What Would You Do, Chums?
| What Would You Do, Chums? | |
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| Directed by | John Baxter |
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| Produced by | John Corfield |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | James Wilson |
| Edited by | Reginald Mills |
| Music by | Kennedy Russell |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Anglo-American Film Corporation |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
What Would You Do, Chums? is a 1939 British comedy film directed by John Baxter and starring Syd Walker, Jean Gillie, Cyril Chamberlain and Peter Gawthorne. [1] It was made at Elstree Studios.[2] The film's title was the popular catchphrase of comedian Syd Walker in BBC radio's Band Waggon series.[3][4]
Cast
[edit | edit source]- Syd Walker as himself/narrator
- Jean Gillie as Lucy
- Cyril Chamberlain as Mike Collins
- Jack Barty as Joe Barker
- Wally Patch as Tom
- Gus McNaughton as Harry Piper
- Peter Gawthorne as Sir Douglas Gordon KC
- Julian Vedey as Mossy
- Arthur Finn as Slim Barton
- Andreas Malandrinos as Pop
- Leonard Morris as Ernie Parsons
- George Street as Inspector Wedge
Production
[edit | edit source]The project was originally called Mr Walker Wants to Know. John Corfleld successfully defended an action by Ernest Dudley, a radio writer, to stop him from using that title and the title What Would You Do, Chums? which Dudley claimed was based on a script he had sold to Jack Buchanan which was subsequently sold to British National.[5][6]
References
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- ^ Wood p.101
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Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
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- 1939 films
- 1939 comedy films
- 1930s English-language films
- British comedy films
- Films shot at Station Road Studios, Elstree
- Films set in England
- Films directed by John Baxter
- British black-and-white films
- 1930s British films
- Films scored by Kennedy Russell
- English-language comedy films
- 1930s British comedy film stubs