Music Hall is a 1934 British musical drama film directed by John Baxter and starring George Carney, Ben Field and Mark Daly. It was written by Baxter, H. Fowler Mear and Wallace Orton.
Plot
Cast George Carney as Bill Ben Field as Steve Mark Daly as Scotty Helena Pickard as Lou Olive Sloane Wally Patch as Fred Derrick De Marney as Jim Peggy Novak Edgar Driver as Tich C. Denier Warren as Bendini Walter Amner Eve Chapman Wilson Coleman as Mr. Davis Bertram Dench G.H. Elliott as himself Roddy Hughes Raymond Newell Gershom Parkington The Sherman Fisher Girls as themselves Debroy Somers as himself Harry Terry as Flies John Turnbull as Collins Freddie Watts as Bert Catchpole D.J. Williams
Production The film was made at Twickenham Studios as a quota quickie, with sets designed by James A. Carter.
Reception
The Daily Film Renter wrote: "Slender plot deals with rehabilitation of provincial vaudeville theatre by modern methods. Straightforward direction presents series of cockney interludes leading to replica of average twice nightly show, with Somers as highspot. Convincing back stage and characterisation are additional bids of picture that should prove good far for variety fans and the masses."
Kine Weekly wrote: "Slight story of a music-hall which has fallen on evil days and is brought back to success forms the introduction to a series of well-varied music-hall turns presented in a straightforward manner. The names of the artistes carry weight and should prove a draw in themselves. ... The opening, which shows the stage manager and hands depressed at the failure of the hall, is convincing in atmosphere, but it is very drawn out and over-dialogued. Characterisations are realistic, but the material with which the artistes have to work is distinctly thin."
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