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The Show Goes On is a 1937 British musical comedy film directed by Basil Dean and starring Gracie Fields, Owen Nares and John Stuart.

Premise

The Show Goes On is a semi-biographical film about Sally Scowcroft (Gracie Fields) who is a mill worker who is plucked from obscurity and thrust towards fame and fortune by an ailing composer (Owen Nares) who needs a singer to perform his work.

Cast

• Gracie Fields as Sally Scowcroft
• Owen Nares as Martin Fraser
• John Stuart as Mack McDonald
• Horace Hodges as Sam Bishop
• Edward Rigby as Mr. Scowcroft, Sally's Father
• Amy Veness as Mrs. Scowcroft, Sally's Mother
• Arthur Sinclair as Mike O'Hara
• Cyril Ritchard as Jimmy
• Jack Hobbs as Nicholson
• Dennis Arundell as Felix Flack
• Billy Merson as Manager
• Frederick Leister as O.B. Dalton
• Patrick Barr as Designer
• Nina Vanna as Maniana
• Tom Payne as Professor Augustino
• Queenie Leonard as Lilith Henderson
• Frank Atkinson as Actor at O'Hara's Agency
• Warren Earl Fisk as Townsman
• Walter Fitzgerald as Soldier with His Family on Troopship
• Laurence Hanray as Waiter
• Mike Johnson as Busker
• Andreas Malandrinos as Finale Set Designer
• Jack Vyvian as Stage Manager at Pantomime

External links

• The Show Goes On at IMDb