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Play Up the Band is a British film of genre Comedy with Stanley Holloway

Play Up the Band (1935)

Play Up the Band
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Length 1h11
Genres Comedy,    Musical
Rating52% 2.6097152.6097152.6097152.6097152.609715

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.

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.

Actors

Stanley Holloway

(Sam Small)Betty Ann Davies

(Betty Small)Amy Veness

(Lady Heckdyke)Julie Suedo

(Marquise de Vaux)Hal Gordon

(Band Leader)
And :
Aubrey Mallalieu
Ian Wilson
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