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- ...ll p.289</ref> Two incompetent detectives search for a missing document at the [[Highland Games]]. * Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film''. British Film Institute, 2007.2 KB (229 words) - 15:53, 26 January 2023
- | image = The Ghost Train (1931 film).jpg | based_on = ''[[The Ghost Train (play)|The Ghost Train]]'' by [[Arnold Ridley]]3 KB (387 words) - 12:34, 7 February 2023
- ...mer]] and [[Peter Gawthorne]]. It was made at the [[Gainsborough Studios]] in [[Islington]].<ref>Wood p.90</ref> ...film, both of whom would go onto act as straight men to Hay in his future films.4 KB (497 words) - 23:20, 7 February 2023
- ...an Barry]] and [[Warwick Ward]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6afcfd5f|title=BFI | Film & TV Database | MAN OF M ...gned up by [[Herbert Wilcox]] and appeared in several films for him during the decade beginning with ''[[Goodnight, Vienna]]'' (1932).3 KB (362 words) - 19:34, 3 October 2024
- ...= Maurice Elvey (left), Gordon Harker and real London busmen rehearsing on set ...ref> The screenplay concerns a London [[bus driver]] who becomes embroiled in a plot by foreign agents to steal secret documents. It was made at [[Pinewo3 KB (387 words) - 17:04, 25 February 2023
- |distributor = [[Wardour Films]] ...itute]]|accessdate=10 September 2018}}</ref> Unlike most of Lupino's other films it was based on an original screenplay rather than an existing stage work.2 KB (288 words) - 19:30, 16 August 2024
- | name = All In | image = All In Film Poster.jpg3 KB (379 words) - 12:50, 6 February 2023
- | name = The Good Old Days ...of entertainers struggling to obtain permission to perform at a [[tavern]] in 1840.3 KB (415 words) - 08:08, 10 September 2024
- ...Miller sings "[[The Charabanc Song]]" and his signature tune "[[Mary from the Dairy]]". ...s each year, and during the 1930s the company produced a large quantity of films at Teddington.3 KB (349 words) - 22:40, 19 July 2024
- ...British subsidiary of [[Warner Brothers]] The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]]s [[Peter Proud]] and [[Michael Relph]]. ...pocket, he withdraws his support and throws himself whole-heartedly behind the campaign of Gusty's honourable opponent Norman Prodder ([[Frederick Burtwel3 KB (389 words) - 22:41, 19 July 2024
- ...ta quickie|quota quickie]].<ref>Chibnall p.274</ref> A young woman working in a shop poses as a [[w:film star|film star]]. * Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film''. British Film Institute, 2007.3 KB (371 words) - 09:10, 20 January 2023
- | starring = {{ubl|[[Crazy Gang (comedy group)|The Crazy Gang]]|[[Fred Duprez]]|[[Graham Moffatt]]|[[Enid Stamp Taylor]]}} ...they are mistaken for a group of potential investors and given free run of the studios, causing chaos.3 KB (439 words) - 17:04, 25 February 2023
- ...939) |publisher=British Film Institute |access-date=28 April 2018 }}</ref> The screenplay concerns two lorry drivers who become mixed up with criminals wh ...nd last feature film made by Willis who had also appeared with Kirkwood in the 1938 comedy film ''[[Save a Little Sunshine]]''. It was made at [[Welwyn St2 KB (318 words) - 20:22, 8 February 2023
- ...in a later film ''[[The Ghost of St. Michael's]]''), and applies for a job in another school. ...ncy at Blackdown Prison in [[Devon]]. On the way to what Twist believes is the school, he becomes drunk, and on arrival is mistaken for Max Slessor, a pri4 KB (508 words) - 11:25, 20 February 2023
- | image = Those Were the Days (1934 film) DVD boxart.jpg | based_on = {{based on|[[The Magistrate (play)|''The Magistrate'']]|Sir Arthur Wing Pinero}}3 KB (480 words) - 20:20, 16 February 2023
- | name = Old Bones of the River | image = Old Bones of the River lobby card.jpg3 KB (489 words) - 18:18, 5 February 2023
- ...ilms. The film's plot centres on Old Mother Riley standing for election to the House of Commons. ...ley in Paris / Old Mother Riley M.P. | DVD Video Review | Film @ The Digital Fix |publisher=Film.thedigitalfix.com |date=2006-01-01 |access-date5 KB (649 words) - 23:37, 8 February 2023
- ...tzner]]. It is part of the [[operetta film]] genre that was popular during the era. ...is betrothed to the king of a neighbouring country, but falls in love with the army officer sent to escort her there. Meanwhile, a revolution breaks out.3 KB (357 words) - 19:25, 6 August 2024
- ...and Marriott had previously acted separately in films starring Hay, namely in ''[[Dandy Dick (film)|Dandy Dick]]'' and [[Where There's a Will (1936 film) ...nd his companions fall in with West Indian natives who mistake their radio set for a god.3 KB (457 words) - 10:28, 21 February 2023
- ..., made on a considerably higher budget than many of the [[quota quickies]] the studios usually produced. Unlike several of Miller's Teddington films which are now [[lost film|lost]], this still survives.3 KB (462 words) - 15:57, 22 September 2024