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Asking For Trouble (novel)
''Asking for Trouble'' is a 1942 British comedy film directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring Max Miller, Carole Lynne and Wilfrid Hyde-White. Its plot follows a fishmonger who takes up bookmaking to earn extra cash. Cast * Max Miller as Dick Smith * Carole Lynne as Jane Smythe * Mark Lester as General Smythe * Wilfrid Hyde-White as Pettifer * Billy Percy as George * Eleanor Hallam as Margarita * Aubrey Mallalieu as General Fortescue * Kenneth Kove as Captain Fortescue * Chick Elliott Violet Elliott (born Violet Zara Hargrave; 26 February 1899 – 20 May 1977), who was known in Britain as Chick Elliott, was an Australian comedian, singer and actress. Early life and career She was born in Melbourne, the daughter of Arthur H ... as Mandy Lou * Esma Cannon as Ada * Lesley Osmond as Paulette * Raymond Glendenning as commentator References Bibliography * St. Pierre, Paul Matthew. ''Music Hall Mimesis in British Film, 1895-1960: On the Halls on the Screen''. Ass ...
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Oswald Mitchell
Oswald Albert Mitchell (1890 - April 27, 1949) was a British film director who directed several of the Old Mother Riley series of films."Mitchell, Oswald"
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Selected filmography

* ''The Guns of Loos'' (1928, producer) * ''Such Is the Law (1930 film), Such Is the Law'' (1930, producer) * ''Danny Boy (1934 film), Danny Boy'' (1934) *''Cock o' The North'' (1935) * ''King of Hearts (1936 film), King of Hearts'' (1936) * ''Love Up the Pole'' (1936, producer) * ''Variety Parade'' (1936) * ''Old Mother Riley (film), Old Mother Riley'' (1937) * ''Lily of Laguna (film), Lily of Laguna'' (1938) *''Night Journey (1938 film)'' *''Little Dolly Daydream'' (1938) * ''Almost a Gentleman (1938 film), Almost a Gentleman'' (1938) * ''Old Mother Riley in Paris'' (1938) *''Music Hall ...
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Chick Elliott
Violet Elliott (born Violet Zara Hargrave; 26 February 1899 – 20 May 1977), who was known in Britain as Chick Elliott, was an Australian comedian, singer and actress. Early life and career She was born in Melbourne, the daughter of Arthur Hargrave — a New Zealand-born comedian and acrobat who used the stage name Arthur Elliott — and his wife Maud Fanning. The family toured widely in Australia and New Zealand as part of variety revues, and Violet (credited as Violet Elliott) joined the shows from a young age, performing with her parents and sisters. From about 1913, she largely performed a solo act, combining comic routines and singing, and from the late 1910s onward toured Australia as a solo performer, often performing in blackface make-up as a 'coon' singer, and appearing in pantomimes. In the 1920s, she featured in several Australian films, and on radio.
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1940s British Films
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 100 days ...
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British Black-and-white Films
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Films Set In London
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ...
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British Comedy Films
British comedy films are comedy films produced in the United Kingdom. In the early 1930s, film adaptations of stage farces were popular. British comedy films are numerous, but among the most notable are the Ealing comedies, the 1950s work of the Boulting Brothers, and innumerable popular comedy series including the St Trinian's films, the ''Doctor'' series, and the long-running Carry On films. Some of the best known British film comedy stars include Will Hay, George Formby, Norman Wisdom, Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers and the Monty Python team. Other actors associated with British comedy films include Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Margaret Rutherford, Irene Handl and Leslie Phillips. Most British comedy films of the early 1970s were spin-offs of television series. Recent successful films include the working-class comedies ''Brassed Off'' (1996) and ''The Full Monty'' (1997), the more middle class Richard Curtis-scripted films ''Four Weddings and a Funeral'' (1994) and ''Nottin ...
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1942 Comedy Films
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 100 da ...
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Films Directed By Oswald Mitchell
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sens ...
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1940s English-language Films
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 100 da ...
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1942 Films
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus The Battle of Issus (also Issos) occurred in southern Anatolia, on November 5, 333 BC between the Hellenic League led by Alexander the Great and the Achaemenid Empire, led by Darius III. It was the second great battle of Alexander's conquest of ...: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 Roman legion, legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to An ...
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Raymond Glendenning
Raymond Carl Glendenning (25 September 1907 – 23 February 1974) was a BBC radio sports commentator and occasional character actor. Early years He was born in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, and was educated at Newport High School and the University of London. He worked briefly as a chartered accountant before joining the BBC as an organiser on Children's Hour in Cardiff in 1932. Pre-war and wartime career In 1935 he moved to Belfast as an outside broadcasts assistant, and began commentating on local sporting events on the BBC's Northern Ireland service. In 1939 he moved to London and joined the national outside broadcasts staff, becoming assistant director in 1942. By this time he was commentating on many major sporting events, and by the end of the Second World War was the BBC's leading sports commentator. Postwar career He covered the FA Cup Final every year from 1946 to 1963. He also commentated on the 1962 World Cup and regularly on domestic and international football m ...
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Lesley Osmond
Lesley Osmond (23 November 1921 – March 1987) was a British actress. She appeared in the 1953 West End musical '' The Glorious Days''. Selected filmography * ''Asking for Trouble'' (1942) * ''In Which We Serve'' (1942) * ''We'll Meet Again'' (1943) * ''I'll Turn to You'' (1946) * '' The Mysterious Mr. Nicholson'' (1947) * '' House of Darkness'' (1948) * ''This Was a Woman'' (1948) * ''The Story of Shirley Yorke'' (1948) * ''Let's Have a Murder'' (1950) * ''Chelsea Story'' (1951) * ''Death Is a Number ''Death Is a Number'' is a 1951 British horror film directed by Robert Henryson and starring Terence Alexander, Lesley Osmond and Peter Gawthorne. Plot A racing driver is persecuted by the number 9. Cast * Terence Alexander - Alan Robert * L ...'' (1951) References External links * 1921 births 1987 deaths Actresses from London English film actresses 20th-century English actresses {{UK-film-actor-stub ...
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