What Would You Do, Chums?

What Would You Do, Chums?
Directed by	John Baxter
Written by	Gordon Crier (radio series) David Evans Geoffrey Orme Con West
Produced by	John Corfield
Starring	Syd Walker Jean Gillie Cyril Chamberlain
Cinematography	James Wilson
Edited by	Reginald Mills
Music by	Kennedy Russell
Production company	British National Films
Distributed by	Anglo-American Film Corporation
Release date	11 December 1939 (1939-12-11)
Running time	75 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

What Would You Do, Chums? is a 1939 British comedy film directed by John Baxter and starring Syd Walker, Jean Gillie, Cyril Chamberlain and Peter Gawthorne. ^[1] It was made at Elstree Studios. ^[2] The film's title was the popular catchphrase of comedian Syd Walker in BBC radio's Band Waggon series. ^[3]

Cast

• Syd Walker as himself/narrator
• Jean Gillie as Lucy
• Cyril Chamberlain as Mike Collins
• Jack Barty as Joe Barker
• Wally Patch as Tom
• Gus McNaughton as Harry Piper
• Peter Gawthorne as Sir Douglas Gordon KC
• Julian Vedey as Mossy
• Arthur Finn as Slim Barton
• Andreas Malandrinos as Pop
• Leonard Morris as Ernie Parsons
• George Street as Inspector Wedge

References

1. "What Would You Do Chums? (1939)". Archived from the original on 16 January 2009.
2. Wood p.101
3. Partridge, Eric (2 September 2003). A Dictionary of Catch Phrases. Routledge. ISBN   9781134929993 – via Google Books.

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

What Would You Do, Chums? at IMDb