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Title: BANG GOES THE SHOW

Reference number: 5850

Date: 1951c

Director: filmed by W.S. Dobson

Sound: silent

Colour: bw

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 12.20 mins

Description: A series of short comedy sketches.

"Bang Goes The Show" encompasses "Comedy Cameos". "Comedy Cameos" was entered in the 1951 Scottish Amateur Film Festival and "Bang Goes the Show" was entered in 1954, no awards won.

See paper archives 2/3/84.

Shotlist: ints of man giving a home film show, screen falls down, camera exploded, much to the amusement of his audience (1.34) Comedy Cameos, Washing Day on a stage a man in drag, dressed as a washer-woman mimes a comedy about laundry day (4.22) Hotel, ints of man pressing a button labelled boots, two boots walk down the hall towards him (4.48) shot of man playing cards, camera pull back to reveal he is playing with himself in a three sided mirror (5.12) Shifting the Load, woman with large behind walks into "corsitiere" and leaves with large bust instead (5.29) It's a Fact Sign on wall: milk shakes and sausage rolls; they do just that (5.38) Passing the Buck "Under-Manager" has a desk underneath the Manager's (5.56) Man walks into a shop, advertising "duplicating done here", with a little girl and walks out with two (6.34) man reads a book in shop window and goes inside to turn the page (7.13) man selling newspaper sketch (8.12) He Asked For it pot of paint lands on man selling "lucky white heather" (8.41) Dog Ducks and Drakes (9.12) Nudist Camp in snow is "Clothed for the winter" (9.27) man painting with tartan paint in a field (10.08) High Teas couple drink tea on top of ladders (10.48)Amateur Athletic association, sign: "gone to lunch back in 10 minutes 42/5 secs" (10.56) Shipbuilders: gone to launch (11.02) County Sheriff: gone to lynch (11.10) Child Psychiatrist: gone to din dins (11.19) Miss Keys Pianoforte Tutor: Gone Chopin (11.31) County Cricket Club: Not Out (11.39) The End (11.59) film show audience play with spools of film (12.20)