London Entertains (1951)
- Directed by
- Edwin J. Fancey
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 48 min
- Rating
- 4.7 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A group of girls from a Swiss finishing school start a tourist agency in London during the 1951 Festival of Britain. They visit entertainment venues and variety shows with help from a BBC radio host.
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What happens
London Entertains is a 1951 British quasi-documentary film that combines a travelogue around London with film of various variety stars including The Goons and Bobby Breen. The film was conceived by Jimmy Grafton and produced and directed by Edwin John Fancey. The film uses the pretext of girls returning from a Swiss finishing school and setting up an agency called At Your Service to show tourists to London around the sites of the 1951 Festival of Britain. They are aided by BBC radio presenter Eamonn Andrews who uses his show-business contacts to get the girls in to see variety shows. Entertainment locations visited include the Windmill Theatre and Grafton's, the public house owned by the film's writer Jimmy Grafton, where The Goon Show (then known as Crazy People) was recorded. The film also includes footage of actress Gloria Swanson touring the construction site of the Royal Festival Hall and the Southbank Centre. The actresses playing the girls were members of the Eastbourne Girls Choir. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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