Music Hall Parade Explained

Music Hall Parade is a 1939 British musical film directed by Oswald Mitchell.^[2] 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.^[2] The film was reissued in 1940 as Cavalcade of Variety.^[3] The film was produced at the Walton on Thames studios.^[4] Renown Pictures released a digitally remastered edition of the film in 2011.

Billy Cotton and his Band perform in the film.^[5]

Critical reception

TV Guide called it above average with a thin plot but fun acts.^[6] Monthly Film Bulletin gave a similar assessment, praising the variety acts and noting the slim plot.^[7]

Notes and References

1. ‘The highest salary ever paid to a human being’: Creating a Database of Film Costs from the Bank of England . Chapman. Llewella. Edinburgh University Press. Journal of British cinema and television, 2022-10. 19. 4. 470-494 at 479.
2. Web site: Music Hall Parade (1939). https://web.archive.org/web/20170531040656/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b102f47. dead. 31 May 2017. BFI.
3. Book: Gifford, Denis. Entertainers in British Films: A Century of Showbiz in the Cinema. January 1, 1998. Greenwood Press. 9780313307201. Google Books.
4. Web site: Motion Picture Herald. February 26, 1939. Quigley Publishing Company. Google Books.
5. Book: McFarlane, Brian. The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. May 16, 2016. Oxford University Press. 9781526111968. Google Books.
6. Web site: Music Hall Parade | TV Guide. TVGuide.com.
7. Book: Richards, Jeffrey. The Unknown 1930s: An Alternative History of the British Cinema 1929-1939. January 12, 2001. I.B.Tauris. 9781860646287. Google Books.