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  • | image = "Old Mother Riley at Home" (1945).jpg | studio = [[British National Films]]
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  • | image = "I_Didn't_Do_It"_(1945).jpg | released = 6 August 1945 (UK)
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  • ...J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 321.</ref><ref name="icon">Alexander Wal '''''She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas''''' is a 1985 British comedy film directed by [[John Goldschmidt]] and starring [[Julie Walters]], [[Ant
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  • ...previously filmed by [[Edward Small]] in [[Brewster's Millions (1945 film)|1945]].<ref name=NYT>{{cite news |title=Three on a Spree |author=Eugene Archer | [[Category:1961 films]]
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  • | image = 29_Acacia_Avenue_(1945).jpg ...tributor = [[Columbia Pictures]] Corporation (United Kingdom)<br>Oxford Films (United States)
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  • ...58 film)|adapted again in 1958]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b05ff97|title=The Middle Watch (1931)}}</ref><ref>http://ww This [[comedy film]] features battleship Captain Maitland ([[Jack Buchanan]]) celebrating
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  • ...icket''] at [[BFI Film & TV Database]]</ref> It was also one of the final films made by [[Gainsborough Pictures]] before the studio was merged into the [[R ...|batman]] is actually wanted [[War crime#London Charter / Nuremberg Trials 1945|war criminal]] Otto Fisch. He vanishes on arrival in England and the two of
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  • ...'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 ...Previous to Old Mother Riley, drag was a mixture of singing acts and short comedy sketches in music halls across the UK.
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  • | distributor = [[Gainsborough Studios]]<br />Ellis Films (US) ...1945-c22731925&usg=ALkJrhiPuUc4vZGBcb7OUARBcpu2dF_c5A French box office in 1945] at Box office story</ref>
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  • ...rty years including many of the [[Aldwych Farces]] films, and [[Will Hay]] films such as ''[[Boys Will Be Boys (1935 film)|Boys Will Be Boys]]''. ...ilm ''[[My Brother's Keeper (1948 film)|My Brother's Keeper]]'' (1948) and comedy film ''[[It's Not Cricket (1949 film)|It's Not Cricket]]'' (1949).
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  • ...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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  • ...id Green''' and '''Dick Hills''', were a British partnership of television comedy writers, at their highest profile during the 1960s. ...th-east London. They were both school captains, Hills in 1943 and Green in 1945. Richard returned to the school as a teacher of English, Latin and French.
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  • ...J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 360</ref> '''''Nothing but the Best''''' is a 1964 British [[black comedy film]] directed by [[Clive Donner]] and starring [[Alan Bates]], [[Denholm
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  • ...eenonline.org.uk}}</ref><ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba17b8221|title=Frank Launder}}</ref> ...in the 1930s, contributing the original story for the classic [[Will Hay]] comedy ''[[Oh, Mr Porter!]]'' (1937).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.o
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  • .... He directed films with comedians such as [[Will Hay]], the [[Crazy Gang (comedy group)|Crazy Gang]] and [[Arthur Askey]] and several of the [[Gainsborough Crabtree did some films for [[Michael Powell]], ''[[Lazybones (1935 film)|Lazybones]]'' (1935) and
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  • | studio = Associated London Films '''''Till Death Us Do Part''''' is a 1969 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Norman Cohen]], written by [[Johnny Speight]], and sta
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  • ...J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 356.</ref> '''''A Run for Your Money''''' is a 1949 [[Ealing Studios]] [[comedy film]] starring [[Donald Houston]] and [[Meredith Edwards (actor)|Meredith
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  • ...It was natural for them to get together as they shared a similar style of comedy and worked on the same bills at theatres. ...rriott]], who was a frequent co-star of Will Hay, often turned up in their films. Eddie Gray, their associate and equally crazy comic, appeared in the later
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  • ...J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 361</ref> '''''Charlie Bubbles''''' is a 1968 British [[Comedy drama|comedy-drama film]] directed by [[Albert Finney]] (in his feature directorial debu
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  • | yearsactive = 1930–1945 '''Leslie Fuller''' (9 October 1888 – 24 April 1948) was a British comedy film actor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/7565
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