HOLIDAY FILMOGRAPHY PART 7 (1969 - 2011)

Charles Hawtrey, Betty Marsden and Terry Scott in Carry On Camping (1969)

1969:

Carry On Camping, Adder (RFD). Produced by Peter Rogers, Directed by Gerald Thomas. Cast: Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, Hattie Jacques, Barbara Windsor. Comedy. Devon. Camping holiday.

What’s Good For The Goose, Tigon. Directed by Menahem Golan. Cast: Norman Wisdom, Sally Geeson. Comedy. Assistant bank manager falls for amorous teenager during seaside conference.

All At Sea, Anvil (CFF). Directed by Ken Fairbairn. Cast: Gary Smith, Steven Mallett, Stephen Childs, Norman Bird. Children. Boys on holiday cruise catch painting thief in Tangier.

1970:

And Soon The Darkness, ABPC (WPD). Directed by Robert Fuest. Cast: Pamela Franklin, Michelle Dotrice. Crime. France. Nurses on cycling holiday in France become involved with sexual murderer.

Pamela Franklin and Michele Dotrice in And Soon The Darkness (1970)

1971:

Carry On At Your Convenience, Peter Rogers Productions (RFD). Directed by Gerald Thomas. Cast: Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, Joan Sims. Comedy. Brighton sequence.

1972:

Carry On Abroad, Peter Rogers Productions (Fox-Rank). Directed by Gerald Thomas. Cast: Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, Barbara Windsor, Joan Sims, Hattie Jacques. Comedy. Package holiday to Mediterranean island.

1973:

The Best Pair Of Legs In The Business, Sunny/Anglo-EMI (MGM-EMI). Directed by Christopher Hodson. Cast: Reg Varney, Diana Coupland, Lee Montague. Comedy. Holiday camp comedian discovers his wife is having an affair with the owner.

That’ll Be The Day, Goodtimes/Anglo-EMI (MGM-EMI). Directed by Claude Whatham. Cast: David Essex, Ringo Starr. Musical. Seaside and holiday camp scenes.

The Sea Children, Pan (CFF). Directed by David Andrews. Cast: Earl Younger, Lesley Dunlop. Children. Malta. Holiday children discover strange world beneath sea.

Summer Holiday, Pacesetter. (CFF). Directed by Philip Leacock. Cast: Ivor Bowyer, Jill Gibbs. Children. Adventures on a school holiday.

Carry On Girls, Peter Rogers Productions (Fox-Rank). Directed by Gerald Thomas. Cast: Sidney James, Joan Sims, Barbara Windsor. Comedy. Brighton. Women’s Lib group tries to foil bathing beauty contest.

The dance class in Holiday On The Buses (1973)

Holiday On The Buses, Hammer (MGM-EMI). Directed by Bryan Izzard. Cast: Reg Varney, Bob Grant, Doris Hare, Wilfred Brambell. Comedy. Wales. Pontin’s at Prestatyn.

1974:

Swallows And Amazons, Theatre Projects (EMI). Directed by Claude Whatham. Cast: Virginia McKenna, Ronald Fraser. Children. 1929. Children on holiday in the Lake District play pirates.

1975:

Tommy, Stigwood (Hemdale). Directed by Ken Russell. Cast: Ann-Margret, Oliver Reed. Musical. Holiday camp sequence.

Carry On Behind, Peter Rogers Productions (Fox-Rank). Directed by Gerald Thomas. Cast: Elke Sommer, Kenneth Williams, Joan Sims, Jack Douglas, Windsor Davies. Comedy. Caravan park. Archaeologists cause trouble with their excavations behind a holiday camp.

1976:

The Likely Lads, Anglo-EMI. Directed by Michael Tuchner. Cast: Rodney Bewes, James Bolam, Brigit Forsyth. Comedy. Includes caravan holiday.

1977:

Are You Being Served? Anglo-EMI. Directed by Bob Kellett. Cast: John Inman, Mollie Sugden, Frank Thornton. Comedy. Department store personnel take a holiday in Spain.

Grace Bros. staff take off for Spain in Are You Being Served? (1977)

Confessions From A Holiday Camp, Swiftdown (Col). Directed by Norman Cohen. Cast: Robin Askwith, Anthony Booth, Doris Hare. Sex. Entertainment officer’s exploits at a holiday camp run by ex-prison officer.

1979:

That Summer, Film In General (Col). Directed by Harley Cockliss. Cast: Ray Winstone, Tony London. Drama. Torquay. Ex-Borstal boy enters swimming contest and is framed for burglary by Glasgow youths.

