Picturing the Past: The Rise and Fall of the British Costume Film. British Film Institute, 1994.
- Murphy, Robert. Realism and Tinsel: Cinema and Society in Britain 1939-48. Routledge, 1992.