Running Time
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1 hr 09
Certificate
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Universal
Number of Discs
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1
Production Year
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2005
Subtitles
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No
Region
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2
Ella Shields, Gus Elen, Stanley Holloway, Helen Shapiro, Sheila Bernette, Lily Morris, Barry Cryer
The Music Hall was once the most popular form of entertainment in London. Bawdy, raucous, sentimental and energetic, it produced a whole host of stars and some of the best-loved songs of all time.
Filmed in the 1960s, A LITTLE OF WHAT YOU FANCY is a loving tribute to the likes of Lily Morris, Gus Elen and Ella Shields. Featuring original archive film of the stars, plus rare prints, portraits and photographs, it traces what remains of the great Music Halls in 1960's London - and discovers the spirit of Music Hall still very much alive in places like The Players Theatre off the Strand and MacDonald's in Hoxton.
1960's performances by Helen Shapiro singing 'Don't Dilly Dally' and 'The Lambeth Walk' and Sheila Bernette singing 'She Was Poor But She Was Honest', 'Dear Old Pals' and 'Covent Garden in the Morning' are mixed with original recordings of Stanley Holloway's 'I Live in Trafalgar Square' and 'Let's All Go Down the Strand'. Gus Elen is captured performing. 'It's a Great Big Shame' and Lily Morris is seen and heard lamenting 'Why am I Always the Bridesmaid? '.
And these are just a few of the musical highlights in this glorious celebration of traditional Music Hall at its very best!
"A treat for anyone who laments the passing of 'the Good Old Days'" - Radio Times Guide to Film