Calling the Tune (1936)
1h 20m
Running Time
June 30, 1936Release Date
Plot.
Calling the Tune offers a fascinating look at the fledgeling gramophone industry as it tries to solve the problems of reliable recording and production methods. 'I predict that the gramophone will be the democratic entertainment of the future' states unscrupulous record label boss Mr Gordon (Sam Livesey), who finally gets his comeuppance after one dirty trick too far against his rivals. If the film's love story is perfunctory, the real interest comes with watching performers of the day, from Henry Wood and his orchestra to George Robey and Charles 'the laughing policeman' Penrose laying down their recordings direct to record. And something very like a prototype laser disc makes a crucial appearance too.
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Cast & Crew.

Adele Dixon
Julia Harbord

Sally Gray
Margaret Gordon

Clifford Evans
Peter Mallory

Sam Livesey
Bob Gordon

Donald Wolfit
Dick Finlay

Eliot Makeham
Stephen Harbord

Lewis Casson
John Mallory

Ronald Simpson
Bramwell
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Calling the Tune is a 1936 British musical drama film directed by Reginald Denham and Thorold Dickinson and starring Adele Dixon, Sally Gray and Sam Livesey. The screenplay was by Basil Mason based on the 1913 play of the same title by Irish MP and novelist Justin Huntly McCarthy.