• Under Your Hat
  | based_on = musical play ''Under Your Hat'' by [[Arthur Macrae]] ...der Your Hat''''' is a 1940 British [[musical film|musical]] [[comedy film|comedy]] [[spy film]] directed by [[Maurice Elvey]] and starring [[Jack Hulbert]],
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• 29 Acacia Avenue
  | music = [[Muir Mathieson]] (musical director) ...tributor = [[Columbia Pictures]] Corporation (United Kingdom)<br>Oxford Films (United States)
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• Brass Monkey (film)
  | released = 1949 (UK) '''''Brass Monkey''''' is a 1948 British comedy thriller with musical asides, directed by [[Thornton Freeland]]. It stars [[Carroll Levis]], a ra
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• Trottie True
  | studio = [[Two Cities Films]] | distributor = [[General Film Distributors]] (UK)<br />[[Eagle-Lion Films]] (US)
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• John Baxter (director)
  ...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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• Bananaman (TV series)
  ...= [[superhero fiction|Superhero]]<br />[[television comedy|Comedy]] ...|first1=Hal |title=Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 |date=2005 |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=978-1-4766-6599-3 |
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• Nice Work If You Can Get It (song)
  ...g/details/catalogofcopyrig323libr |title=Catalog of Copyright Entries 1937 Musical Compositions New Series Vol 32 Pt 3 For the Year 1937 |date=1937 |publisher ...''[[w:Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical First|Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical First]]'' (1962)<ref name="standards" />
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• Jerry Desmonde
  ...Northern Echo }}</ref> He built a career as a [[song and dance]] man in [[musical theatre]] and later toured parts of the United States in 1927-1928 with [[B ...4 April 2007 }}</ref> an infamous flop, and in ''[[Cardboard Cavalier]]'' (1949).<ref name="iMDB"/>
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• Tom Walls
  | death_date = {{Death date and age|1949|11|27|1883|02|18|df=y}} '''Thomas Kirby Walls''' (18 February 1883 – 27 November 1949) was an English stage and film actor, producer and director, best known for
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• Benny Lee
  | 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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• Val Guest
  ...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
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• Malcolm McFee
  | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1949|08|16|df=y}} ...ate]], Essex<!-- Do not change to London, Forest Gate was part of Essex in 1949 -->, England, UK
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• April Olrich
  Olrich joined the [[Royal Ballet]] in 1949 under [[Ninette de Valois]]. She danced with [[The Royal Ballet]] in London ...w York, she won the Whitbread Anglo-American Theatre Award for Outstanding Musical Performance.<ref name="Baker">Richard Anthony Baker, [https://www.thestage.
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• Bill Fraser
  ...bn=0330367757}}</ref> In 1986 he won the [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance]] for his stage role in the play ''[[When We Are Married]]''.<r ...n street led to Fraser's giving Sykes his first work as a writer for radio comedy<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/ericsykes.htm |title=
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• Ted Kavanagh
  | caption = Kavanagh in 1949 ...adio scriptwriter and producer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bacf61e28|title=Ted Kavanagh|website=2.bfi.org.uk|access-date
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• Our Man in Havana (film)
  ...[The Fallen Idol (film)|The Fallen Idol]]'' (1948), ''[[The Third Man]]'' (1949)</ref> ...xpensive. A deal was done with Carol Reed, who had made several successful films based on Graham Greene's novels, and Columbia Studios, for whom Reed had ju
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• Dilys Laye
  ...s an English actress and [[screenwriter|screenwriter]], best known for her comedy roles. ...True|Trottie True]]''.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f3eedd1|title=Dilys Laye|website=BFI}}</ref>
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• Susan Shaw
  *{{Marriage|[[w:Albert Lieven|Albert Lieven]]|1949|1953|end=div}} ...ondon Town (1946 film)|London Town]]'' (1946) and a larger part in another musical, ''[[Walking on Air (1946 film)|Walking on Air]]'' (1946).<ref>{{Cite web|u
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• Charles Victor
  ...with his brother in an automobile agency before going into English musical comedy. In 1929, he joined the [[Birmingham Repertory Theatre]], which was headed ...ly. For example, in 1957 he played the lead role, with top billing, in the comedy ''[[There's Always a Thursday]]'', whilst in the same year he had a bit par
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• Tessie O'Shea
  ...elped win her a [[w:Tony Award|Tony Award]] for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.<ref name=Whitcomb>{{cite book|last=Whitcomb|first=Ian|title=Ukulele Heroes ...m]] ''[[As Good Cooks Go]]'', which ran from 1969 to 1970. She appeared in films including ''[[w:London Town (1946 film)|London Town]]'', ''[[w:The Blue Lam
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