An aging music hall performer returns to London believing he's the star of a new show. When he discovers that he's only slated to be the understudy, his daughter sabotages the revue's star ...
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Sid Field | ... | Jerry Sanford |
| Greta Gynt | ... | Mrs. Eve Barry | |
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Tessie O'Shea | ... | Herself |
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Claude Hulbert | ... | Belgrave - Charlie's Dresser |
| Sonnie Hale | ... | Charlie de Haven | |
| Mary Clare | ... | Mrs. Gates | |
| Petula Clark | ... | Peggy Sanford | |
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Jerry Desmonde | ... | George |
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Reginald Purdell | ... | Stage Manager |
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Lucas Hoving | ... | Dancer (as Lucas Hovinga) |
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Marion Saunders | ... | Obligato in 'Street Singer' |
| Charles Paton | ... | Novelty Shopkeeper | |
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Beryl Davis | ... | Paula |
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Scotty McHarg | ... | Bill (as 'Scotty' McHarg) |
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W.G. Fay | ... | Mike |
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An aging music hall performer returns to London believing he's the star of a new show. When he discovers that he's only slated to be the understudy, his daughter sabotages the revue's star in order to get him back into the spotlight. Written by Alessandro Martini <alemartini@geocities.com>
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22 July 1953 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
My Heart Goes Crazy See more »Company Credits
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Mono (RCA Sound System)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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(uncredited)
Music by Walter Ridley
Lyrics by Sid Colin
Performed by Sonnie Hale, reprised by Sid Field
(in the 125 minute version)
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The music was originally released on five 78-rpm gramophone records in 1946 and is considered Britain's first motion picture soundtrack album. See more »Alternate Versions
UK premiere version (126 mins) UK theatrical release print (95 mins)(shortened, re-edited) US theatrical release print (75 mins) See more »Soundtracks
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Music by Walter Ridley
Lyrics by Sid Colin
Performed by Sonnie Hale, reprised by Sid Field
(in the 125 minute version)
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Petula Clark stars as a young girl in this confused (post-modernist ?) musical, with a whole cast of down-on-their-luck stars producing a variety of songs on some very expensive sets that don't seem to _quite_ make sense.
There is evidence of much cutting, particularly in the 'gay' scene (well that's what it looked like to me) which cuts out and runs out of true, but also with the fact that the story is often incoherent and introduces unexplained new elements (such as 'The Amsted Way' ??).
The comedy act at the end is terrible, and the lead is as well.
Wildly expensively made in Technicolour, perhaps as an experiment ? (Maybe that's why J. Arthur kept in black & white for so long).