Variety Jubilee

Variety Jubilee

1943 · 92 min · ★ 7.7 · Music

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.

Directed by Maclean Rogers · Written by Kathleen Butler

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Reginald Purdell Joe Swan
Ellis Irving Kit Burns
Lesley Brook Evelyn Vincent
Tom E. Finglass Eugene Stratton
Betty Warren Florrie Forde

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