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rs in this 1962 Directed By ........................Montgomery Tully<br />
medy.<br />
Produced By ......................Maurice J. Wilson<br />
atriarchal mother<br />
ass family. She<br />
Hylda Baker..........................Hylda Worswick<br />
d (Cyril Smith) Cyril Smith ................................Joe Worswick<br />
ut dull son. The Joe Gibbons..............................Charlie Todger<br />
iddle class" Peter Myers............................Leslie Worswick<br />
an Sanderson<br />
Linda Castle ......................Marilyn Smallhope<br />
e an attractive<br />
ings go astray –<br />
Tim Connor ......................................Terry Roy<br />
do in this<br />
Neil Wilson ....................Clarence Smallhope<br />
Joan Sanderson..............Euphemia Smallhope<br />
Alfred Burke ........................................Mr. Fox<br />
n the fifties with<br />
Lucy Griffiths ..................Jenny Higginbottom<br />
nd earnest pop<br />
he class wars, a<br />
Leonard Sachs............................John Dawson<br />
ritain in that era Patricia Shakesby..................................Valerie<br />
ting her stuff!<br />
r toured the theatres in the 1950s with her act that usually<br />
ved a particularly tall woman called Cynthia. Hylda's most<br />
tchphrase was 'She Knows Y' Know'. Cynthia was usually a<br />
man in drag and was last played by Mathew Kelly.<br />
ker would achieve further success later in her career when<br />
arred as Nellie Pledge alongside Jimmy Jewel in the sitcom<br />
arest and Dearest' and alone (in virtually the same role) as<br />
rsgill in 'Not On Your Nellie' in the late 60s and early 70s.<br />
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Th City Sleeve 03/08/2010 15:04 Page 1<br />
fully simple story of<br />
Directed By<br />
(Richard Hearne)<br />
is job in the City Richard Hearne<br />
s ago, but didnt Gary Marsh<br />
ll his wife. So he Ellen Pollock<br />
town each day in Betty Sinclair<br />
pe and bowler then Tom Gill<br />
is clothes and Diana Calderwood<br />
pavement artist. Bill Shine<br />
tely Bill Shine (a Dora Bryan<br />
George Merritt<br />
s sent to tail him,<br />
Horace Kenney<br />
Ningle suddenly<br />
Stanley Baker<br />
rs Shine calls the<br />
ey find Ningle's<br />
d assume he's<br />
d. A suspicious<br />
seen near the scene<br />
e Ningle himself<br />
lice set out to<br />
le in connection<br />
wn death!<br />
Maclean Rogers<br />
Mr. Ningle<br />
Mr. Holley<br />
Mrs. Holley<br />
Mrs. Ningle<br />
Richard Holley<br />
Beryl Ningle<br />
Reporter<br />
Waitress<br />
Inspector<br />
Squeaker Man<br />
Police Constable<br />
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r returns in the Directed By ...................... Henry Edwards<br />
bs”, a character<br />
r famous in Betty Balfour .... Amelia “Squibs” Hopkins<br />
era.<br />
Gordon Harker .................... Sam Hopkins<br />
Stanley Holloway.... Constable Charley Lee<br />
Henry Edwards Margaret Yard .............................. Mrs. Lee<br />
f New Art Arthur Mullard ................................ Yossle<br />
One of the<br />
Morris Harvey ...................... Inspector Lee<br />
Michael Shepley .................... Colin Barratt<br />
f Twickenham<br />
Drusilla Wills .......................... Mrs. Parker<br />
de in 1935,<br />
O.B. Clarence .................... Sir John Barrett<br />
al Comedy<br />
Ronald Shiner ...................................... Bill<br />
tty Balfour)<br />
Thomas Weguelin.................................. Alf<br />
ower seller<br />
Henryetta Edwards .......................... Susan<br />
ning romance<br />
an (Stanley<br />
“...Betty Balfour was the only<br />
ut the tryst is<br />
International star of the British<br />
y the gambling<br />
silent cinema, the most popular<br />
ther (Gordon<br />
actress in Britain in the ’20s and in<br />
1927, named by the Daily Mirror<br />
as the country’s favourite world<br />
p of her friends<br />
