First ever DVD release of this classic British comedy which has never been seen since its 1950's cinema run. The final film showcase for music hall comedian Frank Randle as an accident-prone Private who cannot even make a cup of tea without making a disaster. However he does succeed in rescuing corporal Diana Dors from the lecherous clutches of his Sergeant Major. This fast moving film features stars of the music hall days such as champion wrestler Jack Pye and introduces the BBC Radio and TV star Winifred Atwell.
School caretaker `Flatfoot Mason (Frank Randle) a former Music-Hall artiste harbours a secret. He has a daughter Betty (Terry Randall) who unbeknownst to her was adopted when his wife died. Now a teenager shes a pupil at the school and this causes complications when the staff feel that Randle is being `over attentive to Betty. Told to steer clear of her Randle reluctantly agrees but Betty thinks hes rejecting her and decides to run away to make her name in showbusiness. Randle assisted by his fellow caretakers (Mancunian Studio regulars Dan Young and Alec Pleon) trace her to a seedy carbaret club. Disguising themselves as The Three Who Flungs Chinese acrobat troupe the Mancunian trio try to persuade Betty to come home
Over the Garden Wall put the two comic geniuses together as a one of the funniest fictional husband and wife teams to grace a British screen and inspired Les Dawson's famous female impersonation. In this riotous comedy they plan to give their daughter and new American son-in-law a right Northern Welcome.
Filmed in Rusholme, Manchester, for the great Mancunian Film Corporation, Cup-tie Honeymoon is a riotous post-war comedy from the North of England where the gags come quicker than the team's wingers! Joe Butler (Sandy Powell) is the soccer-mad son of the company chairman, who has to decide which team he will play for in a cup-tie: his school or his father's. If he makes the right decision he can also score with his dad's pretty secretary! Features an excellent supporting cast of Dan Young, Betty Jumel and Pat Phoenix, most of the fi lm was shot on local streets and at Manchester City's Maine Road stadium.
Love's A Luxury is a lighthearted comedy in which a group of provincial actors unite and aim to teach their boss' jealous wife a lesson! The troupe assume a variety of bizarre disguises and allow the jealous woman to assume the worst; the actors then have ever so much fun proving her wrong! What A Carry On! is one of the Northern Comedy greats! Jimmy Jewel and Ben Warriss decide to enlist in the army!
The Penny Pool features Duggie Wakefield and his Crazy Gang who come to the assistance of young lovers Tommy Bancroft and Renee Harland who have been sacked from their jobs for filling in The Penny football pools during work hours. But the Crazy Gangs assistance is not always useful! Stick Em Up: Jimmy Jewel and Ben Warriss team up again as a pair of inept private detectives who are engaged to save a young man who is charged with murder from the gallows. With detectives like this pair on his side the young man will be lucky to escape with his life!
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