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Genre
  
Comedy

Duration
  

Country
  
United Kingdom

5.1/10
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Director
  
Harry Hughes

Music director
  
Eric Spear

Language
  
English

Play Up the Band movie poster

Writer
  
Frank Atkinson
,
Vernon Harris

Release date
  
November 1935

Initial release
  
November 1935 (United Kingdom)

Screenplay
  
Vernon Harris, Katherine Strueby, Harry Hughes, Frank Atkinson, Aveling Ginever

Cast
  
Stanley Holloway
(Sam Small),
Betty Ann Davies
(Betty Small),
Leslie Bradley
(Jack Heckdyke),
Frank Atkinson
(Alf Ramsbottom),
Charles Sewell
(Lord Heckdyke),
Amy Veness
(Lady Heckdyke)

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Play Up the Band is a 1935 British musical comedy film directed by Harry Hughes and starring Stanley Holloway, Betty Ann Davies and Leslie Bradley.

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The film was made at Ealing Studios by the independent company City Films. The film's sets were designed by art director R. Holmes Paul. Location shooting took place at the Crystal Palace, which burnt down the following year.

Synopsis

The brass band of the Northern town of Hechdyke travel south to London to compete in a national contest. In the capital Sam Small becomes mixed up in a series of adventures including a plot to steal Lady Heckdyke's pearls and the romantic relationship between Heckdyke's son and Small's cousin Betty. Mistakenly arrested for the theft of the pearls, Small has to race to reach The Crystal Palace in time for the competition.

Cast

  • Stanley Holloway as Sam Small
  • Betty Ann Davies as Betty Small
  • Leslie Bradley as Jack
  • Frank Atkinson as Alf Ramsbottom
  • Charles Sewell as Lord Hechdyke
  • Amy Veness as Lady Heckdyke
  • Cynthia Stock as Vera
  • Julie Suedo as Marquise de Vaux
  • Arthur Gomez as Marquis de Vaux
  • Hal Gordon as Bandmaster
  • Louise Selkirk and her Ladies Orchestra as Themselves
  • The London Brass Band as Themselves

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