star. Gamine-like, she was a<br />
ticket... Squibs<br />
consummate screen actress,<br />
y!<br />
whose sympathetic portrayals<br />
were often tinged<br />
with pathos...” BFI<br />
194754<br />
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Running Time: 72 mins approx Black & White Format: 4:3<br />
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on 1935<br />
ctions 2012 All Rights Reserved.<br />
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“Hylda Baker, one of Britain's greatest Music Hall comediennes, at her best!”<br />
Mad Cap Britsh Comedian Mr Pastry At His Best! Suitable For All Ages<br />
Starring “...Betty Balfour... the only International star<br />
of the British silent cinema”. BFI<br />
UNDER YOUR HAT_DVD:Charles Peace DVD 08/08/2014 17:57 Page 1<br />
Based on a play written by<br />
In this lively spy caper, the male half of a<br />
Jack Hulbert, who also produced married song-and-dance duo moonlights<br />
this Comedy Spy Caper and filmed as a government spy. Using their special<br />
at Worton Hall Studios, Isleworth. talents, the two investigate and expose a<br />
The King and Queen of comedy master-spy who has fitted a new kind of<br />
together on film for the last time. carburetor on his airplane.<br />
Dame Cicely Courtneidge (1893 - Directed By .................. Maurice Elvey<br />
1980) was the daughter of the producer<br />
Jack Hulbert .................... Jack Millett<br />
Robert Courtneidge and made her first<br />
professional stage appearance in his Cicely Courtneidge ............ Kay Millett<br />
play, The Arcadians at the Shaftesbury Austin Trevor ................ Boris Vladimir<br />
Theatre in July 1909. In 1916, she Leonora Corbett .......... Carole Markoff<br />
married her stage partner, Jack Hulbert<br />
Cecil Parker .......... Sir Jeffrey Arlington<br />
and their careers encompassed the<br />
stage, radio, television and film. She Anthony Hayes ........................ George<br />
also recorded popular songs such as Charles Oliver .............................. Carl<br />
Noel Gay’s, There’s Something About H.F. Maltby ........ Colonel Sheepshanks<br />
A Soldier. In 1972 she was created a<br />
Mary Barton ............ Mrs. Sheepshanks<br />
Dame for her services to entertainment.<br />
Glynis Johns ............................ Winnie<br />
Jack Hulbert (1892-1978), studied at Myrette Morven .............. Miss Stevens<br />
Cambridge and the Central School of Paul Sheridan ......................................<br />
Speech and Drama. Throughout the<br />
Roddy Hughes .............. Film Director<br />
thirties, he successfully went on to act,<br />
write and direct films. After the war he<br />
John Robinson .................... Performer<br />
and Cicely transferred their popular Don Marino Baretto ........Band Leader<br />
entertainment to the theatre and radio,<br />
performing revues and musical plays,<br />
“Stars enjoy a number<br />
that encompassed their own brand of of disguises in this cheerful<br />
light comedy, song and dance.<br />
lark 4/5”. QUINLANS<br />
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No material likely<br />
to offend or harm.<br />
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Year of Production 1940<br />
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WHAT A WHOPPER_DVD_RE_RUN:5509 WHAT A WHOPPER 17/11/2014 19:09 Page 1<br />
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Coming after ‘Operation<br />
Directed by.............Gilbert Gunn<br />
Bullshine’ and ‘My Wife’s<br />
Family’, What A Whopper Adam Faith .............Tony Blake<br />
is a comedy from former Sid James ................Harry Sutton<br />
documentarist Gilbert Gunn. Carole Lesley ..........Charlotte 'Charlie'<br />
Adam Faith stars in this tale<br />
Pinner<br />
about a struggling writer who Terence Longdon ....Vernon<br />
fakes photographs of the Loch Clive Dunn .............Mr. Slate<br />
Ness monster and then heads Freddie Frinton .......Gilbert Pinner<br />
