Let the People Sing (film)
| Let the People Sing | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | John Baxter |
| Written by | John Baxter Barbara K. Emary Geoffrey Orme J.B. Priestley (novel) |
| Produced by | John Baxter Wallace Orton |
| Starring | Alastair Sim Fred Emney Edward Rigby |
| Cinematography | James Wilson |
| Edited by | Jack Harris |
| Music by | Kennedy Russell |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Anglo-American Film Corporation |
Release date | 10 August 1942 |
Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Let the People Sing is a 1942 British comedy film directed by John Baxter and starring Alastair Sim, Fred Emney and Edward Rigby.[1] The screenplay concerns a small town that bands together to try to save their music hall from closure. It was based on the novel Let the People Sing by J. B. Priestley.
The film's sets were designed by R. Holmes Paul. It was made at Elstree Studios.
Main cast
- Alastair Sim as Professor Ernst Kronak
- Fred Emney as Sir George Denberry-Baxter
- Edward Rigby as Timmy Tiverton
- Oliver Wakefield as Sir Reginald Foxfield
- Patricia Roc as Hope Ollerton
- Annie Esmond as Lady Foxfield
- Marian Spencer as Lady Shepshod
- Olive Sloane as Daisy Barley
- Maire O'Neill as Mrs. Mitterley
- Gus McNaughton as Ketley
- Charles Hawtrey as Young Orton
- Peter Gawthorne as Major Shiptonthorpe
- Aubrey Mallalieu as Commander Spofforth
- G.H. Mulcaster as Inspector
- Wally Patch as Sam
- Horace Kenney as Walter Shepton
- Morris Harvey as Jim Flagg
- Ida Barr as Katie
- Spencer Trevor as Colonel Hazelhead
- Robert Atkins as Hassock
- Diana Beaumont as Secretary
- Syd Crossley as Uncle Alfred
- A. Bromley Davenport as Agent
- Charles Doe as Mayor
- Alexander Field as Packles Junior
- Ian Fleming as United Plastics barrister
- Richard George as Tom Largs
- Leopold Glasspoole as Pelham
- Michael Martin Harvey as Handover
- W.T. Holland
- David Keir as Mr. Finningley
- Henry B. Longhurst
- Eliot Makeham as Town clerk
- George Merritt as Police Sergeant
- Mignon O'Doherty as Dr. Buckley
- Stan Paskin as Attendant
- Maurice Rhodes
- Alan Tomkins
- Peter Ustinov as Dr. Bentika
- Sam Wilkinson
References
Bibliography
- Murphy, Robert. Realism and Tinsel: Cinema and Society in Britain 1939-48. Routledge, 1992.
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