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{{Infobox film | {{Infobox film | ||
| name = Let the People Sing | | name = Let the People Sing | ||
| image = | | image = Let the People Sing (1942 film).jpg | ||
| image_size = | | image_size = | ||
| caption = Original British [[Film poster#Lobby cards|lobby card]] | | caption = Original British [[w:Film poster#Lobby cards|lobby card]] | ||
| director = [[John Baxter (director)|John Baxter]] | | director = [[w:John Baxter (director)|John Baxter]] | ||
| producer = {{ubl|John Baxter|Wallace Orton}} | | producer = {{ubl|John Baxter|Wallace Orton}} | ||
| writer = {{ubl|John Baxter|[[Barbara K. Emary]]|[[Geoffrey Orme]]|[[J.B. Priestley]] (novel) }} | | writer = {{ubl|John Baxter|[[w:Barbara K. Emary|Barbara K. Emary]]|[[w:Geoffrey Orme|Geoffrey Orme]]|[[w:J.B. Priestley|J.B. Priestley]] (novel) }} | ||
| narrator = | | narrator = | ||
| starring = {{ubl|[[Alastair Sim]]|[[Fred Emney]]|[[Edward Rigby]]}} | | starring = {{ubl|[[Alastair Sim]]|[[Fred Emney]]|[[w:Edward Rigby|Edward Rigby]]}} | ||
| music = [[Kennedy Russell]] | | music = [[w:Kennedy Russell|Kennedy Russell]] | ||
| cinematography = [[James Wilson (cinematographer)|James Wilson]] | | cinematography = [[w:James Wilson (cinematographer)|James Wilson]] | ||
| editing = [[Jack Harris (film editor)|Jack Harris]] | | editing = [[w:Jack Harris (film editor)|Jack Harris]] | ||
| studio = [[British National | | studio = [[w:British National Film|s]] | ||
| distributor = Anglo-American Film Corporation | | distributor = Anglo-American Film Corporation | ||
| released = 10 August 1942 | | released = 10 August 1942 | ||
| runtime = 105 minutes | | runtime = 105 minutes | ||
| country = United Kingdom | | country = United Kingdom | ||
| language = [[English language|English]] | | language = [[w:English language|English]] | ||
| budget = | | budget = | ||
| gross = | | gross = | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Let the People Sing''''' is a 1942 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[John Baxter (director)|John Baxter]],<ref name=timeout>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/film/let-the-people-sing|title=Let the People Sing, directed by John Baxter - Film review}}</ref> and starring [[Alastair Sim]], [[Fred Emney]] and [[Edward Rigby]]. The film's sets were designed by R. Holmes Paul. It was made at [[British National Studios|Elstree Studios]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/40096|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113205647/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/40096|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-01-13|title=Let the People Sing (1942)}}</ref> | '''''Let the People Sing''''' is a 1942 British [[w:comedy film|comedy film]] directed by [[w:John Baxter (director)|John Baxter]],<ref name=timeout>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/film/let-the-people-sing|title=Let the People Sing, directed by John Baxter - Film review}}</ref> and starring [[Alastair Sim]], [[Fred Emney]] and [[w:Edward Rigby|Edward Rigby]]. The film's sets were designed by R. Holmes Paul. It was made at [[w:British National Studios|Elstree Studios]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/40096|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113205647/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/40096|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-01-13|title=Let the People Sing (1942)}}</ref> | ||
The screenplay concerns a small town that bands together to try to save their [[music hall]] from closure. It was based on the 1939 novel ''[[Let the People Sing (novel)|Let the People Sing]]'' by [[J. B. Priestley]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1c7eCwAAQBAJ&q=let+the+people+sing+1942+denis+gifford&pg=PA511|title=British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film|first=Denis|last=Gifford|date=1 April 2016|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317740636|via=Google Books}}</ref> | The screenplay concerns a small town that bands together to try to save their [[w:music hall|music hall]] from closure. It was based on the 1939 novel ''[[w:Let the People Sing (novel)|Let the People Sing]]'' by [[w:J. B. Priestley|J. B. Priestley]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1c7eCwAAQBAJ&q=let+the+people+sing+1942+denis+gifford&pg=PA511|title=British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film|first=Denis|last=Gifford|date=1 April 2016|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317740636|via=Google Books}}</ref> | ||
