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Hollywood Hotel [04/09/1936] (1936 Radio)
- Series
- Hollywood Hotel
- Director
- George MacGarrett
Variety show, presented by Louella Parsons, showcasing stars from recent movies. In each episode there was a 20 minute dramatic segment adapting a recent film. In this episode Norma Shearer and Edna May...
Jack Benny Program, The [01/11/1936] (1936 Radio)
aka: Doc Benny’s Minstrels - Romeo and Juliet
- Series
- Jack Benny Program, The
- Director
- Hilliard Marks
Radio variety show. This episode parodies Cukor’s feature film ROMEO AND JULIET (1936) using the balcony scene with verbal gags and slapstick business to parody and comment on the high-minded tone of the...
Romeo and Juliet (1936 Radio)
- Series
- Magic Key of Rca, The
Radio variety series. Extracts from Romeo and Juliet performed by Alexander Kirkland and Jean Dante.
Kraft Music Hall [16/01/1936] (1936 Radio)
- Series
- Kraft Music Hall
- Producer
- Calvin Kuhl
NBC radio variety show hosted by Bing Crosby. In this edition John Barrymore gives a dramatic reading of a speech from Hamlet (probably the ‘to be or not to be’ soliloquy). Other guests were Don Wilson,...
Ronald Frankau [Macbeth] (1935 Film)
- Series
- Pathe Sound Pictorial
Comedian Ronald Frankau, in his customary top hat and tails and smoking a cigarette in a long holder, recites a humorous rhyming monologue on blood in Shakespeare’s plays because ‘I like to see a murder...
Surprise Item: Scene from ‘Romeo and Juliet’ (1933 Radio)
Radio broadcast. As part of this unannounced variety programme interlude, Sylvia Sidney and Ion Swinley perform a sketch based on the balcony scene from Shakespeare’s play.
Shaking Up Shakespeare (1932 Radio)
Broadcast as part of a mixed variety radio programme, this appears to have been an all-male variety sketch based on Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. Written by Con West, this item is presented by John...
Shingled Shakespeare (1931)
Radio sketch by Frank Burton with Ivan Samson and Lillian Harrison, presented as part of a mixed programme of music and light entertainment. No further information available (1/2008).
Elstree Calling (1930 Film)
aka: Hello Everybody
- Director
- Adrian Brunel
- Producer
- Walter C. Mycroft
Feature film variety revue. A collection of party pieces by a host of British variety stars (Will Fyffe, Cicely Courtneidge, Jack Hulbert, Tommy Handley). Throughout there is a running gag with Donald...
Variety (1928 Radio)
Radio variety programme in which Gladys Ward and Wortley Allen perform in scenes from Shakespeare. No further information available (5/2007).