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Elstree Calling (1930)

Genre : Music, Comedy

Runtime : 1H 23M

Director : Alfred Hitchcock, Jack Hulbert, Paul Murray, André Charlot, Adrian Brunel

Synopsis

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

Actors

Tommy Handley
Tommy Handley
The Host
Teddy Brown
Teddy Brown
Himself
Donald Calthrop
Donald Calthrop
Himself / Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew
Jack Hulbert
Jack Hulbert
Himself
Helen Burnell
Helen Burnell
Herself
The Adelphi Chorus Girls
The Adelphi Chorus Girls
The Three Eddies
The Three Eddies
Themselves
Lily Morris
Lily Morris
Herself
Will Fyffe
Will Fyffe
Himself
Cicely Courtneidge
Cicely Courtneidge
Herself
John Longden
John Longden
Himself
Anna May Wong
Anna May Wong
Herself / Katherina in Taming of the Shrew
Bobbie Comber
Bobbie Comber
Herself
Gordon Harker
Gordon Harker
George
Hannah Jones
Hannah Jones
George's Wife
Gordon Begg
Gordon Begg
Shakespeare
Lawrence Green
Lawrence Green
Ivor McLaren
Ivor McLaren
Nathan Shacknovsky
Nathan Shacknovsky
Jameson Thomas
Jameson Thomas
John Stuart
John Stuart
The Charlot Girls
The Charlot Girls

Crews

Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock
Director
Jack Hulbert
Jack Hulbert
Director
Paul Murray
Paul Murray
Director
Adrian Brunel
Adrian Brunel
Writer
Walter C. Mycroft
Walter C. Mycroft
Writer
Val Valentine
Val Valentine
Writer
John Maxwell
John Maxwell
Executive Producer
Claude Friese-Greene
Claude Friese-Greene
Director of Photography
Emile de Ruelle
Emile de Ruelle
Editor
A.C. Hammond
A.C. Hammond
Editor
James B. Sloan
James B. Sloan
Production Manager
Alec Murray
Alec Murray
Sound
André Charlot
André Charlot
Director
Adrian Brunel
Adrian Brunel
Director

Posters and backgrounds

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