The Gang Show

The Gang Show is a 1937 British musical film about a Boy Scout Troop who stage a variety show to raise funds, when the lease of their meeting place expires.

This article is about the 1937 film. For the Scout and Guide stage performance, see Gang Show.

The Gang Show
Directed by	Alfred J. Goulding
Produced by	Herbert Wilcox
Written by	Marjorie Gaffney (scenario), Ralph Reader
Starring	Ralph Reader, Gina Malo, Stuart Robinson
Music by	Gerald Walcan-Bright and Ralph Reader
Cinematography	Ernest Palmer
Edited by	Peggy Hennessy
Distributed by	General Film Distributors (UK), Syndicate Pictures (USA).
Release date	April 1937 (1937-04)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

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;[1] the songs included the Gang Show anthem; "Crest of a Wave".[2] Shot at Pinewood Studios,[3] the film premiered at the Lyceum Theatre, London on 13 April 1937, the only occasion that the theatre was used as a cinema.[4] It was released in New York in December 1938 under the shortened title The Gang.[5]

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

1. Ralph Reader tells the History of the Gang Show
2. British Vintage Music Films 1929-1949
3. IMDb: Filming locations for The Gang Show (1938)
4. The Lyceum Theatre and the Melvilles
5. IMDb: Release dates for The Gang Show (1938)