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Friends And Neighbours
''Friends and Neighbours'' is a 1959 British comedy film directed by Gordon Parry and starring Arthur Askey, Megs Jenkins and Peter Illing. Plot At the height of the Cold War, a working-class British family have to entertain two visitors from Russia. Cast * Arthur Askey ... Albert Grimshaw * Megs Jenkins ... Lily Grimshaw * Peter Illing ... Nukita * Tilda Thamar ... Olga * Reginald Beckwith ... Wilf Holmes * June Whitfield ... Doris Holmes * Danny Ross ... Sebastian Green * Catherine Feller ... Susan Grimshaw * Jess Conrad ... Buddy Fisher * George A. Cooper ... Wheeler, George * Max Robertson ... TV announcer * Arthur Howard ... Rev. Dobson * Eynon Evans ... Shopkeeper * Linda Castle ... Gloria Stockwell * Ken Parry ... Sid * Steven Scott ... Bus superintendent * Richard Walter ... Bus inspector * Donald Bisset ... Porter * Anatole Smirnoff ... Russian embassy official * Laurence Herder ... 1st Russian * Paul Bogdan ... 2nd Russian * Alan Scott ... 3rd Ru ...
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Gordon Parry (film Director)
Gordon Parry (24 July 1908 – 6 May 1981) was a British film director and producer. Early life He was born in Aintree, Liverpool, on 24 July 1908. Career He worked on the crew of such films as ''Strictly Illegal'' (1935) and was a key member of the team at Two Cities Films. He directed his first film ''Bond Street (film), Bond Street'' in 1948. He died on 6 May 1981.Round the British Studios WITH Mepean, Edith. Picture Show; London Vol. 57, Iss. 1496, (1 Dec 1951): 11. Personal life He had 2 daughters, the actress Natasha Parry, who was married to the director Peter Brook, and Nina. Selected filmography Non director *''Strictly Illegal'' (1935) - unit producer *''The Stoker (1935 film), The Stoker'' (1937) - unit producer *''In Which We Serve'' (1942) - location manager *''The Demi-Paradise'' (1943) - assistant to producer *''The Way to the Stars'' (1945) - associate producer * ''Night Was Our Friend'' (1951) - producer As director * ''Bond Street (film), Bond Street'' (19 ...
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British Films Based On Plays
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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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1959 Comedy Films
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Films Directed By Gordon Parry
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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1959 Films
The year 1959 in film involved some significant events, with '' Ben-Hur'' winning a record 11 Academy Awards. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1959 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 23 – Republic Pictures releases its last production, ''Plunderers of Painted Flats''. *January 29 – Walt Disney's ''Sleeping Beauty'' premieres, their most expensive film to date and the first animated film to be shot in Super Technirama 70. It initially ends up losing money for the studio due to its high production costs. However, it would eventually gain a cult following and is now considered one of Disney's great classics. *April 30 – François Truffaut's ''The 400 Blows'' opens the 1959 Cannes Film Festival bringing international attention to the French New Wave. * June 4 – The Three Stooges release their 190th and last short film, ''Sappy Bull Fighters''. * June 7 – A contract between Paramount and Jerry Lewis Productions ...
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Judy Cornwell
Judy Valerie Cornwell (born 22 February 1940) is an English actress and writer best known for her role as Daisy in the successful British sitcom ''Keeping Up Appearances'' (1990–1995). She also played Anya Claus in '' Santa Claus: The Movie'' (1985). In her later years she became known for playing Miss Marple in many stage productions, including ''A Murder Is Announced'' between 2014 and 2016. Biography Cornwell's father served in the RAF and she grew up in Britain, where she attended a convent school, with Penelope Keith. She later attended Saint Michael Boarding school in Heacham, Norfolk, before moving to Australia with her family. She has written about her childhood experiences in her autobiography ''Adventures of a Jelly Baby''. She later returned to Britain and became a professional dancer and comedian in her teens, working her act between the nudes at Dhurjati Chaudhury's Irving Theatre Club, on Irving Street, off Leicester Square, London., before becoming an actress. ...
