Gaiety George Explained

Gaiety George
Producer:	George King
Cinematography:	Otto Heller
Editing:	Hugh Stewart
Studio:	Embassy Pictures
Distributor:	Warner Brothers
Runtime:	98 minutes
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English

Gaiety George (also known as Showtime ^[1]) is a 1946 British historical musical film directed by George King and Leontine Sagan and starring Richard Greene, Ann Todd and Peter Graves.^[2] It is set in the late Victorian music hall, when an Irish impresario arrives in London.

The film was inspired by the memory of George Edwardes.

Cast

• Richard Greene as George Howard
• Ann Todd as Katharine Davis
• Peter Graves as Henry Carter
• Morland Graham as Morris
• Hazel Court as Elizabeth Brown
• Charles Victor as Danny Collier
• Jack Train as Hastings
• Leni Lynn as Florence Stevens
• Ursula Jeans as Isobel Forbes
• Daphne Barker as Miss de Courtney
• Maire O'Neill as Mrs. Murphy
• Frank Pettingell as Grindley
• Phyllis Robins as Chubbs
• John Laurie as McTavish
• Frederick Burtwell as Jenkins
• Anthony Holles as Wade
• David Horne as Lord Mountsbury
• Patrick Waddington as Lt. Travers
• Claud Allister as Archie
• Graeme Muir as Lord Elstown
• Evelyn Darvell as Maisie
• Paul Blake as Lord Royville
• John Miller as Rosie
• Richard Molinas as Laurient
• Gerhard Kempinski as Muller
• Wally Patch as commissionaire
• Carl Jaffe as kommandant
• Everley Gregg as landlady
• Roger Moore as member of the audience
• Hugh Morton as King (on stage)
• Maxwell Reed as Prince (on stage)

References

1. Web site: Gaiety George . 29 November 2024 . British Film Institute Collections Search.
2. Harper p.179

Bibliography

• Harper, Sue. Picturing the Past: The Rise and Fall of the British Costume Film. British Film Institute, 1994.
• Murphy, Robert. Realism and Tinsel: Cinema and Society in Britain, 1939–1949. Routledge, 1989.

External links

• • Review of film at Variety