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- | image = Time Flies (1944 film).jpg | released = {{Film date|df=yes|1944|05|08|UK}}4 KB (538 words) - 20:34, 8 February 2023
- | released = {{Film date|df=y|1944|07|31|UK}} ...n}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Erickson|first1=Hal|title=Give Us the Moon (1944)|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/93274/Give-Us-the-Moon/overview|a5 KB (761 words) - 23:25, 6 January 2023
- | studio = [[ABC Films]]<br>Bridge Films '''''Diamonds for Breakfast''''' is a 1968 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Christopher Morahan]].<ref name="NY Times.com">{{cite5 KB (629 words) - 18:35, 10 September 2024
- | image = Fiddlers Three (1944 film).jpg | studio = [[Ealing Films]]7 KB (997 words) - 19:57, 3 October 2024
- ...=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]].4 KB (598 words) - 12:20, 20 February 2023
- ...tributor = [[Columbia Pictures]] Corporation (United Kingdom)<br>Oxford Films (United States) ...=French|location=London|edition=French's acting}}</ref> Its 1945 British [[comedy-drama]] film adaptation, directed by [[Henry Cass]],<ref>{{cite book|last1=5 KB (654 words) - 22:44, 19 July 2024
- | released = 20 March 1944 ...and comic [[Marriott Edgar]], who wrote for [[Will Hay]] and [[Crazy Gang (comedy group)|the Crazy Gang]] and composed some of [[Stanley Holloway]]'s famous9 KB (1,345 words) - 16:34, 13 March 2023
- | distributor = [[Gainsborough Studios]]<br />Ellis Films (US) | released = 6 November 1944 (UK)<br />October 1951 (US)8 KB (1,241 words) - 14:05, 5 February 2023
- ...the Dole]]'' (1941), and was the producer-director for the musical-comedy films of [[Flanagan and Allen]] during [[World War II]]. ...oduction company with his friend [[John Barter]]. He also acted in several films produced by [[Lance Comfort]].<ref name="google1"/>5 KB (665 words) - 16:59, 17 March 2023
- ...'The Old Woman who Lives in a Shoe'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Vintage British Comedy|url=http://www.vintagebritishcomedy.co.uk/#/old-mother-riley-theatre/454792 ...Previous to Old Mother Riley, drag was a mixture of singing acts and short comedy sketches in music halls across the UK.6 KB (875 words) - 08:01, 28 August 2024
- ...for his career in the United States and England as a director of plays and films ...ilms. Among the performers he worked with were [[Will Hay]], [[Crazy Gang (comedy group)|The Crazy Gang]], [[Arthur Askey]] and [[George Formby]].4 KB (532 words) - 12:45, 18 February 2023
- | birth_date = {{birth date|1944|02|18|df=y}} | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2006|11|26|1944|02|18}}6 KB (910 words) - 22:52, 13 March 2023
- ...band]]'' (1940) and ''[[A Canterbury Tale]]'' (1944). Apart from her usual comedy roles, she gave two dramatic performances, the first in ''[[Holiday Camp (f ...(1961–1963), and also appeared in four [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'' films]]: ''[[Carry On Constable]]'' (1960), ''[[Carry On Regardless]]'' (1961), '11 KB (1,533 words) - 07:57, 9 September 2024
- '''''The Ghost Goes West''''' is a 1935 British [[romantic comedy]]/[[fantasy film|fantasy]] film directed by [[René Clair]] and starring [[ This was the first of two films Clair made in England following a deal he made with producer [[Alexander Ko9 KB (1,240 words) - 16:09, 29 September 2024
- '''''A Day to Remember''''' is a 1953 British [[w:comedy film|comedy]] [[w:drama film|drama film]] directed by [[Ralph Thomas]] and starring an ...arts to visit the area where he had been involved in heavy fighting during 1944 when British troops had arrived to liberate France. In the local florists,7 KB (1,097 words) - 23:33, 3 February 2023
- ...as a British actor and comedian.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba506521e|title=Michael Howard|website=BFI}}</ref><ref>{{cite ...e's Howard - BBC1 Stand-Up|first=British Comedy|last=Guide|website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref><ref name=peggyevansobit>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.5 KB (671 words) - 08:07, 3 October 2024
- | occupation = Comedy actor and publican ...s an English comedic [[character actor]]. He is best known for a number of films where he appeared with [[Will Hay]] and [[Moore Marriott]] as 'Albert': a p10 KB (1,446 words) - 15:07, 27 March 2023
- | studio = DJ Films ...sitcom ''[[Dad's Army]]''. It is directed by [[Oliver Parker]] and set in 1944, after the events depicted in the television series. [[Catherine Zeta-Jones13 KB (1,843 words) - 22:32, 14 March 2023
- | occupation = {{hlist | Comedy actor | singer}} ...995|access-date=6 December 2020}}</ref> was a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] comedy actor and singer. He started his career in stage roles, and developed a tel10 KB (1,402 words) - 08:06, 30 March 2023
- ...eenonline.org.uk}}</ref><ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba17b8221|title=Frank Launder}}</ref> ...in the 1930s, contributing the original story for the classic [[Will Hay]] comedy ''[[Oh, Mr Porter!]]'' (1937).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.o8 KB (1,116 words) - 08:52, 1 February 2023