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Elstree Calling
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Elstree Calling

1930-02-06 · 83 min · ★ 5.0

Music · Comedy

A series of 19 musical and comedy "vaudeville" sketches presented in the form of a live television broadcast hosted by Tommy Handley (as himself).

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Directors
Alfred Hitchcock, Jack Hulbert, Paul Murray, André Charlot, Adrian Brunel
Production companies
British International Pictures
Countries
United Kingdom
Status
Released

Top Cast

Tommy HandleyTommy HandleyThe Host
Teddy BrownHimself
Donald CalthropDonald CalthropHimself / Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew
Jack HulbertJack HulbertHimself
Helen BurnellHerself
The Three EddiesThemselves
Lily MorrisLily MorrisHerself
Will FyffeWill FyffeHimself
Cicely CourtneidgeCicely CourtneidgeHerself
John LongdenJohn LongdenHimself
Anna May WongAnna May WongHerself / Katherina in Taming of the Shrew
Bobbie ComberBobbie ComberHerself
Gordon HarkerGordon HarkerGeorge
Hannah JonesHannah JonesGeorge's Wife
Gordon BeggShakespeare
Lawrence Green
Ivor McLaren
Nathan Shacknovsky
Jameson ThomasJameson Thomas
John StuartJohn Stuart

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