London Town (film)

London Town is a 1946 Technicolor musical film, generally regarded as one of the biggest flops in the history of British cinema.

The critical and financial failure of the extravagant film, Britains first major Technicolor musical, is part of British film legend. Financed by the Rank Organisation at a time of rationing and shortages of materials in the period immediately after World War II, it was filmed in the shell of Sound City Shepperton, which had been made available as a film studio after being requisitioned during the war as a factory for aircraft parts. The studio was later renamed Shepperton Studios and is still used for film production.Musical hall performer Field had cheered up wartime London audiences with his hugely successful stage variety shows, including Strike a New Note 1943, Strike it Again 1944, and Piccadilly Hayride 1946, so he seemed a natural for the lead. As he was of the opinion that no British director was capable of making a good musical, he insisted on having an American at the helm, and the task fell to Wesley Ruggles, who produced as well. ........

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