==Main cast== | ==Main cast== | ||
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* [[Alastair Sim]] as Professor Ernst Kronak | * [[Alastair Sim]] as Professor Ernst Kronak | ||
* [[Fred Emney]] as Sir George Denberry-Baxter | * [[Fred Emney]] as Sir George Denberry-Baxter | ||
* [[Edward Rigby]] as Timmy Tiverton | * [[w:Edward Rigby|Edward Rigby]] as Timmy Tiverton | ||
* [[Oliver Wakefield]] as Sir Reginald Foxfield | * [[w:Oliver Wakefield|Oliver Wakefield]] as Sir Reginald Foxfield | ||
* [[Patricia Roc]] as Hope Ollerton | * [[w:Patricia Roc|Patricia Roc]] as Hope Ollerton | ||
* [[Annie Esmond]] as Lady Foxfield | * [[w:Annie Esmond|Annie Esmond]] as Lady Foxfield | ||
* Marian Spencer as Lady Shepshod | * Marian Spencer as Lady Shepshod | ||
* [[Olive Sloane]] as Daisy Barley | * [[w:Olive Sloane|Olive Sloane]] as Daisy Barley | ||
* [[Maire O'Neill]] as Mrs. Mitterley | * [[w:Maire O'Neill|Maire O'Neill]] as Mrs. Mitterley | ||
* [[Gus McNaughton]] as Ketley | * [[w:Gus McNaughton|Gus McNaughton]] as Ketley | ||
* [[Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1914)|Charles Hawtrey]] as Young Orton | * [[Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1914)|Charles Hawtrey]] as Young Orton | ||
* [[Peter Gawthorne]] as Major Shiptonthorpe | * [[Peter Gawthorne]] as Major Shiptonthorpe | ||
* [[Aubrey Mallalieu]] as Commander Spofforth | * [[w:Aubrey Mallalieu|Aubrey Mallalieu]] as Commander Spofforth | ||
* [[G. H. Mulcaster]] as Inspector | * [[w:G. H. Mulcaster|G. H. Mulcaster]] as Inspector | ||
* [[Wally Patch]] as Sam | * [[w:Wally Patch|Wally Patch]] as Sam | ||
* Horace Kenney as Walter Shepton | * Horace Kenney as Walter Shepton | ||
* [[Morris Harvey]] as Jim Flagg | * [[w:Morris Harvey|Morris Harvey]] as Jim Flagg | ||
* [[Ida Barr (music hall)|Ida Barr]] as Katie | * [[w:Ida Barr (music hall)|Ida Barr]] as Katie | ||
* [[Spencer Trevor]] as Colonel Hazelhead | * [[w:Spencer Trevor|Spencer Trevor]] as Colonel Hazelhead | ||
* [[Robert Atkins (actor)|Robert Atkins]] as Hassock | * [[w:Robert Atkins (actor)|Robert Atkins]] as Hassock | ||
* [[Diana Beaumont]] as Secretary | * [[w:Diana Beaumont|Diana Beaumont]] as Secretary | ||
* [[Syd Crossley]] as Uncle Alfred | * [[w:Syd Crossley|Syd Crossley]] as Uncle Alfred | ||
* [[A. Bromley Davenport]] as Agent | * [[w:A. Bromley Davenport|A. Bromley Davenport]] as Agent | ||
* Charles Doe as Mayor | * Charles Doe as Mayor | ||
* [[Alexander Field (actor)|Alexander Field]] as Packles Junior | * [[w:Alexander Field (actor)|Alexander Field]] as Packles Junior | ||
* [[Ian Fleming (actor)|Ian Fleming]] as United Plastics barrister | * [[w:Ian Fleming (actor)|Ian Fleming]] as United Plastics barrister | ||
* Richard George as Tom Largs | * Richard George as Tom Largs | ||
* Leopold Glasspoole as Pelham | * Leopold Glasspoole as Pelham | ||
* [[Michael Martin Harvey]] as Handover | * [[w:Michael Martin Harvey|Michael Martin Harvey]] as Handover | ||
* [[David Keir]] as Mr. Finningley | * [[w:David Keir|David Keir]] as Mr. Finningley | ||
* [[Henry B. Longhurst]] | * [[w:Henry B. Longhurst|Henry B. Longhurst]] | ||
* [[Eliot Makeham]] as Town clerk | * [[w:Eliot Makeham|Eliot Makeham]] as Town clerk | ||
* [[George Merritt (actor)|George Merritt]] as Police Sergeant | * [[w:George Merritt (actor)|George Merritt]] as Police Sergeant | ||
* [[Mignon O'Doherty]] as Dr. Buckley | * [[w:Mignon O'Doherty|Mignon O'Doherty]] as Dr. Buckley | ||
* Stan Paskin as Attendant | * Stan Paskin as Attendant | ||
* [[Peter Ustinov]] as Dr. Bentika | * [[Peter Ustinov]] as Dr. Bentika | ||
