• The Ghost Train (1931 film)
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• The Ghost Goes West
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• Convict 99
  ...master at St. Michael's School (the school returns in a later film ''[[The Ghost of St. Michael's]]''), and applies for a job in another school. [[Category:1938 films]]
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• Walter Forde
  ...=BFI}}</ref> Born in Lambeth, south London in 1898, he directed over fifty films between 1919 from the [[silent era]] through to 1949 in the [[sound film|so ...films. Emerging as an established film director in the 1930s, he directed films for [[Gainsborough Pictures]] and [[Ealing Studios]].
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• Boys Will Be Boys (1935 film)
  ...ised in another two of Hay's films, ''[[Good Morning, Boys]]'' and ''[[The Ghost of St. Michael's]]''. ...ishonesty that makes [Hay's] films irresistible".<ref>Radio Times Guide to Films (2004). p.187</ref>
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• Oh, Mr Porter!
  ...loosely based on the [[Arnold Ridley]] play ''[[The Ghost Train (play)|The Ghost Train]]''. The title was taken from ''[[Oh! Mr Porter]]'', a [[music hall]] ...the nearest bus stop. To make matters worse, local legend has it that the ghost of One-Eyed Joe the Miller haunts the line and, as a result, no-one will go
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• Jack Hulbert
  ...' (1935), a tongue-in-cheek homage to the popular ''[[Bulldog Drummond]]'' films in which Jack was supported by [[Claude Hulbert|his brother Claude]].<ref n Hulbert's popularity waned as the 1930s came to an end, and after the war he and his wife continued to entertain ch
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• Arthur Askey
  ...ey's (Big-Hearted) Aunt]]'' (1940) and ''[[The Ghost Train (1941 film)|The Ghost Train]]'' (1941). His [[Novelty song|novelty]] recordings for [[His Master' ...Pinder|Powis Pinder]] on the [[Isle of Wight|Isle of Wight]] in the early 1930s before he rose to stardom in 1938 through his role in the first regular rad
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• Harold Bennett
  ...eart attack on 11 September 1981, aged 82. His wife predeceased him in the 1930s;<ref>Webber, Richard (1998). ''Are You Being Served: 25 Years''. London: Or ...peared in ''[[Vote, Vote, Vote for Nigel Barton]]'' (1965), and in several films, including as a photographer in ''[[Games That Lovers Play (film)|Games Tha
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• Marriott Edgar
  ...atalogue/product.aspx?pid=718 |date=2016-03-03}}</ref> At the start of the 1930s they went to Hollywood, where Edgar – who had dropped his first name for ...ref> The texts were published by [[Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.]] during the 1930s in three collections. All were illustrated by [[John Hassall (illustrator)|
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• Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel (1990 radio series)
  ...1932 episodes, and occasionally with additional jokes from Marx Brothers' films. The success of the first series led to another two series being produced. !Series!!Episode!!Title!!First broadcast!!Based on 1930s episodes
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• Cardew Robinson
  ...]'' with the adventures of Ralph Reckness Cardew of St Jim's. In the early 1930s, while at Harrow County School, he wrote for the school magazine, the 'Gayt == Television, films and theatre ==
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• Edward Black (producer)
  ...12-07-11|title=Edward Black|work=BFI}}</ref> He also produced such classic films as ''[[The Lady Vanishes]]'' (1938). Black has been called "one of the unsu ...used to come off as successful as his others."<ref>Round Table on British Films Cornelius, Henry; Dickinson, Thorold; Havelock-Allan, Anthony; John, Rosamu
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• Raymond Huntley
  ...eople|English]] [[actor]] who appeared in dozens of British films from the 1930s to the 1970s.<ref name=BFI>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f ...rat or other authority figure, Huntley was also a staple figure in British films, his many appearances including ''[[The Way Ahead]]'', ''[[I See a Dark Str
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• Florence Desmond
  ...arances. She also began appearing in many popular [[British film]]s of the 1930s. In 1933, she appeared on [[BBC radio]] in a broadcast in which she imperso | ''The River House Ghost''
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• Richard Murdoch
  ...solicitor. They had one son and two daughters.<ref name=odnb/> During the 1930s he gained increasingly prominent roles in musicals and [[revue]]s, includin ...e of humour that sets the other going".<ref>"From 'The Band Waggon' to the Films", ''The Observer'', 4 December 1938, p. 11</ref> The stars featured in a fi
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• Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1914)
  ...ost of St. Michael's]]''), through the [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'' films]], and television. ===1920s and 1930s===
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• Cicely Courtneidge
  ...one Company|Columbia]] and [[HMV|HMV]], returning to the stage in the late 1930s. During the [[Second World War|Second World War]], Courtneidge entertained ...k together on several films, including ''[[The Ghost Train (1931 film)|The Ghost Train]]'' (1931) and ''[[Jack's the Boy]]'' (1932).<ref name=times/>
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• Robert Morley
  ...ten in supporting roles.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba192a594|title=Robert Morley}}</ref> In 1939 he received an ...|title=Playboys and Mayfair Men: Crime, Class, Masculinity, and Fascism in 1930s London|first=Angus|last=McLaren|date=15 September 2017|publisher=JHU Press|
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• Michael Hordern
  ...en appeared in film, rising from a [[bit part|bit part]] actor in the late 1930s to a member of the main cast; by the time of his death he had appeared in n ...and made his television debut, becoming a reliable bit-part actor in many films, particularly in the [[war film|war film]] genre.
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