• Yes, Madam?
  The film was adapted from a play by K.R.G. Browne, itself based on a novel by the same author.<ref name="Kineweekly">Excerpt from ''[[Kine Wee ...ef>Script of 'Yes, Madam' accompanying Network on Air DVD release 'British Musicals of the 1930s: Volume 4' 7954378 (2015).</ref>
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• Dick Vosburgh
  ...d by [[Eric Idle]]. Vosburgh also provided the serious-sounding voice-over on the theatrical trailer for the film ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]'' ...The Two Ronnies]]'', ''[[Morecambe and Wise]]'' and ''[[Who Do You Do?]]'' on which he was also script editor. ''Who Do You Do?'' pioneered a fast format
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• The Tall Guy
  | studio = [[London Weekend Television]]<br />[[Working Title Films]] | distributor = [[Virgin Films|Virgin Vision]]
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• Lionel Bart
  ...960s birth of the British musical theatre scene after an era when American musicals had dominated the [[West End theatre|West End]].<ref name="nyt"/> ...imes]]|date=April 5, 1999}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fe1bdd1|title=Lionel Bart|website=Bfi.org.uk}}</ref><ref>{{
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• Alan Melville (writer)
  ...''The Adventures of the Pink Knight'' (1934), which were accepted and used on ''[[Children's Hour]]''. He was required to read the stories himself, his f Melville left the timber yard and struggled on his own for a while until he met a composer called George McNeill. Together
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• Lili Damita
  ...21 March 1994) was a French-American actress and singer who appeared in 33 films between 1922 and 1937. ...Damita was born '''Liliane Marie-Madeleine Carré''' in [[Blaye]], France, on 10 July 1904. Her father was an officer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://france3
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• Oliver! (film)
  | based_on = {{Based on|''[[Oliver!]]''|[[Lionel Bart]]}}<br />{{Based on|''[[Oliver Twist]]''|[[Charles Dickens]]}} | studio = [[Romulus Films]]
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• Ian La Frenais
  ...weekly [[List of satirical television news programs|satirical programme]] on [[Tyne Tees Television]] and then moved to London where he worked for a [[m ...Lads]]'', and by the end of the decade they had also written three feature films: ''[[The Jokers]]'', ''[[Otley (film)|Otley]]'' (directed by Clement) and '
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• Dick Clement
  | birth_place = [[Westcliff-on-Sea]], [[Essex]], England ...ege|Bishop's Stortford College]], and then spent a year in the [[USA|USA]] on an exchange visit. Upon his return, he completed his [[Conscription in the
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• George Grossmith Jr.
  ...d "[[revue]]s" to the London stage. Born in London, he took his first role on the musical stage at the age of 18 in ''[[Haste to the Wedding]]'' (1892), ...und Payne]]. At the same time, he developed a reputation as a co-writer of musicals and revues, usually adding jokes.
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• Stanley Black
  ...]]. He was aged only 12 when his first classical composition was broadcast on BBC Radio.<ref name="McDonald">{{cite news|last=McDonald|first=Tim|url=http ...Edgar Jackson suggested they record together, and the two men collaborated on a duet version of "[[Honeysuckle Rose (song)|Honeysuckle Rose]]".
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• Max Wall
  ...television and theatre.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9efee33a|title=Max Wall}}</ref> ...ily, whilst their mother went to live with Harry Wallace, whom she had met on tour. When their father died of [[tuberculosis]] in 1920, aged 37, their mo
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• Jack Buchanan
  ...name=DNB/> Hardship dogged him for a while before he became famous whilst on tour in 1915 in ''[[To-Night's the Night (musical)|Tonight's the Night]]''. ...="Larkin"/> whose cast included [[Fred Emney]]. The musical show was based on a book by Douglas Furber and L. Arthur Rose, and was staged at the [[Lyric
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• Oh! What a Lovely War
  | based_on = {{based on|''[[Oh, What a Lovely War!]]''|[[Joan Littlewood]]}} The film is based on the stage musical ''[[Oh, What a Lovely War!]]'', originated by [[Charles C
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• Help! (film)
  * Walter Shenson Films ...rchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915050205/http://beatles.com/#/films/Help|url-status=live}}</ref> The soundtrack was released as the band's [[He
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• The Pink Panther
  {{short description|Series of comedy films}} | films = {{Collapsible list
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• Harry Secombe
  ...n accomplished tenor, he also appeared in [[musical theater|musicals]] and films – notably as [[Bumble (Oliver Twist)|Bumble]] in ''[[Oliver! (film)|Olive He made his first radio broadcast in May 1944 on a variety show aimed at the services. Following the end of fighting in the
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• Blake Edwards
  ...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 theate
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• Anna Neagle
  ...er lightweight musicals, comedies and historical dramas. Almost all of her films were produced and directed by [[Herbert Wilcox]], whom she married in 1943. ...understudied [[Jessie Matthews]].<ref>Vermilye, Jerry. ''The Great British Films''. Secaucus, New Jersey: Citadel Press, 1978. p. 21.</ref>
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• Songs and monologues of Stanley Holloway
  ...ly recorded songs from musicals and revues, and he recited many monologues on various subjects.<ref name="GMO: Holloway" /> Most prominent among his reco !Recent album on which featured
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