Play Up the Band
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4.5/10 Letterboxd Genre Comedy Duration Country United Kingdom | 5.1/10 IMDb Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date November 1935 Initial release November 1935 (United Kingdom) Cast (Sam Small), (Betty Small), (Jack Heckdyke), Frank Atkinson (Alf Ramsbottom), Charles Sewell (Lord Heckdyke), (Lady Heckdyke)Similar movies Trouble Brewing (1939) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
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