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  • | image = A Girl in a Million (1946).jpg | studio = [[British Lion Films]]
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  • ...for his career in the United States and England as a director of plays and films ...n moving in 1936 to [[Gainsborough Pictures]] – where he produced his best films. Among the performers he worked with were [[Will Hay]], [[Crazy Gang (comed
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  • ...ield included ''[[w:Great Expectations (1946 film)|Great Expectations]]'' (1946) and ''[[w:London Belongs to Me|London Belongs to Me]]'' (1948). ...P. Between 1950 and 1971 he was the cinematographer on practically all the films directed by [[Ralph Thomas]], a total of 32 productions, and others, too, s
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  • | known_for = ''[[Carry On films|Carry On]]'' films<br>''[[w:Return of the Jedi|Return of the Jedi]]'' (1983)<br>''[[w:Octopuss ...r of photography for the successful ''[[Carry On films|Carry On]]'' comedy films, beginning with 1961's ''[[Carry On Regardless]]''; eventually, Hume altern
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  • ...ge IV of the United Kingdom|George IV]] in both ''[[The Laughing Lady]]'' (1946) and ''[[Mrs. Fitzherbert]]'' (1947). ...Lilacs in the Spring]]'' (1954).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba93e0162|title=Peter Graves|website=BFI}}</ref> He also appe
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  • ...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 ...minor, mostly uncredited roles before getting his big break in Will Hay's films.
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  • ...ayson (actor)|James Finlayson]] in [[w:Laurel and Hardy|Laurel and Hardy]] films, long before it became associated with cartoon character [[w:Homer Simpson| ...as a comedian at the [[w:Windmill Theatre|Windmill Theatre]] in 1946.<ref>1946 Windmill Theatre - Revudeville 15th Year Programme - Glenn Christodoulou Co
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  • | spouse = {{Marriage|Doreen Dearnaley|1946|1966}} ...away]]'' ([[1963 in film|1963]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f61584b|title=Tony Young|publisher=}}</ref>
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  • ...= A Paul Soskin Production<br>[[British Lion Film Corporation|British Lion Films Limited]] ...itary chaplain in North Africa in 1941, and a freed [[prisoner of war]] in 1946 to cover his absences in gaol. While Percy is "away", Colin is cared for by
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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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  • | distributor = {{ubl|[[General Film Distributors|GFD]] (UK)|[[Eagle-Lion Films]] (US)}} Following church choir practice in 1946 east London, Joe Kirby ([[Harry Fowler]]) reads aloud to his gang (The Bloo
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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> He began working as a screenwriter on British films in the 1930s, contributing the original story for the classic [[Will Hay]]
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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 ...f6408ea9b7|title=Michael Howard in * FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE'|date=25 October 1946|publisher=|issue=1204|pages=23|via=BBC Genome}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=ht
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  • ...other [[Sydney Box|Sydney]] and his wife [[Muriel Box|Muriel]] at [[Verity Films]], where she helped produce more than 200 wartime [[propaganda]] shorts.<re ...for him. He was running an organisation that made training and recruitment films. I went along as a general dogsbody, and as more men were called up, there
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  • ...ll p.297</ref> During the 1930s and 1940s he worked on a number of British films. * ''[[George in Civvy Street]]'' (1946)
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  • ...|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201232516/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/films/Holiday-Camp_1947/ |date=1 February 2014 }}, BritMovie.co.uk</ref><ref>[htt ...Mercury]] |volume=CLXIV |issue=23,671 |location=Tasmania |date=19 October 1946 |access-date=16 April 2016 |page=3 (The Mercury Magazine) |via=National Lib
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  • *'The Nutcracker Suite' by E Crowshay-Williams and J Leslie Dodd, 26 March 1946 *'Black Mamba' by Hugh Barnes and AR Ramsden, 2 April 1946
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  • ...haracter actor who featured in many [[Cinema of the United Kingdom|British films]] of the 1930s and 1940s. ...ngside [[Naunton Wayne]] as two [[cricket]]-obsessed Englishmen in several films from 1938 to 1949.
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  • ...land) was a British [[cinematographer]] and [[film director]]. He directed films with comedians such as [[Will Hay]], the [[Crazy Gang (comedy group)|Crazy Crabtree did some films for [[Michael Powell]], ''[[Lazybones (1935 film)|Lazybones]]'' (1935) and
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  • | studio = [[Two Cities Films]] | distributor = [[General Film Distributors]] (UK)<br />[[Eagle-Lion Films]] (US)
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