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Sam Small at Westminster (1935)
 

Main image of Sam Small at Westminster (1935)
 
For Britain Under National Government series
35mm, 251 feet, black & white
 
Production CompanyConservative and Unionist Film Association

Cast: Stanley Holloway (Sam Small)

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The story of Sam Small, his visit to Parliament and his speech in support of the National Government.

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Stanley Holloway delivers a comic monologue describing how the character Sam Small visited Parliament, and how, incensed by Opposition criticism, he made a speech in support of the National Government. This film was made for the 1935 general election in which Stanley Baldwin, rather than Ramsay MacDonald, was to stand as prime minister. Although made for the National Government, the film was produced by the Conservative and Unionist Film Association, which had made all of the National Government's films.

A similar comic propaganda film, Arthur Prince and Jim in a Ventriloquial Sketch (1935), was also produced for the 1935 election and both are early examples of celebrities endorsing a political party.

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Holloway, Stanley (1890-1982)
Politics and Film 1903-1935