Radio Parade of 1935
| Company type | Film |
|---|---|
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Founded | 1934 |
| Founder | Arthur B. Woods (director) |
| Products | Comedy film |
Radio Parade of 1935 (1934), known in the United States as Radio Follies, is a British comedy film helmed by director Arthur B. Woods and featuring performances by Will Hay, Clifford Mollison, and Helen Chandler. This film serves as a sequel to the 1933 production Radio Parade.
Plot
The storyline follows the National Broadcasting Group's Director General (Will Hay), who appoints the Head of Complaints (Clifford Mollison) to the role of Programme Director with the aim of curbing listener dissatisfaction over the station’s overly cerebral content. The acronym "NBG" humorously stood for "no bloody good" in British slang during the 1930s. The character portrayed by Hay offers a satirical take on Lord Reith, while the NBG is a clear parody of the BBC.
Cast
- Will Hay as Director General William Garlon/Garland[1]
- Helen Chandler as Joan Garland, daughter of the Director General
- Clifford Mollison as Jimmy Clare, Manager of Complaints
- Davy Burnaby as Major General Sir Frederick Fotheringhay
- Robert Nainby as Colonel Egbert Featherstone Haugh-Haugh, Second Assistant
- Jimmy Godden as Lieutenant Commander Vere de V. de Vere, Third Assistant
- Basil Foster as Captain Esme St. J. Entwistle, Fourth Assistant
- Ivor McLaren as Flight Lieutenant Eric Lyttle Lyttle, Fifth Assistant
- Billy Bennett portraying The Commissionaire
- Hugh E. Wright in the role of Algernon Bird, The Inventor
- Lily Morris and Nellie Wallace as two Charladies
- The Western Brothers cast as two Announcers
- The Three Sailors featured as assistants to the Complaints Manager
- Haver and Lee acting as two Effects Men
- The Carlyle Cousins performing as three Telephonists
- Georgie Harris in the role of Chief Page Boy
- Gerry Fitzgerald and Arthur Young appearing as two Window Cleaners
- Claude Dampier cast as a Piano Tuner
- Teddy Joyce And His Band featured musically
- Alfred Drayton portraying Carl Graham, Head of the Theatre Trust
- Denier Warren as his Personal Assistant
- Clapham and Dwyer playing two Reporters
From "In Town Tonight":
- Eve Becke
- Fay Carroll
- Peggy Cochrane
- Yvette Darnac
- Ronald Frankau
- Alberta Hunter
- Joyce Richardson
- Ted Ray
- Stanelli And His Hornchestra
- The Buddy Bradley Girls
- Fred Conyngham
- Beryl Orde
Production background and preservation status
Portions of this film were filmed using Dufaycolor, with two sequences presented in this early color process. The complete film has survived and remains available.
See also
External links
- ↑ The DG's name appears as Garlon on his office door but is spoken as Garland