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- '''''Easy Money''''' is a 1948 British [[satire|satirical film]] about a modern British tradition, the [[football pools]]. It is comp [[Category:1948 films]]5 KB (785 words) - 17:41, 7 February 2023
- | studio = [[Two Cities Films]] ...nd [[Raymond Huntley]].<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ad62e64|title=It's Hard to Be Good (1948)|website=BFI}5 KB (688 words) - 11:36, 7 February 2023
- ...to as the father of the political cartoon.<ref name="Guardian"/> With his satirical works calling the king (George III), prime ministers and generals (especial ''See'' [[w:British comedy films|British comedy films]] ([[w:Cinema of the United Kingdom|Cinema of the United Kingdom]]).12 KB (1,929 words) - 07:58, 11 September 2024
- ...way to radio and films.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f4db93a|title=Ronald Frankau|website=BFI}}</ref> ...ankau|Julia Davis Frankau]], who would later become a celebrated writer of satirical novels.<ref>Aryeh Newman, "From Exile to Exit: the Frankau Jewish Connectio12 KB (1,738 words) - 15:40, 24 August 2024
- ...it was included in ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''{{'}}s list of the top 100 films since 1923. ...he "post-war sensitivity about anti-Semitism", and the moral stance of the films produced by Ealing.{{sfn|Newton|2003|p=35}} According to the [[British Film32 KB (4,698 words) - 23:10, 4 October 2024
- ...76 interview, [[Val Guest]] who served as a screenwriter for many of Hay's films, recalled transposing Harbottle from school into other everyday situations. ...stree Studios (Shenley Road)|Elstree Studios]] in 1934 where he made three films, ''[[Those Were the Days (1934 film)|Those Were the Days]]'', ''[[Radio Par33 KB (5,042 words) - 22:47, 18 March 2023
- ...tor.{{sfn|Sellers|2015|pp=146–147}} With studio space limited by the other films being produced, Balcon insisted that the film had to be made on location.{{ ...ocation. As most of the established production staff were working on other films at Ealing, many of Mackendrick's team were inexperienced.{{sfn|McArthur|20041 KB (6,203 words) - 17:04, 25 April 2023
- ...tic for ''[[The Observer]]'' He was also scriptwriter on the 1967 [[satire|satirical film]] ''[[Smashing Time]]''. The period from 1948 until 1963 is described ...Two]] broadcast ''George Melly's Last Stand'' (produced by [[Walker George Films]]), an intimate portrayal of Melly's last months. His sister [[Andrée Mell22 KB (3,201 words) - 23:42, 19 February 2023
- During most of the late 1930s and early 1940s, Milligan performed as an amateur jazz vocalist, guitarist, and trumpeter b Milligan returned to jazz in the late 1940s and made a precarious living with the Hall trio and other musical comedy ac59 KB (9,117 words) - 22:45, 2 October 2024
- | alt = A group of performers in 1940s clothes, dressed warmly for a visit to northern Scotland ''ITMA'' was a character-driven comedy whose satirical targets included [[official]]dom and the proliferation of minor wartime reg98 KB (14,826 words) - 00:03, 10 February 2023