This'll Make You Whistle
- 1 November 1936 (1936-11-01) (UK)
This'll Make You Whistle is a 1936 British musical comedy film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Jack Buchanan, Elsie Randolph and William Kendall.[1] The film was based on the stage musical of the same title which Buchanan had starred in.
Synopsis
A man-about-town accidentally finds himself engaged to two women at the same time, the horse-mad Laura and the sweet-natured Joan who is dominated by her disapproving mother. His attempts to convince the guardian of the former that he is completely unsuited to marriage, while trying to persuade the mother of the latter that he is, are further complicated by the behaviour of his two friends and the appearance of an attractive life model named Bobbie Rivers. Further confusion ensues when the action shifts from London to the French resort of Le Touquet.
Cast
- Jack Buchanan as Bill Hoppings
- Elsie Randolph as Bobbie Rivers
- Jean Gillie as Joan Longhurst
- William Kendall as Reggie Benson
- David Hutcheson as Archie Codrington
- Maidie Hope as Mrs. Longhurst
- Anthony Holles as Sebastian Venables
- Marjorie Brooks as Laura Buxton
- Bunty Payne as Betty
- Miki Hood as Clarice
- Scott Harrold as Gendarme
- Irene Vere as Mrs. Crimp
- Frederick Burtwell as Hotel Manager
Stage production
The musical was first performed on stage at Southsea in December 1935, before a long run at the Palace Theatre and then Daly's in London's West End. The cast included Jack Buchanan as Bill Hoppings, Jean Gillie as Joan Longhurst, Sylvia Leslie as Laura Buxton, Maidie Hope as Mrs Longhurst, Elsie Randolph as Bobbie Rivers, Diana Lonsdale as Betty, Irene Vere as Mrs Crimp, Jill Ricarde as Clarice, and Eunice Crowther as Dora.[2]
In Australia, the show was known as The Melody of London.[3]
Critical reception
The New York Times wrote, "It isn't enough that Mars is attacking; England has just exploded a hot-air bomb in the immediate vicinity of the Fifty-fifth Street Playhouse. "This'll Make You Whistle" was the tag on it. We're whistling all right—one of those barely audible sounds made by pursing the lips and exhaling. Herbert Wilcox, who should have known better, launched the projectile, first charging it with people like Jack Buchanan, Elsie Randolph and Antony Holles and detonating it with a slow-burning musical comedy plot about a man with one fiancée too many. Typical line: "You're the bigamist fool in London." Typical scene: Mr. Buchanan and a pal, disguised as bearded gendarmes, being chased by twenty bearded gendarmes. Typical reaction; Ouch!"[4]
References
- ^ "This'll Make You Whistle (1936) - BFI". BFI. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
- ^ J. P. Wearing, The London Stage 1930-1939: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel, p. 545
- ^ "HERBERT WILCOX'S PROGRAMME". The West Australian. Vol. 52, no. 15, 542. Western Australia. 17 April 1936. p. 2. Retrieved 17 August 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Movie Reviews". The New York Times. 3 March 2022.
External links
- This'll Make You Whistle at IMDb
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