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- ==Music and dance sequences== ...s, Madam' accompanying Network on Air DVD release 'British Musicals of the 1930s: Volume 4' 7954378 (2015).</ref>4 KB (533 words) - 10:57, 20 February 2023
- ...e]]'' noted that "Jack's the Boy is acknowledged as one of the team's best films."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/439756/index.ht [[Category:1932 films]]5 KB (799 words) - 16:36, 13 March 2023
- ...aumont British Deals Block-Booking a Lusty Blow By Announcing 12 "Class A" Films for Sale Singly: British Producing Company Stresses Quality Rather Than Qua *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160503164229/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/films/A-Girl-Must-Live_1939 ''A Girl Must Live''] at Britmovie7 KB (996 words) - 00:09, 5 February 2023
- ...tile performer, the film never comes off as musical comedy. Those song-and-dance interludes during which Mr. Buchanan abandons his money-spending campaign a [[Category:1935 films]]7 KB (975 words) - 11:01, 20 February 2023
- In the late 1930s he moved to London, where he played in dance bands led by [[w:Bert Ambrose|Bert Ambrose]] and Teddy Joyce.<ref name="Lar ...igned on with the [[w:Royal Air Force|Royal Air Force]] and joined the RAF Dance Orchestra (known popularly as [[w:the Squadronaires|the Squadronaires]]),<r4 KB (629 words) - 08:40, 9 January 2023
- ...ne of the most successful musical theatre stars in London in the 1920s and 1930s, able to sing leading roles in operetta as well as musicals, and she was po In the 1930s she also pursued a film career and later had a radio show together with her9 KB (1,412 words) - 13:55, 11 March 2023
- ...film ''[[Me and My Girl|Me and My Girl]]'', which popularized the song and dance routine "[[The Lambeth Walk|The Lambeth Walk]]".<ref name="odd">''Oxford Di ...oscoe Arbuckle]] was one of his directors, but Lane was soon directing the films himself under the pseudonym "Henry W. George" (his given names). These come12 KB (1,816 words) - 08:08, 29 March 2023
- ...ritish singing and comedy [[double act|double act]] most active during the 1930s and 1940s. Its members were [[Bud Flanagan]] (1896 – 1968, born Chaim Wei ...throughout the [[World War II|Second World War]] they appeared in several films helmed by [[Marcel Varnel|Marcel Varnel]] and [[John Baxter (director)|John7 KB (959 words) - 22:27, 28 March 2023
- | period = 1930s-1982 ...dies ''[[The Army Game]]'' (1957–59), ''[[Up Pompeii!]]'' (1969–1970), and films including ''[[Carry On Spying]]'' and ''[[Percy's Progress]]''. He occasio8 KB (1,243 words) - 15:02, 23 January 2023
- | years_active = 1930s–2002 ...man Hawkins|Coleman Hawkins]] and [[Benny Carter|Benny Carter]] during the 1930s, he moved into arranging and recording in the Latin American music style an13 KB (1,884 words) - 14:03, 24 February 2023
- *In the 1951 film ''[[w:An American in Paris (film)#Music and dance|An American in Paris]]'', the song is performed by [[w:Georges Guétary|Geo [[Category:1930s jazz standards]]7 KB (1,020 words) - 23:10, 17 January 2023
- ...12-07-11|title=Edward Black|work=BFI}}</ref> He also produced such classic films as ''[[The Lady Vanishes]]'' (1938). Black has been called "one of the unsu ...used to come off as successful as his others."<ref>Round Table on British Films Cornelius, Henry; Dickinson, Thorold; Havelock-Allan, Anthony; John, Rosamu14 KB (2,132 words) - 12:45, 7 February 2023
- ...ion film]|]s. He enjoyed a long career in the film industry from the early 1930s until the early 1980s.<ref name=ChibnallBFI>{{cite web|last=Chibnall|first= ...starred Askey, ''[[Bees in Paradise]]'' (1944). He followed this with two films starring [[Vic Oliver]] and [[Margaret Lockwood]], ''[[Give Us the Moon]]''16 KB (2,505 words) - 14:22, 24 December 2022
- ...es in the films of [[Will Hay]] and other popular British comedians of the 1930s and 1940s. Gawthorne was one of Britain's most called-upon supporting actor ...ppearances were prolific and not just confined to comedies, taking in such films as ''[[w:The Iron Duke (film)|The Iron Duke]]'' (1934), ''[[w:Goodbye, Mr.10 KB (1,511 words) - 15:02, 10 January 2023
- '''Robert Dorning''' (13 May 1913 – 21 February 1989) was a musician, dance band vocalist, ballet dancer and stage, film and television actor. He is kn ...Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos|website=AllMovie}}</ref> During the 1930s he had a brief career as a musical comedian in theatre, before choosing act11 KB (1,737 words) - 12:17, 26 December 2022
- ...films and theatre, and [[film director]]. He initially worked in [[silent films]] and [[Edwardian musical comedy]] and became a popular [[music hall]] come ...1919) and a series of musical comedies and farces throughout the 1920s and 1930s.19 KB (2,834 words) - 20:01, 16 August 2024
- ...e Second World War he starred in his own musical production ''It's Time to Dance'',<ref name="Larkin"/> whose cast included [[Fred Emney]]. The musical show ...spinal [[arthritis]], though this did not stop him from performing several dance numbers with Astaire in ''The Band Wagon''.16 KB (2,318 words) - 19:59, 24 August 2024
- ...television and theatre.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9efee33a|title=Max Wall}}</ref> ...r appearing in many [[Musical theatre|musical]]s and stage comedies in the 1930s, Wall's career went into decline, and he was reduced to working in obscure13 KB (1,958 words) - 07:56, 21 August 2024
- ...[[w:20th Century-Fox|20th Century-Fox]] who later acted in British radio, films and TV. ...glo-Jewish History'', Palgrave Macmillan (2011), p. 626</ref> Lyon entered films in 1918 after a successful appearance on [[w:Broadway theatre|Broadway]] op15 KB (2,288 words) - 15:08, 13 November 2022
- ...lisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780719091391}}</ref> He made over 290 films, more than any other British actor, including 119 between 1946 and 1952. ...n introduce the other singers and attractions on the bill. During the late 1930s he had joined the [[Territorial Army (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]] se20 KB (3,145 words) - 08:48, 13 February 2023