Lasted a bit too long, on this showing. Even the orchestra is beautiful - the deeply unhip Ivy Benson band. What a waste of talent!
Jack Warner was making the move from music hall and radio comedy to acting. As the great Nancy Banks Smith once said, if you can play comedy, you can play anything.
Beryl Orde is also appealing, but it's not always clear who she is taking off. Her act is embarrassing - but so are most of the others.
Cecil Hulbert is irritating as an upper-class twit, and the music hall performers spend their time backstage in palatial dressing rooms larger than a studio flat.
And yes, there's always something creepy about a ventriloquist's dummy.
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