Elstree Calling

Elstree Calling

★ 5.0IMDb Score
Released:1930-02-06
Duration:83 min
Director:Alfred Hitchcock, Jack Hulbert, Paul Murray, André Charlot, Adrian Brunel
Actors:Tommy Handley, Teddy Brown, Donald Calthrop, Jack Hulbert, Helen Burnell
Production:British International Pictures

Overview:

A series of 19 musical and comedy "vaudeville" sketches presented in the form of a live television broadcast hosted by Tommy Handley (as himself).

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