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==Critical reception== | ==Critical reception== | ||
''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]'' wrote "John Baxter was the British director probably least patronising and most sympathetic to the [[working classes]] and their culture during the '30s and '40s, and even if his films now often seem naïve and simplistic, it's good at least to see an honest and humorous attempt to deal with life outside [[Mayfair]]. Less scathing than ''[[Love on the Dole (film)|Love on the Dole]]'' (his best known film), this adaptation of a JB Priestley novel is a spritely, vaguely [[Frank Capra|Capra-esque]] comedy...Fred Emney steals the show as a government arbitrator susceptible to the charms of alcohol."<ref name=timeout/> | ''[[w:Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]'' wrote "John Baxter was the British director probably least patronising and most sympathetic to the [[w:working classes|working classes]] and their culture during the '30s and '40s, and even if his films now often seem naïve and simplistic, it's good at least to see an honest and humorous attempt to deal with life outside [[w:Mayfair|Mayfair]]. Less scathing than ''[[Love on the Dole (film)|Love on the Dole]]'' (his best known film), this adaptation of a JB Priestley novel is a spritely, vaguely [[w:Frank Capra|Capra-esque]] comedy...Fred Emney steals the show as a government arbitrator susceptible to the charms of alcohol."<ref name=timeout/> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*{{IMDb title|0034972}} | *{{IMDb title|0034972}} | ||
[[Category:1942 films]] | [[Category:1942 films]] | ||
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[[Category:British black-and-white films]] | [[Category:British black-and-white films]] | ||
[[Category:1940s British films]] | [[Category:1940s British films]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:41, 13 December 2022
| Let the People Sing | |
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.jpg) Original British lobby card | |
| Directed by | John Baxter |
| Written by |
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| Produced by |
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| Starring | |
| 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,[1] and starring Alastair Sim, Fred Emney and Edward Rigby. The film's sets were designed by R. Holmes Paul. It was made at Elstree Studios.[2]
The screenplay concerns a small town that bands together to try to save their music hall from closure. It was based on the 1939 novel Let the People Sing by J. B. Priestley.[3]
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
- 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
- Peter Ustinov as Dr. Bentika
Critical reception
Time Out wrote "John Baxter was the British director probably least patronising and most sympathetic to the working classes and their culture during the '30s and '40s, and even if his films now often seem naïve and simplistic, it's good at least to see an honest and humorous attempt to deal with life outside Mayfair. Less scathing than Love on the Dole (his best known film), this adaptation of a JB Priestley novel is a spritely, vaguely Capra-esque comedy...Fred Emney steals the show as a government arbitrator susceptible to the charms of alcohol."[1]
References
- ^ a b "Let the People Sing, directed by John Baxter - Film review".
- ^ "Let the People Sing (1942)". Archived from the original on 2009-01-13.
- ^ Gifford, Denis (1 April 2016). British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film. Routledge. ISBN 9781317740636 – via Google Books.
Bibliography
- Murphy, Robert. Realism and Tinsel: Cinema and Society in Britain 1939-48. Routledge, 1992.
External links
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- 1942 films
- 1942 comedy films
- 1940s English-language films
- Films directed by John Baxter
- British comedy films
- Films set in England
- Films shot at British National Studios
- Films based on British novels
- British black-and-white films
- 1940s British films
