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  • | image = Time Flies (1944 film).jpg | released = {{Film date|df=yes|1944|05|08|UK}}
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  • | 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|a
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  • | studio = [[ABC Films]]<br>Bridge Films '''''Diamonds for Breakfast''''' is a 1968 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Christopher Morahan]].<ref name="NY Times.com">{{cite
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  • | image = Fiddlers Three (1944 film).jpg | studio = [[Ealing Films]]
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  • ...=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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  • ...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=
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  • | 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 famous
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  • | distributor = [[Gainsborough Studios]]<br />Ellis Films (US) | released = 6 November 1944 (UK)<br />October 1951 (US)
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  • ...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"/>
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  • ...'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.
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  • ...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]].
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  • | birth_date = {{birth date|1944|02|18|df=y}} | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2006|11|26|1944|02|18}}
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  • ...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), '
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  • '''''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 Ko
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  • '''''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,
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  • ...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.
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  • | 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 p
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  • | 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-Jones
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  • | 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 tel
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  • ...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.o
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