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Julia Sutton (actress)
Julia Sutton (born 7 December 1938) is an English actress and singer. She appeared in the film ''Half a Sixpence'', the second series of ''Albert and Victoria'', '' Upstairs, Downstairs'', ''Dixon of Dock Green'', and ''Father Brown''. Sutton has appeared on stage as Nancy in ''Oliver!'', Mme. Dindon in ''La Cage aux Folles'', Hortense in ''Martin Guerre'' (1995), as The Bird Woman in ''Mary Poppins'' (2004–05) and as Sister Mary Lazarus in ''Sister Act the Musical'' at the London Palladium. She appeared in a number of other BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board exam. ... ... productions, including the TV musical '' Pickwick'' for the in 1969, and in the dystopian drama ''1990'' as a Non-Citizen in a 1977 episode of the same name. Sutton made many appearances on BBC TV's '' The ...
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Ruth Kettlewell
Ruth Kettlewell (born Ruth Anne Berry, 13 April 1913 – 17 July 2007) was an English actress. She was, by her own admission, a "character bag"; that is, a face recognisable to regular television viewers, but not a household name. Early life Kettlewell was born as the second daughter of a clergyman, and was educated at Casterton School and at art college. She married a curate, the Rev Robert Kettlewell, at the age of eighteen. Her husband died from the scarlet fever that he caught while serving as a wartime army padre. She herself served in the Women's Land Army from 1942 to 1946. Career Early career After playing small parts in many amateur dramatic productions, Kettlewell began her career in repertory theatre at the Little Theatre, Great Yarmouth; first with Aurora Productions Limited and later with the Great Yarmouth Repertory Company. By the late 1950s, she had managed to secure small West End roles. In 1959, she had her first film role in '' Room at the Top''. She also ...
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Donald Bisset
Donald Bisset (30 August 1910 – 10 August 1995), was an English actor. He also wrote stories for children which he mostly illustrated himself. They have been translated into 16 languages. Selected filmography * ''Murder in the Cathedral'' (1951) – First Priest * ''Noose for a Lady'' (1953) – Superintendent Shelford * '' The Brain Machine'' (1955) – Maj. Gifford, hospital superintendent * ''Little Red Monkey'' (1955) – Editor Harris * '' Up the Creek'' (1958) – Farm Laborer * ''Broth of a Boy'' (1959) – Newcome * ''The Headless Ghost'' (1959) – Guide * ''Friends and Neighbours'' (1959) – Porter * ''A Touch of Larceny'' (1959) – Club Member * '' The Battle of the Sexes'' (1960) – Tobacconist * ''Hide and Seek'' (1964) – Stranger on Platform * ''Eye of the Devil'' (1966) – Rennard * ''Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon'' (1967) – Flood * ''Two a Penny'' (1967) – Dr. Berman * ''Carry On Again Doctor'' (1969) – Patient (uncredited) * '' See No Evil'' ( ...
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Ken Parry
Ken Parry (20 June 1930 – 5 December 2007), was an English actor, born in Wigan, Lancashire. Bald, portly and cherubic, Parry portrayed mainly comic character parts in a number of films, but was more prolific on television, in such series as ''The Army Game'', '' The Avengers'', '' The Baron'', '' The Newcomers'', ''Dixon of Dock Green'', '' Nearest and Dearest'', '' Love Thy Neighbour'', ''Z-Cars'', '' The Sweeney'', '' Coronation Street'', '' Hazell'' and ''Children's Ward''. Selected filmography * ''Friends and Neighbours'' (1959) - Sid * '' Just For Fun'' (1963) - Lift Attendant * '' The Liquidator'' (1965) - Tailor (uncredited) * ''Out of the Unknown'' ('Time in Advance', episode) (1965) - Ballaskia * '' The Brides of Fu Manchu'' (1966) - Hospital Receptionist (uncredited) * ''The Taming of the Shrew'' (1967) - Tailor * ''Otley'' (1968) - 3rd Businessman * '' Start the Revolution Without Me'' (1970) - Dr. Boileau * '' Spring and Port Wine'' (1970) - Pawnbroker * '' Burke & Ha ...
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