Showtime

Original title: Gaiety George

1946
Approved
1h 38m

IMDb RATING

5.8/10

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Ann Todd and Richard Greene in Showtime (1946)

Drama Musical

The life of Irishman George Howard, who bought an English theatre, and strived to improve the standard of musical entertainment. Set in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and... Read allThe life of Irishman George Howard, who bought an English theatre, and strived to improve the standard of musical entertainment. Set in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and loosely based on fact.The life of Irishman George Howard, who bought an English theatre, and strived to improve the standard of musical entertainment. Set in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and loosely based on fact.

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5.8/10

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British star Roger Moore worked in this film as an extra for the only time in the same cast as the British actor Peter Graves. Neither of them ever worked with the American star Peter Graves, nor did any of the three ever work with American actor Roger Moore, who was the elder brother of actor Robert Young.

Connections
Referenced in The Hangman Waits (1947)

Soundtracks
Awake My Heart
Music by George Posford
Lyrics by Eric Maschwitz

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4/10

Dull musical

During the second half of the 1940s a number of biographical films were made about personalities of the Victorian music hall.This film is based on the life of impresario George Edwardes.He is played by Richard Greene. with a truly awful attempt at an Irish accent.Ann Todd plays his female lead and she comes across as a rather second rate Anna Neagle.Hazel Court plays a chorus girl jilted by a Lord.This leads to a rather dull story line and the film becomes rather dreary.It also has to be said that the musical score and production numbers are unmentionable and lacklustre.Maybe if the producer had made the film in colour it would at least have that going for it.The film then uses the 42nd Street plot device of the star not being available for the opening so an unknown steps in and becomes a star.