• You Lucky People!
  | distributor = [[Adelphi Films]] ...e.com}}</ref> while [[BFI Screenonline]] describes how the film did steady business on its release, with [[Kine Weekly]] writing, "expertly handled by (Elvey)
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• Left Right and Centre
  ...-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225051001/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/films/Left-Right-and-Centre |archive-date=25 February 2012 |url-status=dead }}</r ...didate in order to spark public interest in the election, boosting his own business. It is also clear that the political contest is added to by the enmity of t
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• The Constant Husband
  | distributor = [[British Lion Films]] {{small|(UK)}} ...took over the running of Shepperton as well as British Lion's distribution business, and the film finally received its world premiere at the [[London Pavilion]
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• Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
  | distributor = [[Renown Pictures]] (UK)<br>Blue Chip Films (US)<br> [[Columbia Pictures]] (US re-release 1963) ...[[Old Mother Riley]] [[film series]], and did not feature Lucan's wife and business partner [[Kitty McShane]], from whom he had separated in 1951.
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• A Date with a Dream
  | studio = [[Tempean Films]] ...nd decide to reform their act. This was one of [[Terry-Thomas]]'s earliest films and is reputedly partly based on his own experiences.<ref>{{cite web|url=ht
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• Inn for Trouble
  | distributor = [[Eros Films]] (UK) ...in feature in the days of cinema double features. it was a spin-off of the 1950s sitcom ''[[The Larkins (1958 TV series)|The Larkins]]'' - starring [[Peggy
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• The Million Pound Note
  ...uchess of Cromarty. Then fellow American Lloyd Hastings asks him to back a business venture. Hastings tells Adams that he does not have to put up any money him [[Category:1954 films]]
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• The Man in the White Suit
  |gross=£90,000<ref name="sue">{{cite book|title=British Cinema of The 1950s The Decline of Deference|first1=Sue|last1= Harper|first2=Vincent|last2= Por ...cloth, demand will drop precipitously and put the textile industry out of business. The managers try to trick and bribe Stratton into signing away the rights
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• Ramsbottom Rides Again
  | distributor = [[w:British Lion Films|British Lion Films]] ...ea Askey]], Arthur's daughter has a minor role.<ref>[http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b3e5376 "Film details: 'Ramsbottom Rides Again' (1956)."] '
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• John Baxter (director)
  ...the Dole]]'' (1941), and was the producer-director for the musical-comedy films of [[Flanagan and Allen]] during [[World War II]]. ...oduction company with his friend [[John Barter]]. He also acted in several films produced by [[Lance Comfort]].<ref name="google1"/>
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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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• Barnacle Bill (1957 film)
  ...each hut|bathing hut]]s (under [[compulsory purchase]]) to further his own business interests, she resigns from the council and informs Ambrose. He counters by [[Category:1957 films]]
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• Hobson's Choice (1954 film)
  | studio = [[London Films]] | distributor = [[British Lion Films]]<br>[[United Artists]]
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• Alive and Kicking (1959 film)
  ...ve.org/web/20171107055051/http://www.reelstreets.com/index.php/reelstreets-films?filmcat=SCOTLAND |archive-date=7 November 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Category:1959 films]]
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• Private's Progress
  | distributor = [[British Lion Films]] {{small|(UK)}} ...ce]]), who rapidly rose from the rank of Major for facilitating profitable business deals for his superior officers and is now a senior officer in the [[War Of
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• What a Whopper
  | distributor = Regal Films International ...to photograph, only to discover that several locals, in an attempt to draw business and attention back to the area, had the same idea and made their own fake m
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• Harold Berens
  ...ompleting his education he worked as a shirt salesman, primarily to a show business clientele, while developing his own talent for comedy, especially his abili ...''.<ref name=jewish/> He also developed a career as a supporting actor in films and television. His first film appearance was in ''[[Candlelight in Algeri
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• Kitty McShane
  ...es of ''[[Old Mother Riley]]'' stage shows and films from the 1930s to the 1950s. McShane appeared in 14 of the 15 'Old Mother Riley' films. Lucan and McShane's marriage was difficult, possibly due to the rumors of
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• Ealing comedies
  ...cle Bill]]'' (1957) the last,<ref>Parkinson, David. ''Radio Times Guide to Films 2010'', BBC Worldwide, 2009. {{ISBN|978-0-9555886-2-4}}</ref> although some ...little in common with the later Ealing comedy films. Ealing made no comedy films at all in 1945 and 1946.<ref name="auto">Murphy p.211</ref>
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• I'm All Right Jack
  | distributor = [[British Lion Films|British Lion Films]] (UK) ...Hackney|Alan Hackney]].<ref name=bfi>{{cite web |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6acf2bb5 |title=I'm All Right Jack (1959) |website=British F
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