Let the People Sing

Name: Let the People Sing
Released: 1942
Rating: 58.36
Cast: Peter Ustinov, Wally Patch, Alastair Sim, Charles Hawtrey, Edward Rigby

1942

Comedy

Let the People Sing is an offshoot of J. B. Priestly's earlier show business-based fable The Good Companions. In Companions, a trio of mismatched dogooders save a musical troupe from ruin. In Let the People Sing, Alastair Sim is a besotted nobleman who comes to the aid of indigent comedian Fred Emney. Through Sim's intervention, the planned closing of a local music hall is prevented. Even if Sim hadn't let the people sing, as the title implores, they probably would have done so anyway. (allmovie.com)

Directed by:

John Baxter

Written by:

J.B. Priestley Barbara K. Emary John Baxter Geoffrey Orme

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Starring:

Peter Ustinov

Alastair Sim

Charles Hawtrey Edward Rigby Peter Gawthorne

Patricia Roc Wally Patch Fred Emney

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Rated 25 Oct 2018

The dull vs jolly Britain. Alastair Sim and his pals wants to save the music hall from cold hearted boardroom business men. A lively scenario, but in a way the strangle hold on entertainment from the stiffs also put a damper on this party, resulting in a fun and underwhelming film. Does have likable characters, especially Sim himself in a tone-tuned down eccentric, but certainly could have been less preachy and with more mayhem.

Rated 25 Oct 2018

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