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Calling The Tune (1936)

• Directors
  • Reginald Denham
  • Thorold Dickinson
• Writers
  • Reginald Denham(uncredited)
  • Basil Mason(dialogue)
• Stars
  • Adele Dixon
  • Sally Gray
  • Sam Livesey

  Calling the Tune uses its skeletal plot to celebrate the British record industry, circa 1936. Adele Dixon plays the daughter of a powerful record company executive. She falls in love with Clifford Evans, who happens to be the man her father once cheated in order to build up his show business empire. Amidst several specialty numbers, love finds a way. Calling the Tune anticipates the 20th Century-Fox "feel good" musicals of the 1940s by spotlighting several prominent guest stars, including actor Cedric Hardwicke, music hall legend George Robey, conductor Sir Henry Wood, and the Queen's Hall Light Orchestra.