Radio Parade of 1935

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Radio Parade of 1935
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Directed byArthur B. Woods
Written byPaul Perez
Produced byWalter C. Mycroft
StarringWill Hay
Helen Chandler
Clifford Mollison
Davy Burnaby
Alfred Drayton
CinematographyCyril Bristow
Phil Grindrod
Edited byEdward B. Jarvis
Music byBenjamin Frankel
Production
company
Distributed byWardour Films
Release date
  • 1934 (1934)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Radio Parade of 1935 (1934), released in the US as Radio Follies, is a British comedy film directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring Will Hay, Clifford Mollison and Helen Chandler.[1][2]

Plot

The film tells the story of the sophisticated Director General of the National Broadcasting Group (Will Hay) who promotes the ambitious Head of Complaints to Programmer Director (Clifford Mollison) in an attempt to stem the number of complaints he is receiving owing to the station's overly intellectual programming. In 1930s British slang, the acronym "NBG" stood for "no bloody good". The character played by Hay is clearly intended to be a satirical parody of Lord Reith, and the NBG the BBC.

Cast

Production background and preservation status

Two sequences in the film were filmed in Dufaycolor.

References

  1. ^ "Radio Parade of 1935 (1934)". BFI.
  2. ^ "Radio Follies (1935) - Arthur B. Woods | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie.
  3. ^ Name is spelled Garlon on door of character's office in the first few scenes but referred to in speech as Garland

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