Nicholas Brothers,1937

This a clip of the Nicholas Brothers from "Calling All Stars," a British revue featuring the bands, stars and acts playing themselves. It was made at Beaconsfield Studios for release as a quota quickie — a film that promised quick financial return despite modest production investment. They were mostly low-cost, low-quality, quickly produced films, commissioned by American distributors active in the UK, or by British cinema owners purely to satisfy the quota requirements. The quota quickie was casually dismissed, but it is of particular cultural and historical value because such films often contained performances unique to British popular culture, such as music hall and variety acts, that would not have been filmed under normal circumstances.