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  • ...azy Gang]]. The screenplay concerns a down-on-its-luck circus that uses an Aladdin's Magic Lamp to try to save their business. [[Category:Works based on Aladdin]]
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  • ...hire a detective to trace Mother Riley, but without success. Mother Riley works her way through a variety of dead end jobs after separating from Kitty, and *Mexcine wrote, " based on a story by Kitty McShane...The picture is chiefly a mother-daughter melodra
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  • ...jor]] '''David John Croft''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|commas=on|OBE}} (born '''David John Andrew Sharland'''; 7 September 1922 – 27 ...us stage actress who had starred in the 1927 [[silent film|silent film]] ''On With The Dance,'' she was also the first woman to own a [[West End theatre|
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  • ...me known to a worldwide audience through his films of the 1930s and 1940s. On stage, screen and record he sang light, [[Novelty song|comical songs]], usu ...iner during those decades. The media historian Brian McFarlane writes that on film, Formby portrayed gormless Lancastrian innocents who would win through
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  • ...ties reportedly held at her house. Later, she showed talent as a performer on TV, in recordings, and in [[cabaret|cabaret]], and gained new public popula ...could have been Sybil Fawlty...|author=Thomson, David|work=The Independent on Sunday|location=London (UK)|date=16 May 2004|page=13}}</ref>
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  • ...ember the very same year. The 31st (and final) series started broadcasting on 25 July 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/p03l1r0w|title ...ncluded as an Extra feature on Series 31 & 32 on disc 4 which was released on 15 August 2016.
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