''Variety'' is a 1935 British

musical film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the Character (arts), characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serv ...

directed by

Adrian Brunel Adrian Brunel (4 September 1892 – 18 February 1958) was an English film director and screenwriter. Brunel's directorial career started in the Silent film, silent era, and reached its peak in the latter half of the 1920s. His surviving work fr ...

and starring George Carney,

Barry Livesey Barry Edwards Livesey (16 Oct 1905 in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan – 1959 in Maidstone, Kent) was a British stage and film actor. He was sometimes credited as Barrie Livesey. He was the son of Sam Livesey, the brother of actor Jack Livesey, and th ...

and

Sam Livesey Samuel Livesey (14 October 1873 – 7 November 1936) was a Welsh stage and film actor. Life Livesey's father, Thomas, had been a railway engineer before leaving the industry to establish a travelling theatre with his wife Mary. The two had six ...

. The film follows a

revue A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatre, theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance, and sketch comedy, sketches. The revue has its roots in 19th century popular entertainment and melodrama but grew into a substantial cultural pre ...

show format, with a number of performers playing themselves. It was made at

Cricklewood Studios Cricklewood Studios, also known as the Stoll Film Studios, were British film studios located in Cricklewood, London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and t ...

Cast

* George Carney *

as Victor Boyd * Cassie Livesey as Maggie Boyd * Jack Livesey as Matt Boyd *

as Charlie Boyd * April Vivian as Joan * Phyllis Robins * The Sherman Fisher Girls as Themselves * Billy Cotton as himself * Lily Morris as herself * Horace Sheldon as himself * Bertha Willmott as herself

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film: Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985 .

External links

* 1935 films 1935 musical films British musical films Films shot at Cricklewood Studios Films directed by Adrian Brunel British black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930s British films English-language musical films {{UK-musical-film-stub