Champagne Charlie (film)
| Champagne Charlie | |
| Directed by | Alberto Cavalcanti |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Michael Balcon John Croydon |
| Written by | John Dighton Angus MacPhail Austin Melford |
| Starring | Tommy Trinder Stanley Holloway Betty Warren Jean Kent |
| Cinematography | Wilkie Cooper |
| Editing by | Charles Hasse |
| Distributed by | Bell Pictures Corporation |
| Release date(s) |  November 6, 1944 December 3, 1945 August 6, 1948 |
| Running time | 105 min. |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
Champagne Charlie was a 1944 musical film directed by Alberto Cavalcanti based on an 1860s play that, in turn, was based on the real life rivalry between George Leybourne, who wrote the song of that name, and Alfred Vance.
The film cast is composed of music hall stars, and centres around the lion comiques, each 'top of the bill' at their respective music halls; one a fictional Mogador (based on the Théâtre Mogador in Paris) and the other, the real Oxford Music Hall. Leybourne (Mogador) was played by Tommy Trinder and Vance (Oxford) by Stanley Holloway; the female leads were Betty Warren and Jean Kent.
The film opens with a sing-song in a public house in Elephant and Castle, and follows the rise of Leybourne in the music hall. The highlight of the film is a competition between the two protagonists. Trinder sings "Ale Old Ale", Holloway replies with "Gin, Gin, Gin". Continuing, with the scene finally ending with the song of the title. The film is notable for its verity approach to showing details of the audiences, venues and staff; with copious quantities of food and drink forming a vicarious delight for wartime audiences.[1]
References
- ^ Charles Drazin The Finest Years: British Cinema of the 1940s (I.B.Tauris, 2007) pp. 128–130 ISBN 1845114116
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