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Music Hall Parade is a 1939 British musical film directed by Oswald Mitchell. The film featured Glen Raynham, Richard Norris (actor), and Charles Sewell. Sid Palmer also had a role. The story is about a daughter who works to keep her father's music hall going after his death. The film was reissued in 1940 as Cavalcade of Variety. The film was produced at the Walton on Thames studios. Renown Pictures released a digitally remastered edition of the film in 2011.

Billy Cotton and his Band perform in the film.

Critical reception

TV Guide called it above average with a thin plot but fun acts. Monthly Film Bulletin gave a similar assessment, praising the variety acts and noting the slim plot.

References

1. Chapman, Llewella. "'The highest salary ever paid to a human being': Creating a Database of Film Costs from the Bank of England". Journal of British cinema and television, 2022-10. Vol. 19, no. 4. Edinburgh University Press. p. 470-494 at 479.
2. ^ "Music Hall Parade (1939)". BFI. Archived from the original on 31 May 2017.
3. Gifford, Denis (1 January 1998). Entertainers in British Films: A Century of Showbiz in the Cinema. Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313307201 – via Google Books.
4. "Motion Picture Herald". Quigley Publishing Company. 26 February 1939 – via Google Books.
5. McFarlane, Brian (16 May 2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781526111968 – via Google Books.
6. "Music Hall Parade | TV Guide". TVGuide.com.
7. Richards, Jeffrey (12 January 2001). The Unknown 1930s: An Alternative History of the British Cinema 1929-1939. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 9781860646287 – via Google Books.

External links

• Music Hall Parade at IMDb

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