What Would You Do, Chums?
1939 British film
- Gordon Crier (radio series)
- David Evans
- Geoffrey Orme
- Con West
- Syd Walker
- Jean Gillie
- Cyril Chamberlain
Production
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British National Films
Release date
- 11 December 1939 (1939-12-11)
Running time
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
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
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Films directed by John Baxter
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- Song of the Plough (1933)
- Say It with Flowers (1934)
- Music Hall (1934)
- Flood Tide (1934)
- Kentucky Minstrels (1934)
- Lest We Forget (1934)
- A Real Bloke (1935)
- The Small Man (1935)
- Jimmy Boy (1935)
- Birds of a Feather (1936)
- Men of Yesterday (1936)
- Hearts of Humanity (1936)
- The Song of the Road (1937)
- Talking Feet (1937)
- The Academy Decides (1937)
- Stepping Toes (1938)
- Secret Journey (1939)
- What Would You Do, Chums? (1939)
- Laugh It Off (1940)
- Old Mother Riley in Society (1940)
- Crook's Tour (1940)
- Love on the Dole (1941)
- Old Mother Riley in Business (1941)
- Old Mother Riley's Ghosts (1941)
- The Common Touch (1941)
- Let the People Sing (1942)
- We'll Smile Again (1942)
- Theatre Royal (1943)
- The Shipbuilders (1943)
- Dreaming (1945)
- Here Comes the Sun (1946)
- The Grand Escapade (1946)
- When You Come Home (1947)
- Fortune Lane (1947)
- Nothing Venture (1948)
- The Second Mate (1950)
- Judgment Deferred (1952)
- The Dragon of Pendragon Castle (1950)
- Ramsbottom Rides Again (1956)
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