Gaiety George
1946 British film
- George King
- Leontine Sagan
- Peter Creswell
- Richard Fisher
- Katherine Strueby
- Basil Woon
- Richard Greene
- Ann Todd
- Peter Graves
- Hazel Court
- Jack Beaver
- Eric Rogers
Production
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Embassy Pictures
Release date
- 2 July 1946 (1946-07-02)
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Gaiety George is a 1946 British historical musical film directed by George King and Leontine Sagan and starring Richard Greene, Ann Todd and Peter Graves.[1] It is set in the late Victorian music hall, when an Irish impresario arrives in London.
The film was inspired by the memory of George Edwardes.
Cast
- Richard Greene as George Howard
- Ann Todd as Katharine Davis
- Peter Graves as Henry Carter
- Morland Graham as Morris
- Hazel Court as Elizabeth Brown
- Charles Victor as Danny Collier
- Jack Train as Hastings
- Leni Lynn as Florence Stevens
- Ursula Jeans as Isobel Forbes
- Daphne Barker as Miss de Courtney
- Maire O'Neill as Mrs. Murphy
- Frank Pettingell as Grindley
- Phyllis Robins as Chubbs
- John Laurie as McTavish
- Frederick Burtwell as Jenkins
- Anthony Holles as Wade
- David Horne as Lord Mountsbury
- Patrick Waddington as Lt. Travers
- Claud Allister as Archie
- Graeme Muir as Lord Elstown
- Evelyn Darvell as Maisie
- Paul Blake as Lord Royville
- John Miller as Rosie
- Richard Molinas as Laurient
- Gerhard Kempinski as Muller
- Wally Patch as Commissionaire
- Carl Jaffe as Kommandant
- Everley Gregg as Landlady
- Roger Moore as Member of the Audience
- Hugh Morton as King (on stage)
- Maxwell Reed as Prince (on stage)
References
- ^ Harper p.179
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, 1939–1949. Routledge, 1989.
External links
- Gaiety George at IMDb
- Review of film at Variety
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Films directed by George King
- Too Many Crooks (1930)
- Leave It to Me (1930)
- Number, Please (1931)
- Deadlock (1931)
- The Professional Guest (1931)
- Midnight (1931)
- Self Made Lady (1932)
- Men of Steel (1932)
- To Brighton with Gladys (1933)
- Mayfair Girl (1933)
- Smithy (1933)
- Enemy of the Police (1933)
- I Adore You (1933)
- The Silver Spoon (1933)
- Too Many Wives (1933)
- Matinee Idol (1933)
- High Finance (1933)
- Her Imaginary Lover (1933)
- Beware of Women (1933)
- Murder at the Inn (1934)
- Oh No Doctor! (1934)
- Guest of Honour (1934)
- Nine Forty-Five (1934)
- The Blue Squadron (1934)
- To Be a Lady (1934)
- The Office Wife (1934)
- Get Your Man (1934)
- Little Stranger (1934)
- Adventure Ltd. (1935)
- Full Circle (1935)
- Windfall (1935)
- The Man Without a Face (1935)
- Gay Old Dog (1935)
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936)
- The Crimes of Stephen Hawke (1936)
- Reasonable Doubt (1936)
- Wanted! (1937)
- Merry Comes to Town (1937)
- Under a Cloud (1937)
- The Ticket of Leave Man (1937)
- Silver Top (1938)
- Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror (1938)
- John Halifax (1938)
- The Face at the Window (1939)
- Crimes at the Dark House (1940)
- The Chinese Bungalow (1940)
- The Case of the Frightened Lady (1940)
- Two for Danger (1940)
- George and Margaret (1940)
- Tomorrow We Live (1943)
- Candlelight in Algeria (1944)
- Gaiety George (1946)
- Code of Scotland Yard (1947)
- Forbidden (1949)
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