The Gang Show (1937)

Directed by

Alfred J. Goulding

Genre

musical film

Country

United Kingdom

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Boy Scout troop puts on a variety show to save their meeting place from losing its lease. The film features songs and skits from the stage Gang Shows popular in London at the time.

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What happens

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; the songs included the Gang Show anthem; "Crest of a Wave". Shot at Pinewood Studios, the film premiered at the Lyceum Theatre, London on 13 April 1937, the only occasion that the theatre was used as a cinema. It was released in New York in December 1938 under the shortened title The Gang. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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