Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936)

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Tod Slaughter

Sweeney Todd

Stella Rho

Mrs. Lovatt

John Singer

Tobias
(as Johnny Singer)

Eve Lister

Johanna Oakley

Bruce Seton

Mark

D.J. Williams

Stephen Oakley

Davina Craig

Nan

Jerry Verno

Pearley

Graham Soutten

Beadle
(as Ben Souten)

Billy Holland

Mr. Parsons

Norman Pierce

Mr. Findlay

Aubrey Mallalieu

Trader Paterson

Henry B. Longhurst

Quayside Man Talking to Sweeney
(uncredited)

Ben Williams

Captain Stephenson
(uncredited)

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- George King
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I just saw this film for the first time after searching for it for quite a while. I have long been a fan of the Sweeney Todd story, and this was far from disappointing. The cast is full of the delightful "woe is me" school of actors. Slaughter fits the bill from top to bottom as the grinning cackling Todd. A fine and campy performance. He takes the whole show with little competition. He is a delight to watch playing with his razors and skulking along in his patented style. The sets are atmospheric and effective given the budget, and despite the comic addition of the prologue and epilogue, this is a fine and enjoyable little film. Naturally I also highly recommend the musical, as well as versions of the play for good light reading. This origional 1936 is the definitive. Enjoy!

dh49
Jan 30, 2000
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One of over 200 titles in the list of independent feature films made available for television presentation by Advance Television Pictures announced in "Motion Picture Herald" 4/4/1942 . At this time, television broadcasting was in its infancy, almost totally curtailed by the advent of World War II, and would not continue to develop until 1945-1946. Because of poor documentation (feature films were often not identified by title in conventional sources) no record has yet been found of its initial television broadcast. Its earliest documented telecast occurred Saturday 25 November 1944 on New York City's pioneer television station WNBT (Channel 1).