The Gang Show

This article is about the 1937 film. For the Scout and Guide stage performance, see Gang Show.

1937 British film

The Gang Show

Directed by| Alfred J. Goulding
Written by| Marjorie Gaffney (scenario), Ralph Reader
Produced by| Herbert Wilcox
Starring| Ralph Reader,
Gina Malo, Stuart Robinson
Cinematography| Ernest Palmer
Edited by| Peggy Hennessy
Music by| Gerald Walcan-Bright and Ralph Reader
Distributed by| General Film Distributors (UK), Syndicate Pictures (USA).

Release date

* April 1937 (1937-04)

Running time

| 96 minutes
Country| United Kingdom
Language| English

The Gang Show is a 1937 British musical film about a Boy Scout Troop who stage a variety show to raise funds, when the lease of their meeting place expires.

The film was a vehicle for material from Ralph Reader's Gang Shows that had been successful on the stage in London's West End since 1932;[1] the songs included the Gang Show anthem; "Crest of a Wave".[2] Shot at Pinewood Studios,[3] the film premiered at the Lyceum Theatre, London on 13 April 1937, the only occasion that the theatre was used as a cinema.[4] It was released in New York in December 1938 under the shortened title The Gang.[5]

## Cast[edit]

* Ralph Reader as Skipper
* Gina Malo as Marie
* Stuart Robinson as Raydon
* Richard Ainley as Whipple
* Leonard Snelling as Len
* Syd Palmer as Syd
* Roy Emerton as the Proprietor
* Percy Walsh as McCulloch

## References[edit]

1. ^ Ralph Reader tells the History of the Gang Show
2. ^ British Vintage Music Films 1929-1949
3. ^ The Gang (1938) - Filming & production - IMDb, retrieved 6 December 2023
4. ^ "It's Behind You - The Lyceum Theatre and The Melvilles". www.its-behind-you.com. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
5. ^ The Gang (1938) - Release info - IMDb, retrieved 6 December 2023

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* A Gasoline Wedding (1918)
* Look Pleasant, Please (1918)
* On the Jump (1918)
* Let's Go (1918)
* Pipe the Whiskers (1918)
* Follow the Crowd (1918)
* Kicked Out (1918)
* Hey There! (1918)
* Two-Gun Gussie (1918)
* Kicking the Germ Out of Germany (1918)
* Somewhere in Turkey (1918)
* Fireman Save My Child (1918)
* Bride and Gloom (1918)
* An Ozark Romance (1918)
* Swing Your Partners (1918)
* Take a Chance (1918)
* Crack Your Heels (1919)
* Off the Trolley (1919)
* Si, Senor (1919)
* Pistols for Breakfast (1919)
* Count Your Change (1919)
* Heap Big Chief (1919)
* Ring Up the Curtain (1919)
* The Marathon (1919)
* Never Touched Me (1919)
* Don't Shove (1919)
* From Hand to Mouth (1919)
* Haunted Spooks (1920)
* Excuse Me (1925)
* Don't (1925)
* All at Sea (1929)
* Hey, Pop! (1932)
* Buzzin' Around (1933)
* How've You Bean? (1933)
* Everything Is Rhythm (1936)
* One Good Turn (1936)
* The Gang Show (1937)
* Sam Small Leaves Town (1937)
* Splinters in the Air (1937)
* A Chump at Oxford (1940)
* Olympic Honeymoon (1940)
* Dick Barton: Special Agent (1948)

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