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- ...an Barry]] and [[Warwick Ward]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6afcfd5f|title=BFI | Film & TV Database | MAN OF M ...afterwards he was signed up by [[Herbert Wilcox]] and appeared in several films for him during the decade beginning with ''[[Goodnight, Vienna]]'' (1932).3 KB (362 words) - 19:34, 3 October 2024
- | studio = [[British National Films]] | distributor = Anglo-American Film Corporation (UK)3 KB (423 words) - 19:59, 3 October 2024
- ...1943 British, [[black-and-white]], [[comedy film|comedy]], [[musical film|musical]], [[war film]], [[film director|directed]] by [[Val Guest]] and starring [ ...e escort agency he inherited from his mother. Soon he is joined by his new American partner, Terry Arden ([[Evelyn Dall]]), as she inherited the other half of5 KB (707 words) - 13:47, 7 January 2023
- | studio = Associated London Films ...rce needed. --> and Lionel Jeffries in the Best Performance in a Comedy or Musical category.<ref name="Britton2005"/>5 KB (578 words) - 12:42, 24 January 2023
- | studio = [[Warwick Films]] '''''Jazz Boat''''' is a 1960 British black-and-white musical comedy film directed by [[Ken Hughes]] and starring [[Anthony Newley]], [[Anne Aub7 KB (951 words) - 22:44, 4 September 2024
- ...ema of the United Kingdom|British]] [[musical film|musical]] [[comedy film|comedy film]] directed by [[Thornton Freeland|Thornton Freeland]] and starring [[J ...conditions. Jack goes on a wild spending spree, which includes producing a musical stage show starring Rosalie. He then takes the entire cast of the show on a7 KB (975 words) - 11:01, 20 February 2023
- ...y show host and talent scout (known as "Britain's favourite Canadian") and American actress [[Carole Landis]] in her last film. Also known as '''''The Lucky Ma ...key_1948/ |title=Brass Monkey 1948 | Britmovie | Home of British Films |publisher=Britmovie |date= |accessdate=2014-03-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|u6 KB (882 words) - 16:02, 10 January 2023
- | music = [[Muir Mathieson]] (musical director) ...tributor = [[Columbia Pictures]] Corporation (United Kingdom)<br>Oxford Films (United States)5 KB (654 words) - 22:44, 19 July 2024
- ...Nell and Big Dick'', is a 1975 [[United Kingdom|British]] [[sex comedy|sex comedy]] film directed by [[Martin Campbell|Martin Campbell]] and produced by [[St ...[[Western (genre)|Western]], a hardcore porno, a [[Kung Fu|Kung Fu]]-style musical, and a wholesome family production.6 KB (849 words) - 23:15, 7 February 2023
- ...4; EW.com|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> ratings of any show on American prime time [[Television network|network television]] that week, though thos The film has many [[cameo appearance]]s by both English and American comedians, including alumni of ''[[Monty Python]]'', ''[[Saturday Night Liv10 KB (1,449 words) - 00:14, 27 January 2023
- {{Short description|American-British comedy writer and lyricist}} | nationality = American<!-- use only when necessary per [[WP:INFONAT]] -->8 KB (1,275 words) - 09:14, 18 January 2023
- ...for his career in the United States and England as a director of plays and films ...l started his working life on the Paris stage, soon becoming a director of musical comedies. In 1925 he moved to [[New York City]] working as director in seve4 KB (532 words) - 12:45, 18 February 2023
- '''''The Good Companions''''' is a 1933 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Victor Saville]] starring [[Jessie Matthews]], [[John ...Explore.bfi.org.uk |access-date=12 March 2014}}</ref> This British musical-comedy follows an unlikely trio as they try to revive the fortunes of the flounder8 KB (1,114 words) - 15:54, 28 September 2024
- '''''A Girl Must Live''''' is a 1939 British romantic comedy film directed by [[Carol Reed]] that stars [[Margaret Lockwood]], [[Renee H ...other lodgers, Gloria and Clytie, that there will be an audition for a new musical that day, at which all three win places in the chorus line. Gloria meanwhil7 KB (996 words) - 00:09, 5 February 2023
- '''''Jumping for Joy''''' is a 1956 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[John Paddy Carstairs]] and starring [[Frankie Howerd]] ..., p.552</ref> While ''[[TV Guide]]'' called the film a "Sporadically funny comedy".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.tvguide.com/jumping-for-joy/review/102947 KB (1,034 words) - 17:57, 24 January 2023
- ...It was natural for them to get together as they shared a similar style of comedy and worked on the same bills at theatres. ...rriott]], who was a frequent co-star of Will Hay, often turned up in their films. Eddie Gray, their associate and equally crazy comic, appeared in the later7 KB (1,070 words) - 08:07, 7 August 2024
- |distributor=[[British Lion Films]] ...and Britain, it turned out to be a hit in Japan as well as in some [[Latin American]] countries such as Mexico, Argentina and Chile,<ref>[http://www.zancada.co7 KB (956 words) - 10:50, 25 August 2024
- ...an English actress, singer and dancer. She was one of the most successful musical theatre stars in London in the 1920s and 1930s, able to sing leading roles ..., Patricia", ''British Film and Television Yearbook'', Vol. 4, British and American Film Press (1952)</ref> The marriage ended in divorce about 1934.9 KB (1,412 words) - 13:55, 11 March 2023
- ...g/details/catalogofcopyrig323libr |title=Catalog of Copyright Entries 1937 Musical Compositions New Series Vol 32 Pt 3 For the Year 1937 |date=1937 |publisher ...''[[w:Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical First|Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical First]]'' (1962)<ref name="standards" />7 KB (1,020 words) - 23:10, 17 January 2023
- ...w bars of music deliberately badly, interspersed with jokes and legitimate musical numbers. He made his first appearance on [[ABC Radio and Regional Content|A ...the ABC. In 1954, he starred in ''[[And So to Bentley]]'', a sketch-format comedy show for the BBC, co-starring [[Peter Sellers]]. The show only lasted for o6 KB (872 words) - 09:58, 19 April 2023