for the Highlands to convince Marie-France ..........Marie<br />
the locals so that they’ll back Charles Hawtrey .....Arnold<br />
his book. Just about every Spike Milligan.........Tramp<br />
comedy stalwart you can Wilfrid Brambell ..... Postie<br />
think of crops up in support, Fabia Drake ............Mrs. Pinner<br />
from Carry On regulars Sid Harold Berens.........Sammy<br />
James and Charles Hawtrey to Ewan Roberts..........Jimmy<br />
TV favourites Wilfrid Brambell Archie Duncan .......Macdonald<br />
and Terry Scott. Even Spike Terry Scott...............Sergeant<br />
Milligan has a cameo as a<br />
tramp...<br />
Frantic Antics On Land And Sea!<br />
Its A ‘Monsterous’ Riot Of Fun!<br />
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Contains no material likely<br />
to offend or harm<br />
Authoring by: ITFC Photography: BFI<br />
Sleeve Design: Publicity Overload<br />
Year of Production 1960<br />
PARENTAL GUIDANCE. General viewing but some scenes<br />
may be unsuitable for young children.<br />
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194737<br />
COMEDY | 22<br />
She Knows<br />
Y’Know<br />
Something<br />
In The City<br />
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She Knows Y’Know<br />
Hylda Baker<br />
Cyril Smith<br />
Joan Sanderson<br />
She Knows Y’Know<br />
1962 £12.99 £7.99<br />
Hylda Baker plays the<br />
matriarchal mother of a<br />
working class family. She<br />
Directed by<br />
and her husband have<br />
Montgomery<br />
Tully<br />
a bright but dull son.<br />
The Smallhopes have an<br />
attractive daughter, but things go astray –<br />
as they usually do in this situation.<br />
Something In The City<br />
Cast: Hylda Baker, Cyril Smith,<br />
Joe Gibbons<br />
Something in the City<br />
Richard Hearne<br />
Ellen Pollock 1955 £12.99 £7.99<br />
Gary Marsh<br />
What A<br />
Whopper<br />
Mr Ningle lost his job<br />
in the City many years<br />
ago, but didnt want to<br />
tell his wife. So he goes<br />
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Directed by<br />
Maclean Rogers<br />
off to town each day in<br />
his pinstripe and bowler<br />
then changes his clothes and works as a<br />
pavement artist.<br />
Free<br />
Butchers<br />
Booklet<br />
Inside<br />
Cast: Richard Hearne, Gary Marsh,<br />
Ellen Pollock<br />
Under Your Hat<br />
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Under Your Hat<br />
What A Whopper<br />
Jack Hulbert<br />
Cicely Courtneidge<br />
Austin Trevor<br />
Directed by<br />
Maurice Elvey<br />
“Lively Spy Caper”. ROVI<br />
Under Your Hat<br />
1940 £12.99 £7.99<br />
In this lively spy caper,<br />
the male half of a<br />
married song-and-dance<br />
duo moonlights as a<br />
government spy. Using<br />
their special talents, the<br />
two investigate and expose a master-spy<br />
who has fitted a new kind of carburetor on<br />
his airplane.<br />
Cast: Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge,<br />
Austin Trevor<br />
Directed by<br />
Gilbert Gunn<br />
Adam Faith<br />
Sid James<br />
Charles Hawtrey<br />
Terence Longdon<br />
Freddie Frinton<br />
A Book! A Monster! A Film!<br />
What a Whopper<br />
1960 £12.99 £7.99<br />
A tale about a struggling<br />
writer who fakes<br />
photographs of the Loch<br />
Ness monster and then<br />
heads for the Highlands to<br />
convince the locals so that<br />
they’ll back his book.<br />
Cast: Adam Faith, Sid James,<br />
Carole Lesley<br />
Squibs<br />
Squibs<br />
Stanley Holloway<br />
Betty Balfour<br />
Ronald Shiner Gordon Harker<br />
Directed by<br />
Henry<br />
Edwards<br />
Squibs<br />
1935 £12.99 £7.99<br />
A cockney flower<br />
seller has a burgeoning<br />
romance with policeman,<br />
but the tryst is threatened<br />
by the gambling of Squibs’<br />
Father. With the help of<br />
her friends and a lottery ticket... Squibs<br />
saves the day!<br />
Cast: Betty Balfour, Gordon Harker,<br />
Stanley Holloway<br />
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