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The Lambeth Walk is a 1939 British musical comedy film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Lupino Lane, Sally Gray and Seymour Hicks. [2] It was an adaptation of the 1937 musical Me and My Girl, and was released under that title in the U.S. The film takes its British title from the play's best known song, "The Lambeth Walk". The star ...
Lane was born in Hackney, London, son of Harry Charles Lupino (1867–1925), part of the Hook family who adopted the surname 'Lupino.'He adopted the surname Lane from his great-aunt Sarah Lane (1822–1899, née Borrow), the director of the Britannia Theatre, Hoxton. [1]
The song takes its name from a local street, Lambeth Walk, [1] once notable for its street market and working-class culture in Lambeth, an area of London. The tune gave its name to a Cockney dance made popular in 1937 by Lupino Lane .
Me and My Girl is a musical with music by Noel Gay and its original book and lyrics by Douglas Furber and L. Arthur Rose.The story, set in the late 1930s, tells of an unapologetically unrefined Cockney gentleman named Bill Snibson, who learns that he is the 14th heir to the Earl of Hareford.
[citation needed] Lupino Lane was the son of Harry Charles Lupino (1825–1925), a favourite of Sarah Lane [9] and pursued a career in films and musical theatre. [citation needed] [13] Lupino Lane originated The Lambeth Walk, in the 1937 musical Me and My Girl'. [citation needed]
Wallace Lupino (23 January 1898 – 11 October 1961) was a British-born stage and film actor who was a member of the Lupino family. [2] [3] [4] He appeared in 63 films between 1918 and 1945, most often with his older brother, Lupino Lane. [5] He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and died in Ashford, Kent, England. [3]
It starred Lupino Lane as Bill Snibson and it ran for 1,646 performances despite being bombed out of two theatres. The "showstopper" in that work was "The Lambeth Walk" which has the distinction of being the only popular song to be the subject of a leader in The Times. In October 1938 one of its leaders read "While dictators rage and statesmen ...
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