''The Gang Show'' is a 1937 British

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about a Boy Scout Troop who stage a

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to raise funds, when the lease of their meeting place expires. The film was a vehicle for material from Ralph Reader's Gang Shows that had been successful on the stage in London's West End since 1932; the songs included the Gang Show anthem; ''"Crest of a Wave"''. Shot at Pinewood Studios, the film

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d at the Lyceum Theatre, London on 13 April 1937, the only occasion that the theatre was used as a cinema. It was released in New York in December 1938 under the shortened title ''The Gang''.

Cast

* Ralph Reader as Skipper * Gina Malo as Marie * Stuart Robinson as Raydon * Richard Ainley as Whipple * Leonard Snelling as Len * Syd Palmer as Syd * Roy Emerton as the Proprietor * Percy Walsh as McCulloch

References

1937 films 1937 musical films Films directed by Alfred J. Goulding British black-and-white films Scouting in popular culture British musical films 1930s British films {{UK-musical-film-stub