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- | caption = Theatrical release poster by Jack Rickard | director = [[Basil Dearden]]3 KB (455 words) - 18:35, 10 September 2024
- |writer = (screenplay) [[Basil Dearden]], [[John Dighton]], [[Austin Melford]] |producer = [[Michael Balcon]] & Basil Dearden3 KB (437 words) - 17:48, 7 February 2023
- | caption = UK poster by [[Dudley Pout]] | director = {{ubl|[[Will Hay]]|[[Basil Dearden]]}}6 KB (969 words) - 15:30, 19 February 2023
- {{short description|1942 film by Basil Dearden, Will Hay}} ...= Original British [[film poster#United Kingdom|quad format]] film poster by [[Dudley Pout]]7 KB (1,098 words) - 10:41, 21 July 2024
- | director = {{ubl|[[Basil Dearden]]|Michael Relph}} |based_on = story by T.E.B. Clarke6 KB (961 words) - 17:59, 10 March 2023
- | director = [[Basil Dearden]] | studio = {{ubl|Hallmark Productions|[[British Lion Films|British Lion Film Corporation]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Brooke|first=Michael|ur9 KB (1,350 words) - 17:46, 15 September 2024
- | writer = Basil Dearden<br>[[John Dighton]]<br/>[[Angus MacPhail]]<br/>[[Austin Melford]] ...Pictures and its successor, [[Ealing Studios]], and distributed in the UK by [[Associated British Film Distributors|ABFD]]. This was the first comedy fr7 KB (997 words) - 09:04, 31 January 2023
- | director = [[Basil Dearden]] ...gg]], [[Telly Savalas]], and [[Curd Jürgens]]. It was released in the U.S. by [[Paramount Pictures]] and is based on [[Jack London]]'s unfinished novel,10 KB (1,543 words) - 13:52, 18 March 2023
- | director = [[Robert Day (director)|Robert Day]]<br />[[Basil Dearden]] (uncredited) ...ebsite=theatricalia.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ab8fe3d|title=The Green Man (1956)|website=BFI}}</ref>8 KB (1,235 words) - 23:29, 6 January 2023
- | director = [[Basil Dearden]] | distributor = [[British Lion Films]]12 KB (1,832 words) - 11:31, 9 March 2023
- | producer = [[Basil Dearden]] ...e=2009-01-13|title=Davy|work=BFI}}</ref> It was the last comedy to be made by [[Ealing Studios]] and had the distinction of being the first British film5 KB (707 words) - 10:56, 20 February 2023
- ...a production company known as Ealing Films, and later headed British Lion Films. He served as chairman of the [[British Film Institute]] production board t ...as described in his obituary in ''[[The Times]]'' as a "pioneer of British films" who "had courage, energy and flair for showmanship".<ref name=":1">{{Cite18 KB (2,564 words) - 23:53, 4 February 2023
- ...ng Rat (film)|King Rat]]'' (1965). He also scripted several films directed by others, such as ''[[The League of Gentlemen (film)|The League of Gentlemen] ...o act, appearing on stage and playing numerous supporting roles in British films, in particular ''[[An Inspector Calls (1954 film)|An Inspector Calls]]'' (126 KB (3,780 words) - 23:00, 19 February 2023
- ...figures with comic failings. His film ''[[Oh, Mr. Porter!]]'' (1937), made by [[Gainsborough Pictures|Gainsborough Pictures]], is often cited as the supr ...O Register of Births: MAR 1889 10a 49 STOCKTON – William Thomson Hay</ref> By his late teens, Hay had become fluent in Italian, French and German and sec33 KB (5,042 words) - 22:47, 18 March 2023
- | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> ...ngwriter and comedian who became known to a worldwide audience through his films of the 1930s and 1940s. On stage, screen and record he sang light, [[Novelt87 KB (13,680 words) - 07:53, 16 March 2023
- |caption = Ustinov in 1986, photographed by [[Allan Warren|Allan Warren]] ...|location=London|oclc=154639|postscript=. The pronunciations were accepted by Sir Peter himself.}}</ref> Ustinov's great-grandfather [[Moritz Hall|Morit56 KB (7,853 words) - 10:43, 25 August 2024
- ...e]] and [[w:black comedy|black humour]] were major features of many of his films, and his performances had a strong influence on a number of later comedians Sellers was two weeks old when he was carried on stage by [[Dick Henderson]], the headline act at the [[w:Kings Theatre, Southsea|Kin128 KB (19,030 words) - 19:48, 18 July 2024