The Gang Show

1937 British film
  • April 1937 (1937-04)
Running time
96 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

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;[1] the songs included the Gang Show anthem; "Crest of a Wave".[2] Shot at Pinewood Studios,[3] the film premiered at the Lyceum Theatre, London on 13 April 1937, the only occasion that the theatre was used as a cinema.[4] It was released in New York in December 1938 under the shortened title The Gang.[5]

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

  1. ^ Ralph Reader tells the History of the Gang Show
  2. ^ British Vintage Music Films 1929-1949
  3. ^ The Gang (1938) - Filming & production - IMDb, retrieved 6 December 2023
  4. ^ "It's Behind You - The Lyceum Theatre and The Melvilles". www.its-behind-you.com. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  5. ^ The Gang (1938) - Release info - IMDb, retrieved 6 December 2023
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