• All In (film)
  '''''All In''''' is a 1936 British [[sports film|sports]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Marcel Varnel]] and starring [[Ralph Lynn]], [[Gina Ma * Cook, Pam. ''Gainsborough Pictures'': Cassell, 1997,
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• Happidrome (film)
  | studio = Aldwych Films '''''Happidrome''''' is a 1943 British [[comedy film]] directed by Philip Brandon and starring [[Harry Korris]], Robbie Vin
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• Somewhere in Politics
  | studio = [[Mancunian Films]] | distributor = Mancunian Films (U.K.)
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• Hi Gang! (film)
  '''''Hi Gang!''''' is a 1941 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Marcel Varnel]] and starring [[Bebe Daniels]], [[Ben L * Cook, Pam. ''Gainsborough Pictures''. Cassell, 1997.
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• Stormy Weather (1935 film)
  '''''Stormy Weather''''' is a 1935 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Tom Walls]] and starring Walls, [[Ralph Lynn]] and [[R ...s stage farces, it features a number of actors who had appeared in Aldwych films. The film was made by [[Gainsborough Pictures]] at [[Islington Studios]].<r
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• Twenty to One
  '''''Twenty to One''''' was a British musical comedy first performed in 1935. The musical was a farce set around the world of [[ ...'British popular films, 1929-1939: The Cinema of Reassurance''. Routledge, 1997.
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• My Wife's Family (1956 film)
  | studio = Forth Films '''''My Wife's Family''''' is a 1956 [[United Kingdom|British]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Gilbert Gunn]] and starring [[Ronald Shiner]], [[Ted R
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• Alfred Roome
  | death_date = 19 November 1997 ...co.uk|publisher=The Independent|accessdate=19 August 2016|date=12 December 1997}}</ref>
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• The Intelligence Men
  ...5904/http://www.ebay.com/itm/SPYLARKS-Eric-Morecambe-Ernie-Wise-MI5-UK-SPY-COMEDY-Vintage-US-Movie-Flyer-/311389748652 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is subtit ...ilm was successful enough to enable Morecambe and Wise to make two further films, ''[[That Riviera Touch]]'' and ''[[The Magnificent Two]]''.
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• The Wildcats of St Trinian's
  '''''The Wildcats of St Trinian's''''' is the fifth British [[comedy film]] set in the fictional [[St Trinian's School]]. Directed by [[Frank La The Independent 24 Feb 1997: 16.</ref> It has yet to be released on [[DVD]] except in the [[United Stat
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• Frank Launder
  | death_date = {{death date and age|1997|02|23|1906|01|28|df=yes}} | spouse = {{Marriage|[[w:Bernadette O'Farrell|Bernadette O'Farrell]]|1950|1997}}
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• Things Are Looking Up (film)
  ...movie Home of British Films|access-date=1 September 2015}}</ref><ref>Cook, 1997, p. 188</ref> It was made at [[Islington Studios]] by [[British Gaumont]], ...idge--mary-lawson-2419-p.asp |website=oldrarefilms.com |publisher=Old Rare Films |access-date=8 May 2022}}</ref>
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• Balham - Gateway to the South
  ...th the real area during [[w:Postwar Britain|postwar austerity]].{{sfn|Muir|1997|p=157}}{{sfn|Sikov|2002|p=46}} One memorable part of the sketch is the pron ...cord ''[[The Best of Sellers]]'', produced by [[George Martin]].{{sfn|Muir|1997|p=157}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/4th-july
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• Old Mother Riley
  ...-1247384.html|access-date=12 June 2011|work=The Independent|date=26 August 1997}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.jimmyclitheroe.co.uk/lucan.htm |titl ...'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
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• Penny Princess
  '''''Penny Princess''''' is a 1952 British [[Technicolor]] [[comedy film]] written and directed by [[Val Guest]] and starring [[Yolande Donlan] ...Spain.<ref>p.90 Mitchell, John ''Flickering Shadows: A Lifetime in Film'' 1997 Harold Martin & Redman</ref> The film's sets were designed by the [[art dir
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• Doug Fisher (actor)
  ...ng Larry Simmonds in ''[[Man About the House]]'' (1973–1976), Sammy in the films ''[[w:The Stud (film)|The Stud]]'' (1978) and ''[[w:The Bitch (film)|The Bi ...ies)|Oliver Twist]]''.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0bb6249|title=Doug Fisher|website=BFI}}</ref>
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• On the Fiddle
  ...and '''''Operation War Head''''' in the United States) is a 1961 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Cyril Frankel]] and starring [[Sean Connery]], [[Alfre ...0px|The US poster tried to make it seem more like a James Bond film than a comedy.]]
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• Mr. Bean (character)
  | caption = Rowan Atkinson portraying Mr. Bean in 1997 ...Bean: The Animated Series|animated spin-off]], and two live-action feature films. He was created by [[Rowan Atkinson]] and [[Richard Curtis]], portrayed by
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• Harry Korris
  ...e (film)|1943 film version]]. He also appeared in several [[Frank Randle]] films.<ref>Richards p.275</ref> ...rank Randle]] films. In 1941, he became the star of the popular BBC radio comedy ''[[Happidrome (radio)|Happidrome]]'', playing the part of Mr Lovejoy, a ha
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• Appointment with Venus (film)
  ...cture but it was fun."<ref>{{cite book |last=McFarlane |first= Brian|date=1997 |title=An Autobiography of British Cinema By the Actors and Filmmakers Who * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160807190300/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/films/Appointment-with-Venus_1951 ''Appointment with Venus''] at Britmovie
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