Cabaret Cartoons
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| Cabaret Cartoons | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Variety |
| Created by | Cecil Madden |
| Based on | Cabaret |
| Country of origin | England |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 19 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Cecil Madden |
| Running time | 20–30 minutes |
| Production company | BBC Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Television |
| Release | 7 December 1936 – 26 October 1946 |
Cabaret Cartoons is a live light entertainment series broadcast by BBC Television 1936–1939 and 1946.[Note 1] It was a spin-off from the series Cabaret. Its distinctive feature was that English artist Harry Rutherford (1903–85) drew cartoon sketches of the performers during the broadcast.[1] Rutherford did not speak: the producer, Cecil Madden, decreed that his Mancunian accent was inappropriate to be heard on the BBC.[2]
No episodes have survived.[Note 2]
The following performers appeared in Cabaret Cartoons five or more times, or as of February 2016[update] are the subjects of Wikipedia articles. Numbers of appearances are given in parentheses.
- Beverley Sisters, English vocal trio (1) [3]
- Truda Binarová, Czechoslovak actress (5) [4]
- Petula Clark (born 1932), English singer (2) [5]
- Edward Cooper (1883–1956), English actor (1) [6]
- Evelyn Dall (1918–2010), American singer (2) [7]
- Robert Harbin (1908–78), British magician and actor (1) [8]
- Grace (1907–55) and Paul Hartman (1904–73), American dancers (1) [9][10]
- Nosmo King (and Hubert) (1886–1952), English comedian (2) [11]
- Harry Rutherford (1903–85), English artist (19) [1]
- Eric Woodburn (1894–1981), Scottish comedian (1) [12]