What Would You Do, Chums?

What Would You Do, Chums? is a 1939 British comedy film directed by John Baxter and starring Syd Walker, Jean Gillie, Cyril Chamberlain and Peter Gawthorne. [1] It was made at Elstree Studios.[2] The film's title was the popular catchphrase of comedian Syd Walker in BBC radio's Band Waggon series.[3]

What Would You Do, Chums?
Directed byJohn Baxter
Produced byJohn Corfield
Written byGordon Crier (radio series)
David Evans
Geoffrey Orme
Con West
StarringSyd Walker
Jean Gillie
Cyril Chamberlain
Music byKennedy Russell
CinematographyJames Wilson
Edited byReginald Mills
Production
company
Distributed byAnglo-American Film Corporation
Release date
11 December 1939
Running time
75 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Cast

References

  1. "What Would You Do Chums? (1939)". Archived from the original on 16 January 2009.
  2. Wood p.101
  3. Partridge, Eric (2 September 2003). A Dictionary of Catch Phrases. Routledge. ISBN 9781134929993 via Google Books.

Bibliography

  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

What Would You Do, Chums? at IMDb


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