Melvin has a problem. As a rookie cop he ranks among the best... of the worst. Inept hapless and shy his daily routine takes him from misadventure to misadventure. but by night the normally bungling bobby transforms into ;The Unknown Comic'. Disguised only with a paper bag over his head Melvin has audiences eating out of his hand if only the same were true of the voluptuous lady in the front row. A loony psychiatrist a police captain who is a pathalogical liar a playboy partner
""Weird"" Al Yankovic the man responsible for ""Eat it"" the famous 80's parody of Michael Jackson's ""Beat it"" co-wrote and stars in MGM Home Entertainment's cult comedy U.H.F. Aside from Yankovic playing most of the characters in the film David Bowe Michael Richards Fran Drescher and Kevin McCarthy also appear in this inspired comedy which is packed full of gags film parodies music satire and tons of laughs. Opening with an hilarious parody of the starting sequence
John Baxter directed this 1937 British production.A story set in the East End of London where the local hospital is faced with closure unless funds are raised.The local fishmongers daughter (Hazel Ascot) a British Shirley Temple, Hoofer puts together a variety show to raise the money. Enid Stamp-Taylor also stars with The Dagenham Girl Pipers, The Scots Kilties Band, The Band of The H.M. Royal Marines and many more.Hazel Ascot was a champion child tap-dancer of the 1930's. Her first film appearance was in this 1937 musical film Talking Feet. This film, made at Sound City (later Shepperton Studios), was produced and directed by John Baxter.It was while John Baxter was looking for rehearsal rooms for a proposed film to be titled Music Hall that he chanced upon Hazel, whose father Duggie Ascot ran a dance academy in the Charing Cross Road.
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