Radio Parade of 1935

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Radio Parade of 1935
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Directed by Arthur B. Woods
Written by Paul Perez
Produced by Walter C. Mycroft
Starring Will Hay
Helen Chandler
Clifford Mollison
Cinematography Cyril Bristow
Phil Grindrod
Edited by Edward B. Jarvis
Music by Benjamin Frankel
Production
company
Distributed by Wardour Films
Release date
  • 12 December 1934 (1934-12-12)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Radio Parade of 1935 (1934), released in the US as Radio Follies, is a British comedy film directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring Will Hay, Clifford Mollison and Helen Chandler. [1] [2] It followed on from the 1933 film Radio Parade .

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Plot

The film tells the story of the Director General of the National Broadcasting Group (Will Hay), who promotes the ambitious Head of Complaints to Programme Director (Clifford Mollison) in an attempt to stem the number of complaints he is receiving owing to the station's overly intellectual programming. In 1930s British slang, the acronym "NBG" stood for "no bloody good". The character played by Hay is clearly intended to be a satirical parody of Lord Reith, and the NBG the BBC.

Cast

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Production background and preservation status

Two sequences in the film were filmed in Dufaycolor. The film is extant.

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References

  1. "Radio Parade of 1935 (1934)". BFI. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016.
  2. "Radio Follies (1935) - Arthur B. Woods | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie.
  3. The DG's name is spelled Garlon on the door of the character's office in the first few scenes but referred to in speech as Garland