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- '''''A Yank at Oxford''''' is a 1938 [[comedy-drama]] film directed by [[Jack Conway (film-maker)|Jack Conway]] and starring [[ ...ilm)|Waterloo Bridge]]'' (1940). Before this film, Taylor was seen as the "romantic love interest" and thus as a 1930s equivalent to [[Rudolph Valentino]], wit15 KB (2,249 words) - 18:17, 4 February 2023
- * [[Working Title Films]] | released = {{Film date|df=y|1999|5|21|United Kingdom|1999|5|28|United States}}41 KB (6,148 words) - 13:28, 24 March 2023
- ...ntham]]; and [[Roy Castle]] makes his only ''Carry On'' appearance, in the romantic male lead part usually played by [[Jim Dale]].<ref name="screen">{{cite web ...''Carry On'' staff writer; Rothwell wrote a further nineteen ''Carry On'' films.<ref name="Stevens">{{cite book |last= Stevens |first= Christopher|title= B15 KB (2,248 words) - 23:40, 14 February 2023
- ...ck comedy]], [[Comedy drama]], [[Musicals]], [[Adventure films]], [[Action films]], [[Sex comedies]], [[Western (genre)|Western]] ...rector of comedies, he also directed several drama, musical, and detective films. Late in his career, he took up writing, producing and directing for theate30 KB (4,205 words) - 17:53, 21 December 2022
- * [[Film4 Productions|Channel Four Films]] * [[Working Title Films]]50 KB (7,069 words) - 15:31, 17 March 2023
- ...=&Movie=55759 |title=A Fish Called Wanda |website=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118025232/ ...british-films/ |title=British Film Institute – Top 100 British Films |date=1999 |website=Cinemarealm.com |access-date=August 27, 2016}}</ref>30 KB (4,401 words) - 22:50, 29 September 2024
- ...ular customers as the main characters. It depicts the lives and social and romantic interactions of the staff, and is centred around the main character of Bren ...f><ref name=bcg2>{{cite web|title=DINNERLADIES: SERIES 2 – First broadcast 1999 & 2000|url=http://www.sitcom.co.uk/dinnerladies/series2.shtml|publisher=Bri33 KB (4,878 words) - 07:52, 14 March 2023
- His career as a comedy film actor was marked by hit films, particularly ''[[Bedazzled (1967 film)|Bedazzled]]'' (1967), set in [[Swin He composed the soundtracks for the films ''[[Bedazzled (1967 film)|Bedazzled]]'' (1967), ''[[30 is a Dangerous Age,38 KB (5,603 words) - 23:16, 13 February 2023
- The actor set to play the romantic lead changed from [[Adam Ant]] to [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] to [[Martin He ...w given in 2001, Cleese described ''Yellowbeard'' as "one of the six worst films made in the history of the world".<ref>2001 interview included as an extra19 KB (2,827 words) - 15:04, 27 January 2023
- ...sh stage, film and television character actor who became a star of British films during the Second World War. ...worked regularly at [[Ealing Studios]], first with starring roles in such films as ''[[They Knew Mr. Knight (film)|They Knew Mr. Knight]]'' (1946), ''[[The53 KB (7,608 words) - 10:40, 4 April 2023
- ...936-7cdf-11ef-980d-341a84fdff8f_story.html |title=A list of Maggie Smith's films |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=27 September 2024}}</ref> and g ...2012}}</ref> Greg Ferrara wrote that the film "is one of the best British films of the decade. It is as captivating today as it was upon its release and it90 KB (12,560 words) - 17:58, 28 September 2024
- ...he is best known as a regular of the [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'']] films, where she typically played strict, no-nonsense characters, but was also a ...brief, uncredited role. From 1958 to 1974 she appeared in 14 ''Carry On'' films, playing various roles including the formidable hospital [[matron|matron]].69 KB (10,597 words) - 19:20, 16 March 2023
- ...a list of actors who have appeared in [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'' films]]. ...Jacques—this plot device was used to greatest effect in the hospital-based films, which gave rise to Williams' famous catchphrase "ohhh Matron!".52 KB (7,967 words) - 08:02, 11 September 2024
- ...ish actor, comedian, musician and singer best known for a series of comedy films produced between 1953 and 1966 featuring his hapless onscreen character tha ...and many [[Eastern Bloc]] countries, particularly in [[Albania]] where his films were the only ones by Western actors permitted by dictator [[Enver Hoxha]]50 KB (7,368 words) - 22:33, 24 August 2024
- ...that aired on [[w:BBC Two|BBC Two]] between 1988 and 1993 and from 1997 to 1999, and on [[w:Dave (TV channel)|Dave]] in 2009 and 2012 and from 2016 to the ...and ended its original run on BBC2, by then rebranded BBC Two, on 5 April 1999 after eight series,<ref name="BBC – Programme Catalogue – RED DWARF –81 KB (11,458 words) - 13:06, 12 February 2023
- ...Britain|Arts Council]], Potter invested £500,000 in the production; [[BBC Films]] provided the rest of the capital. The film was not given a cinema release The last serial broadcast during Potter's lifetime was the romantic comedy ''[[Lipstick on Your Collar (TV series)|Lipstick on Your Collar]]''41 KB (6,216 words) - 09:11, 17 January 2023
- ...s work included appearances in several fantasy, science fiction and horror films, and playing the [[w:Second Doctor|second incarnation]] of [[w:Doctor (Doct ...''[[Warship (1973 TV series)|Warship]]'', ''[[Van der Valk]]'', ''[[Space: 1999]]'', ''[[The Onedin Line]]'', ''[[All Creatures Great and Small (1978 TV se47 KB (6,913 words) - 23:34, 2 January 2023
- * '''Original run:'''<br/>{{Start date|1988|02|15|df=y}} – {{End date|1999|04|05|df=y}} [[Dolby Surround]] (1991-1999)143 KB (20,021 words) - 07:59, 9 August 2024
- ...oped the Tramp persona and attracted a large fan base. He directed his own films and continued to hone his craft as he moved to the [[Essanay Studios|Essana ...ve the U.S. and settle in Switzerland. He abandoned the Tramp in his later films, which include ''[[Monsieur Verdoux]]'' (1947), ''[[Limelight (1952 film)|L164 KB (24,245 words) - 14:14, 25 August 2024