...t''''' is a 1940 British [[musical film|musical]] [[comedy film|comedy]] [[spy film]] directed by [[Maurice Elvey]] and starring [[Jack Hulbert]], [[Cicel ...neidge, a husband-and-wife team who had made a series of successful comedy films during the 1930s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/play/3ds/unde

'''''The Ghost of St. Michael's''''' is a 1941 British [[comedy]]-[[Thriller (genre)|thriller]] film, produced by [[Ealing Studios]]. ...[Charles Hawtrey (actor born 1914)|Charles Hawtrey]]). A [[Nazism|Nazi]] [[spy]] ring proves to be behind the killings, and is defeated by a British agent

...he UK by [[Associated British Film Distributors|ABFD]]. This was the first comedy from this studio to deal directly with the [[World War II|Second World War] [[Category:1940 films]]

...earden]]. It is a comedy of mistaken identity, with Hay acting as a German spy and also an Englishman who is his double. It was the film debut of [[Peter ...ave just captured. Potts is flown into [[Nazi Germany]] to impersonate the spy and instructed to seek out and bring back details of a new German secret we

'''''Back-Room Boy''''' is a 1942 British comedy film directed by [[Herbert Mason]], produced by [[Edward Black (producer)|E ...s Film Video & DVD Guide'' describes the film as a "[fairly] spirited star comedy of interest as a shameless rip-off of ''The Ghost Train'' and ''[[Oh Mr Por

| studio =Excelsior Films ...d a young woman who join forces to solve a murder and hunt down a German [[spy ring]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/53922|archive

| distributor = [[Gainsborough Studios]]<br />Ellis Films (US) '''''Two Thousand Women''''' is a 1944 British comedy-drama [[war film]] about a German [[internment camp]] in [[Occupied France]

...his work for [[w:Hammer Film Productions|Hammer]], for whom he directed 14 films, and [[w:science fiction film]|]s. He enjoyed a long career in the film ind ...n]]'' (1936); ''[[O-Kay for Sound]]'' (1937) for Varnel with [[Crazy Gang (comedy group)|The Crazy Gang]]; ''[[Alf's Button Afloat]]'' (1938) with Flanagan a

...best remembered for numerous appearances in films and television from the 1940s to the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f1d2ab0 | ...actress.<ref>{{cite book|author=Howard Maxford|title=Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lfp1DwAAQ

...films of [[Will Hay]] and other popular British comedians of the 1930s and 1940s. Gawthorne was one of Britain's most called-upon supporting actors during t ...]] and other well-known comedians such as [[George Formby]], [[Crazy Gang (comedy group)|The Crazy Gang]], the [[w:Aldwych farce|Aldwych farce]]urs, [[Jack H

...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

...ost of St. Michael's]]''), through the [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'' films]], and television. ...k. A review in ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' commended Hawtrey for having "a comedy sense not unworthy of his famous name".

...insborough Pictures]], is often cited as the supreme British-produced film-comedy, and in 1938 he was the third highest-grossing star in the UK. Many comedia ...rl=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a67M2nouJfA |title=Will Hay – Master of Comedy |website=YouTube |publisher=BBC Radio 4 |date=2 June 1976 |access-date=10 M

...adies. Stone appeared in nine of the [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'']] films, and took part in an episode of the ''[[Carry On Laughing]]'' television se ...), ''[[Oh! What a Lovely War]]'' (1969) and the first two "[[Quatermass]]" films.<ref name=bfi/> Her most serious and arguably most dramatic role was as Len

...had a long run in ''[[Under the Counter (musical)|Under the Counter]]'', a comedy in which she received glowing notices. Notable among her other successes w ...starring role was Eileen Cavanagh in the long-running [[Edwardian musical comedy]] ''[[The Arcadians (musical)|The Arcadians]]'', which she took over from [

* [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'']] films ...ee series. She also appeared in four [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'']] films: ''[[Carry On Nurse]]'' (1959), ''[[Carry On Abroad]]'' (1972), ''[[Carry O

...tain in 1939. He made numerous appearances in British films throughout the 1940s, usually in villainous roles, although he later appeared in comedies as wel ...961 film)|Mysterious Island]]'' (also 1961), as Captain Nemo; and [[Hammer Films]]' remake of ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1962 film)|The Phantom of the Op

...4) for the [[Rank Organisation]], he later acted in [[Art film|art-house]] films. In a second career, he wrote seven best-selling volumes of memoirs, six no Bogarde came to prominence in films including ''[[The Blue Lamp]]'' in the early 1950s, before starring in the

| format = [[Radio comedy]] '''''The Goon Show''''' is a British [[radio comedy]] programme, originally produced and broadcast by the [[BBC Home Service]]

...ho became known to a worldwide audience through his films of the 1930s and 1940s. On stage, screen and record he sang light, [[Novelty song|comical songs]], ...easingly worked in film to develop into a major star by the late 1930s and 1940s, and became the UK's most popular entertainer during those decades. The med