Gaiety George

Gaiety George
Directed by	George King Leontine Sagan
Written by	Peter Creswell Richard Fisher Katherine Strueby Basil Woon
Produced by	George King
Starring	Richard Greene Ann Todd Peter Graves Hazel Court
Cinematography	Otto Heller
Edited by	Hugh Stewart
Music by	Jack Beaver Eric Rogers
Production company	Embassy Pictures
Distributed by	Warner Brothers
Release date	2 July 1946 (1946-07-02)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Gaiety George (also known as Showtime ^[1] ) is a 1946 British historical musical film directed by George King and Leontine Sagan and starring Richard Greene, Ann Todd and Peter Graves. ^{[1] [2]} It is set in the late Victorian music hall, when an Irish impresario arrives in London.

The film was inspired by the memory of George Edwardes.

Cast

• Richard Greene as George Howard
• Ann Todd as Katharine Davis
• Peter Graves as Henry Carter
• Morland Graham as Morris
• Hazel Court as Elizabeth Brown
• Charles Victor as Danny Collier
• Jack Train as Hastings
• Leni Lynn as Florence Stevens
• Ursula Jeans as Isobel Forbes
• Daphne Barker as Miss de Courtney
• Maire O'Neill as Mrs. Murphy
• Frank Pettingell as Grindley
• Phyllis Robins as Chubbs
• John Laurie as McTavish
• Frederick Burtwell as Jenkins
• Anthony Holles as Wade
• David Horne as Lord Mountsbury
• Patrick Waddington as Lt. Travers
• Claud Allister as Archie
• Graeme Muir as Lord Elstown
• Evelyn Darvell as Maisie
• Paul Blake as Lord Royville
• John Miller as Rosie
• Richard Molinas as Laurient
• Gerhard Kempinski as Muller
• Wally Patch as a commissionaire
• Carl Jaffe as kommandant
• Everley Gregg as landlady
• Roger Moore as a member of the audience
• Hugh Morton as King (on stage)
• Maxwell Reed as Prince (on stage)

References

1. "Gaiety George". British Film Institute. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
2. Harper p.179

Bibliography

• Harper, Sue. Picturing the Past: The Rise and Fall of the British Costume Film. British Film Institute, 1994.
• Murphy, Robert. Realism and Tinsel: Cinema and Society in Britain, 1939–1949. Routledge, 1989.

External links

• Gaiety George at IMDb
• Review of film at Variety