[2] After Gitana's retirement in 1938 he started promoting his own shows, some described as "frisky frolics",[2] which featured burlesque-style female dancers in scanty costumes.
[3] He also put together a very successful theatre show of retired or semi-retired music hall stars in the nostalgic 1948 revue Thanks for the Memory, "a fast-moving production featuring many younger supporting artists".
[2] The featured music hall stars included Gitana, G. H. Elliott, Nellie Wallace, Randolph Sutton, Ella Shields, and Talbot O'Farrell.
[2][1] There were lengthy quarrels between some of the performers over who should have top billing and the best dressing room, as well as their fees, but despite the problems the show proved to be a huge success.
In 1966, he returned from retirement to put on shows in Great Yarmouth,[1] and in 1968, he produced the cabaret and acted as master of ceremonies on the inaugural voyage of the new Cunard liner, the Queen Elizabeth 2.