Let the People Sing (1942)
1h 45min | Comedy | 10 August 1942 (UK)
The community of a small British town unite, in opposition to their local government authority, to keep open their town music hall, against the competing interests of a museum body and a plastics manufacturing firm.
Director: John Baxter
Writers: John Baxter, Barbara K. Emary (as Barbara K. Emery)
Stars: Alastair Sim, Fred Emney, Edward Rigby
1h 45min | Comedy | 10 August 1942 (UK)
The community of a small British town unite, in opposition to their local government authority, to keep open their town music hall, against the competing interests of a museum body and a plastics manufacturing firm.
Director: John Baxter
Writers: John Baxter, Barbara K. Emary (as Barbara K. Emery)
Stars: Alastair Sim, Fred Emney, Edward Rigby
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Short filmTranscript
00:00This might be something. I'll have a word with them. You stop here a minute.
00:11Good afternoon. Ooh, what a lovely smell of sausages.
00:14I'm sorry, Richard.
00:15It's all right. Some other time. Have you seen any blue bottles about here?
00:18Plenty. It's the season for them.
00:20No, I mean cops, policemen.
00:22Are they after you?
00:23I'm afraid they are. A mistake, of course. I never did nobody any harm, and I'm sure the professor never has.
00:27Professor? What professor?
00:29He's hiding in the wood there. He's a foreign-looking fellow, and he's so tall he's as difficult to hide as a giraffe.
00:34He's one of these exiles, and as nice a fellow as you could wish to meet, even though he does like to lecture you.
00:39I'm trying to think who you remind me of. A comedian who was a star one time. I've got it.
00:45Timmy Titlams. No, Timmy...
00:48Tiverton?
00:49Timmy Tiverton. Why, you're almost his double expert. You've been told that many times, eh?
00:53No, I haven't.
00:55Oh, don't be silly, Uncle. It's the same man who's written all over him.
00:58Clever girl.
00:59Clever girl?
01:00Timmy Tiverton. Why, it must be 20 years since I...
01:03Why must it always be 20 years since anybody last saw me?
01:07Look out!
01:14Have you seen two men, one tall and one short?
01:17No, I haven't.
01:18Oh, just a minute, Uncle. Was the little short man wearing a grey suit and a bow tie?
01:23That's right.
01:24Oh, well, then I saw them. They passed us in an open car, making for Bowden.
01:27Thanks.
01:34Good.
01:35It's wonderful what a pretty girl can get away with. Thank you.
01:39You listen. I'll tell you what I'll do.
01:41I'm going to Tetchworth to pick up a couple who are going to work for me.
01:44I'll take you as far as they're inside the van.
01:46That'll get you out of the district nicely.
01:48Now hop along and get your professor before any more cops turn up.
01:51Psst. Prof!
01:57THE END