• The Big Freeze (film)
  ...[Finland]]. Like other Sykes directorial vehicles, the piece is a [[silent comedy]] with a star cast - here including [[Bob Hoskins]], [[John Mills]], [[Dona A silent comedy. Two accident-prone plumbers go to fix the plumbing at a home for retired g
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• It's Your Move (1982 film)
  ...by Sykes, the action unfolds in a style echoing the silent, [[slapstick]] comedy era. [[Category:1982 films]]
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• The Ghost Train (1931 film)
  '''''The Ghost Train''''' is a 1931 British [[comedy film|comedy]] [[thriller film]] directed by [[Walter Forde]] and starring [[Jack Hulber [[Category:1931 films]]
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• Old Mother Riley's Circus
  | studio = [[British National Films]] ...Bentley, who had been a leading British director during the [[silent film|silent era]] and early [[sound film|sound era]].
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• Walter Forde
  ...south London in 1898, he directed over fifty films between 1919 from the [[silent era]] through to 1949 in the [[sound film|sound era]].<ref name="imdb.com"/ ...films. Emerging as an established film director in the 1930s, he directed films for [[Gainsborough Pictures]] and [[Ealing Studios]].
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• The Passionate Pilgrim (1984 film)
  ...e his long-term partner [[Ernie Wise]]. The film takes the setting of a [[silent film]] with narration provided by [[John Le Mesurier]] of ''[[Dad's Army]]' [[Category:1984 films]]
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• Marcel Varnel
  ...for his career in the United States and England as a director of plays and films ...ilms. Among the performers he worked with were [[Will Hay]], [[Crazy Gang (comedy group)|The Crazy Gang]], [[Arthur Askey]] and [[George Formby]].
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• The Movies (The Goodies)
  ...he Movies'''" is an episode of the [[w:United Kingdom|British]] [[w:comedy|comedy]] television series ''[[The Goodies (TV series)|The Goodies]]''. ...films. They then fire all the directors, whom they consider to be making films which are either "''very boring or extremely pretentious in many cases both
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• The Plank (1979 film)
  '''''The Plank''''' is a 30-minute, British [[slapstick]] [[comedy film]] for [[television]] from 1979, which was written and directed by [[Er Although not literally a [[silent film]], it has little spoken dialogue. Instead the film is punctuated by gr
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• The Farmer's Wife (1941 film)
  ...chive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804062049/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a9dc1a3|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 August 2017|title=Th * Strauss, Marc Raymond. ''Alfred Hitchcock's Silent Films''. McFarland, 2015.
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• The Plank (1967 film)
  ...[Jon Penington]]. The story was based on an episode of Eric Sykes' [[BBC]] comedy series ''[[Sykes and a...]]'' from 1964, called "Sykes and a Plank". Although not strictly a [[silent film]], it is unusual in having little dialogue; instead, the film is punct
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• The Smallest Show on Earth
  | studio = {{ubl|Hallmark Productions|[[British Lion Films|British Lion Film Corporation]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Brooke|first=Michael|ur | distributor = {{ubl|British Lion Films (UK)|Times Film Corporation (US)}}
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• Lupino Lane
  ...music hall]] and film performances. Increasingly celebrated for his silent comedy short subjects, he is best known in the United Kingdom for playing Bill Sni ...oscoe Arbuckle]] was one of his directors, but Lane was soon directing the films himself under the pseudonym "Henry W. George" (his given names). These come
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• Helter Skelter (1949 film)
  '''''Helter Skelter''''' is a 1949 British [[w:romantic comedy|romantic comedy]] film directed by [[Ralph Thomas]] and starring [[Carol Marsh]], [[David T ...nnection with the plot, and are included principally for their stand-alone comedy value. The following are noteworthy:
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• Hobson's Choice (1954 film)
  | studio = [[London Films]] | distributor = [[British Lion Films]]<br>[[United Artists]]
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• The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
  ...n sketches, each representing a [[sin]] and written by an array of British comedy-writing talent, including [[Graham Chapman]], [[Spike Milligan]], [[Barry C ...e'' episode in the second (1963) series of ''[[Comedy Playhouse (series 2)|Comedy Playhouse]]''. It was remade again in 1996 as an episode of ''[[Paul Merton
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• Eric Barker
  | occupation = Comedy actor ...n (film series)|Carry On]]'' films, although he only appeared in the early films in the series, apart from returning for ''[[Carry On Emmannuelle]]'' in 197
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• The Knack ...and How to Get It
  '''''The Knack …and How to Get It''''' is a 1965 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Richard Lester]] and starring [[Rita Tushingham]], [[R ...was nominated for a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical]], and the film was nominated for [[Golden Globe Award for Best
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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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• The Last Remake of Beau Geste
  ...make of Beau Geste''''' is a 1977 British [[historical film|historical]] [[comedy film]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E07 ...[Universal Pictures]] for a five picture deal to direct, write, and act in films, beginning with ''The Last Remake of Beau Geste''.<ref>MOVIE CALL SHEET: Ru
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