presents
Those Musical Years with Julia McKenzie John Lawrenson and the LONDON THEATRE ORCHESTRA conducted by ALEXANDER PARIS 1925 and 1951 1925 and 1951 were exhibition years - the second British Empire Exhibition at Wembley and the Festival of Britain. In 1925 Madame Tussauds was destroyed by fire, Jack Hobbs beat W. G. Grace 's record of 126 centuries and construction of the Mersey Tunnel began. Arnold Ridley wrote The Ghost Train and Charlie Chaplin starred in The Goldrush. In 1951 tv was used for electioneering for the first time and the Xcertificate for films was instigated. In 1925 we whistled if You Knew Susie, Yes Sir She's My Baby and I Want to be Happy. Among the hits of 1951 musical theatre were Wimderbar, They Call the Wind Maria and I Talk to the Trees.
Written by IAN WALLACE Producer BARRY KNIGHT
(Julia McKenzie is in ' Ten Times Table ' at the Globe Theatre, London)