O-Kay for Sound
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O-Kay for Sound is a 1937 British
comedy film
directed by Marcel Varnel
and starring the Crazy Gang
troupe of commedians. After falling on hard times the members of the Crazy Gang are busking
on the streets of London. However, they are hired as extras on a film set.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
directed by Marcel Varnel
Marcel Varnel
Marcel Varnel was a film director. He was born Marcel Hyacinthe le Bozec in Paris, France.Varnel started his working life on the Paris stage but soon became a director of musical comedies. In 1925 he moved to New York working as director in several Broadway operettas, musicals and dramas for the...
and starring the Crazy Gang
Crazy Gang
The Crazy Gang is a nickname used by the English media to describe Wimbledon F.C. during the 1980s and the 1990s.The name, originally that of a well known group of British comedy entertainers popular in the late 1930s, was used because of the often eccentric and boisterously macho behaviour of...
troupe of commedians. After falling on hard times the members of the Crazy Gang are busking
Busking
Street performance or busking is the practice of performing in public places, for gratuities, which are generally in the form of money and edibles...
on the streets of London. However, they are hired as extras on a film set.
Main Cast
- Jimmy Nervo - Cecil
- Teddy Knox - Teddy
- Bud FlanaganBud FlanaganBud Flanagan was a popular English music hall and vaudeville entertainer from the 1930s until the 1960s. Flanagan was famous as a wartime entertainer and his achievements were recognised when he was awarded the O.B.E. in 1960.- Family background :Flaganan was born Chaim Reuben Weintrop in...
- Bud - Chesney AllenChesney AllenChesney Allen was a popular English entertainer of the Second World War period. He is best remembered as part of the double act with Bud Flanagan, Flanagan and Allen.-Life and career:...
- Ches - Charlie NaughtonCharlie NaughtonCharles John "Charlie" Naughton was a Scottish comedian.He was a member of The Crazy Gang, and part of a double act with fellow Glaswegian Jimmy Gold...
- Charlie - Jimmy GoldJimmy GoldJimmy Gold was a comedian and part of the music hall act of Naughton and Gold. Later they became part of The Crazy Gang....
- Jimmy - Patricia Bowman - Dancer
- Peter DawsonPeter DawsonPeter Smith Dawson was an Australian bass-baritone and songwriter. Dawson gained worldwide renown through song recitals and many best-selling recordings of operatic arias, oratorio solos and rousing ballads during a career spanning almost 60 years.Although Dawson's repertoire embraced a great deal...
- Singer - Fred DuprezFred DuprezFred Duprez was an American film actor who appeared mainly in British films.Fred Duprez was born in Detroit, Michigan. He died from a heart attack on board a ship enroute to England...
- Hyman Goldberger - Jan Gotch - All-In Wrestler
- H.F. MaltbyH.F. MaltbyHenry Francis Maltby was a prolific writer for the London stage and British cinema from after the First World War, until the 1950s. He also appeared in many films.-Life and career:...
- John Rigby - Meinhart MaurMeinhart MaurMeinhart Maur was a Hungarian film actor. He appeared in 44 films between 1919 and 1954.He was born in Hajdúnánás, Hungary and died in London, England.-Selected filmography:* Harakiri * Die Teufelsanbeter...
- Guggenheimer - Graham MoffattGraham MoffattGraham Moffatt was a British character actor and comedian.Born in Hammersmith, London, he is best known for a number of films where he appeared with Will Hay and Moore Marriott as 'Albert': an insolent, overweight, overgrown-schoolboy type character, loosely reminiscent of Billy Bunter.His first...
- Albert, the page boy - Louis Pergantes - All-In Wrestler
- The Sherman Fisher Girls - Dancers
- Enid Stamp-Taylor - Jill Smith, secretary
- Louis LevyLouis LevyLouis Levy was an English film composer and music director, who worked in particular on Alfred Hitchcock and Will Hay films. He was born in London and died in Slough, Berkshire.-Career:...
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