Elstree Calling (1930)
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Product Description
Released in 1930 by British International Pictures in response to
the lavish revues being produced by the major Hollywood studios, Elstree
Calling was Britain's first musical film.
This all-star vaudeville show features performers drawn from some of
the era's most popular London productions, including Cicely
Courtneidge, Anna May Wong, John Longden, and music-hall veterans Will
Fyffe and Lily Morris. Compèred by Tommy Handley, the film presents
nineteen comedy and musical sketches in the guise of a 'live'
television broadcast; Alfred Hitchcock - then under contract to BIP -
was responsible for creating the sketches and linking material.
A fascinating snapshot of the earliest years of the British musical
film and rarely seen since its original release, Elstree
Calling is made available here in a brand-new transfer from
the original elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.
Several sequences in the film were originally artificially coloured
using the Pathécolor system and those colour sequences are intact here.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
[] Image Gallery
[] Includes full opening overture (fades up from black)