Variety Jubilee (1943)

7.7/10 92 min Music

Overview

This domestic melodrama chronicles three generations of a family of music-hall owners. In the early 1900s, two variety stars, Kit Burns and Joe Swann, are staunch friends even when Kit marries Joe's dancing partner Evelyn. Joe fights in the Boer War where a bullet puts an end to his dancing days. He goes to work on the staff at Burns' Music Hall where Kit Jr. soon finds a place in his affections. Kit and Joe purchase the music hall and soon become a success.

Cast

Reginald Purdell

Joe Swan

Lesley Brook

Evelyn Vincent

Betty Warren

Florrie Forde

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