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The Gang Show
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Wikipedia article
'The Gang Show' is a 1937 British musical film about a Boy Scout Troop who stage a variety show to raise funds, when the lease of their meeting place expires.
The film was a vehicle for material from Ralph Reader's Gang Shows that had been successful on the stage in London's West End since 1932;[http://www.angelfire.com/hi2/glasgowgangshow/ralphhistory.html Ralph Reader tells the History of the Gang Show] the songs included the Gang Show anthem; '"Crest of a Wave"'.[http://www.jabw.demon.co.uk/bentgh.htm British Vintage Music Films 1929-1949] Shot at Pinewood Studios,[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028916/locations IMDb: Filming locations for The Gang Show (1938)] the film premiered at the Lyceum Theatre, London on 13 April 1937, the only occasion that the theatre was used as a cinema.[http://www.its-behind-you.com/lyceummelvilles.html The Lyceum Theatre and the Melvilles] It was released in New York in December 1938 under the shortened title 'The Gang'.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028916/releaseinfo IMDb: Release dates for The Gang Show (1938)]
Cast
* Ralph Reader as Skipper
* Gina Malo as Marie
* Stuart Robinson as Raydon
* Richard Ainley as Whipple
* Leonard Snelling as Len
* Syd Palmer as Syd
* Roy Emerton as the Proprietor
* Percy Walsh as McCulloch
References
Category:1937 films
Category:1937 musical films
Category:Films directed by Alfred J. Goulding
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:Scouting in popular culture
Category:British musical films
Category:1930s British films
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