What Would You Do, Chums?

1939 British film
  • Gordon Crier (radio series)
  • David Evans
  • Geoffrey Orme
  • Con West
Produced byJohn CorfieldStarring
  • Syd Walker
  • Jean Gillie
  • Cyril Chamberlain
CinematographyJames WilsonEdited byReginald MillsMusic byKennedy Russell
Production
company
British National Films
Distributed byAnglo-American Film Corporation
Release date
  • 11 December 1939 (1939-12-11)
Running time
75 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

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

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.

What Would You Do, Chums? at IMDb

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