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  • '''''Miranda''''' is a 1948 black and white British [[comedy film]], directed by [[Ken Annakin]] and written by Peter Blackmore, who als The film is a light comedy fantasy about a beautiful and playful [[mermaid]] Miranda and her effect on the men
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  • '''''Stop Press Girl''''' is a 1949 British [[fantasy]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Michael Barry (television producer)|Michael Barry]] an The film was one of the four of [[David Rawnsley]]'s films that used his "independent frame" technique, a form of [[back projection]].
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  • '''''Helter Skelter''''' is a 1949 British [[w:romantic comedy|romantic comedy]] film directed by [[Ralph Thomas]] and starring [[Carol Marsh]], [[David T ...nnection with the plot, and are included principally for their stand-alone comedy value. The following are noteworthy:
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  • .... He directed films with comedians such as [[Will Hay]], the [[Crazy Gang (comedy group)|Crazy Gang]] and [[Arthur Askey]] and several of the [[Gainsborough Crabtree did some films for [[Michael Powell]], ''[[Lazybones (1935 film)|Lazybones]]'' (1935) and
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  • ...ck comedy]], [[Comedy drama]], [[Musicals]], [[Adventure films]], [[Action films]], [[Sex comedies]], [[Western (genre)|Western]] ...rector of comedies, he also directed several drama, musical, and detective films. Late in his career, he took up writing, producing and directing for theate
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  • ...e co-creator, main writer and a principal cast member of the British radio comedy programme ''[[The Goon Show]]'', performing a range of roles including the ...n the fight against [[Nazi Germany]], but even then he wrote and performed comedy sketches as part of concerts to entertain troops. After his call-up, but be
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