Let the People Sing (film)

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{{Infobox film

| name = Let the People Sing

| image = Let_the_People_Sing_(1942_film).jpg

| caption = Original British lobby card

| director = John Baxter

| producer = {{ubl|John Baxter|Wallace Orton}}

| writer = {{ubl|John Baxter|Barbara K. Emary|Geoffrey Orme|J.B. Priestley (novel) }}

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Alastair Sim|Fred Emney|Edward Rigby}}

| music = Kennedy Russell

| cinematography = James Wilson

| editing = Jack Harris

| studio = British National Films

| distributor = Anglo-American Film Corporation

| released = {{Film date|1942|08|10|df=yes}}

| runtime = 105 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Let the People Sing is a 1942 British comedy film directed by John Baxter,{{cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/film/let-the-people-sing|title=Let the People Sing, directed by John Baxter - Film review}} and starring Alastair Sim, Fred Emney and Edward Rigby. The film's sets were designed by R. Holmes Paul. It was made at Elstree Studios.{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/40096|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113205647/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/40096|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-01-13|title=Let the People Sing (1942)}}

The screenplay concerns the people of a small town who band together to try to save their music hall from closure. It is based on the 1939 novel Let the People Sing by J. B. Priestley.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1c7eCwAAQBAJ&q=let+the+people+sing+1942+denis+gifford&pg=PA511|title=British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film|first=Denis|last=Gifford|date=1 April 2016|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317740636|via=Google Books}}