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I perused the back of the DVD cover of Sergeant/Nurse and it says that the Carry On series "was a surprise hit in America." That certainly goes for me as a token Everyman/ LittleChap/etc. yank. Still can't get over someone watching it in a theatre in Nebraska (NEBRASKA?!) as mentioned earlier.
The appeal of Valerie Leon translates into all cultures. 
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1953's Day to Remember on today at 11am on film4. A london pub team goes on a day trip to france, Stanley Holloway, Bill Owen, Donald Sinden, Peter Jones and Thora Hird.
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1953's Day to Remember on today at 11am on film4. A london pub team goes on a day trip to france, Stanley Holloway, Bill Owen, Donald Sinden, Peter Jones and Thora Hird.
That's a cast and a half, that is.
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I saw Donald Sinden star in a farce on the London stage many moons ago in Shut Your Eyes & Think Of England!
I saw him live when he compered Filmharmonic 80 with his then co-star of sitcom Two's Company, Elaine Stritch. The one and only time I've seen John Williams, which is why I went. The fact that the show also had John Addison and a section celebrating ITV (which is why the two comperes were there) was actually beside the point. Amazing show though. You wouldn't believe how good both Emmerdale Farm (yes, FARM!) and the Corrie theme sounded that evening.
My mate was asleep for most of it. It had been a big day. Early rise to get to London from Barnsley. Full day at the Starburst Convention where I failed to meet my hero Ray Harryhausen (though I made up for it later eh, Bill?), and then this. A rescued Who con the next day too, in Sidcup, Kent, where I met and had my first with-a-celeb photo with Katy Manning. Ruddy marvelous!
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I've been watching some Hammer horror movies this month and there is some overlap with Carry On actors. I've been enjoying several of the Hammer films, especially The Devil Rides Out, The Witches, and Vampire Circus. But not so much Blood From the Mummy's Tomb starring the awesome Valerie Leon. The movie is great as a hymn to her physical beauty, but overall it's a bore.
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Doctor in Distress on Talking pictures thisaftrnoon 3.25pm.
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Brandy for the Parson, tomorrow at 12, on talking pictures. It has Charles Hawtrey in a non carry on role.
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Doctor in Distress on Talking pictures thisaftrnoon 3.25pm.
For a second I thought I'd got the wrong thread and you were talking about this ultimate cheese fest. Sincere apologies to any who dare to click...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s670QCIu3LI
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Nope, this one has Dirk and James Rob Justice in it, but theyre not singing.
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Speaking of the "Doctor" films, I'm going for the plunge with the first one from 1954 - Doctor in the House and, hey ho, several familiar names in the credits who would later go on to Carry On - Gerald Thomas, Edmund Crispin for the music score, Joan Sims, Shirley Eaton (ten years before Goldfinger? Just how long was she around?)
It looks like my journey into British comedy of the 1950s-1960s will be, uh, carrying on...
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Re: Doctor in the House - so this is where the "bleeding time" joke comes from!
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Yeah i saw some of Doctor in Clover yesterday where Joan Sims was a dragon of a sister, clashing with the consultant Lancelot Spratt. Quite funny. Leslie Phillips and Fenella Fielding were good too. Also funny in it was Arthur Haynes, who played a patient who in one scene shows off his ballet moves in a dressing gown to ballerina Fenella Fielding. 
It also features stunning Justine Lord, who was the Girl who was death in The Prisoner series.
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