An unemployed man wins £16,000 on the football pools.An unemployed man wins £16,000 on the football pools.An unemployed man wins £16,000 on the football pools.
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Sandy Powell wins sixteen thousand pounds on the football pools. This is an excuse to sing the title song several times, ineptly pursue dancer Gina Malo, do a few comedy bits, and utter his catchphrase,"Can you hear me, mother?" several times. It's all a pleasant little vehicle for the music-hall comic, who made half a dozen movies in the 1930s. They were popular in the northern end of England, although quite obviously they were made on the cheap. Nevertheless, there are a few performers worth noting, including Garry Marsh and Cyril Ritchard.
The copy I looked at was a Pathescope cut-down, 47 minutes instead of the 71 it's listed as. As with the works of other less well known 'cheeky chappies', it's a valuable document on the sort of entertainment that was popular once you got out of the urban centers. Unlike some of the others, there's not a spot of smut in it.Powell worked on TV, the radio and the stage until his death in 1982 at the age of 82.
The copy I looked at was a Pathescope cut-down, 47 minutes instead of the 71 it's listed as. As with the works of other less well known 'cheeky chappies', it's a valuable document on the sort of entertainment that was popular once you got out of the urban centers. Unlike some of the others, there's not a spot of smut in it.Powell worked on TV, the radio and the stage until his death in 1982 at the age of 82.
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- boblipton
- Jul 30, 2020
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