1980:

The Great British Striptease, Amaranth (Target). Directed by Doug Smith. Cast: Bernard Manning, Su Pollard. Sex. Blackpool. Sixteen women compete for £500 prize for best striptease act.

1985:

She’ll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas, (Pink Pyjama Productions/Film Four (Virgin). Directed by john Goldschmidt. Cast: Julie Walters, Anthony Higgins. Comedy. Lake District. Assorted women on an Outward Bound course.

1987:

Wish You Were Here, Zenith/Working Title/Film Four (Palace). Directed by David Leland. Cast: Emily Lloyd, Tom Bell, Jesse Birdsall. Sex. Worthing, 1951.

1988:

A Summer Story, ITC (Warner). Directed by Piers Haggard. Cast: Imogen Stubbs, James Wilby. Romance. Dartmoor. Holidaymaker recalls his youthful affair with farmer’s niece.

1989:

Shirley Valentine, Gilbert/Russell/Paramount (UIP). Directed by Lewis Gilbert Screenplay (Play) Willy Russell. Cast: Pauline Collins, Tom Conti. Housewife flies to Greece for sexual adventure.

Tom Conti and Pauline Collins in Shirley Valentine (1989)

1992:

Blame It On The Bellboy, Bellboy/Hollywood (Warner). Directed by Mark Herman.  Cast: Dudley Moore, Richard Griffiths, Patsy Kensit. Comedy. Venice.

Dirty Weekend, Scimitar (UIP). Directed by Michael Winner. Cast: Lia Williams, Rufus Sewell. Sex. Brighton.

1993:

Bhaji On The Beach, Umbi/Channel 4 (First Independent). Directed by Gurinder Chadha. Cast: Kim Vithana, Jimmy Harkishin, Lalita Ahmed, Shaheen Khan, Zohra Segal. Drama. Birmingham women take a day trip to Blackpool.

1996:

Small Time, Big Arty Productions/BFI. Directed by Shane Meadows. Cast: Mat Hand, Dena Smiles, Shane Meadows. Drama. Includes trip to Skegness.

Gallivant, Tall Stories/BFI/Channel 4/Arts Council of England. Directed by Andrew Kotting. Cast: Gladys Morris, Eden Kotting, Andrew Kotting. Travelogue. Semi-documentary journey taken by a family around the coastline of Britain.

1999:

Hotel Splendide, Filmfour/Toc Films/Renegade Films. Directed by Terence Gross. Cast: Toni Collette, Daniel Craig, Katrin Cartlidge. Drama. Crumbling spa hotel peopled by eccentrics.

Guest House Paradiso, Universal/House Films/Vision Video. Directed by Adrian Edmondson. Cast: Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, Vincent Cassel, Bill Nighy, Fenella Fielding. Comedy. Voyeurs run seaside guest house adjacent to nuclear power station.

Paddy Considine dancing at Chapel St Leonards in A Room For Romeo Brass (1999)

A Room For Romeo Brass, Alliance Atlantis/BBC Films/Arts Council of England/Company Pictures/Big Arty Productions. Directed by Shane meadows. Cast: Andrew Shim, Ben Marshall, Paddy Considine. Drama. Includes day trip to Chapel St Leonards.

2000:

Last Resort, BBC Films. Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski. Cast: Dina Korzun, Paddy Considine, Artiom Strelnikov, Lindsey Honey. Drama. Margate. Muscovite asylum seekers are held at seaside resort.

Dina Korzun at the Dreamland Amusement Park, Margate, in Last Resort (2000)

Some Voices, Filmfour/British Screen/Dragon Pictures. Directed by Simon Cellan Jones. Cast: Daniel Craig, David Morrissey, Kelly MacDonald. Drama. Includes seaside excursion to Hastings.

Kevin and Perry Go Large, Icon/Tiger Aspect Pictures/Fragile Films. Directed by Ed Bye. Cast: Harry Enfield, Kathy Burke, Rhys Ifans. Comedy. Teenage boys become star DJs and lose virginity on holiday in Ibiza.

2001:

The Martins, Icon Entertainment International/Tiger Aspect Pictures/Icon Productions/Isle of Man Film Commission. Directed by Tony Grounds. Cast: Lee Evans, Kathy Burke. Comedy. Man robs wealthy couple of holiday tickets and takes his family to the Isle of Man.

Arthur’s Dyke, Evolution Films/Quirky Films. Directed by Gerry Poulson. Cast: Pauline Quirke, Brian Conley, Dennis Waterman. Comedy. Walking holiday on English-Welsh border.

2006:

London To Brighton, LTB Films/UK Film Council/Steel Mill Pictures/Wellington Films. Directed by Paul Andrew Williams. Cast: Lorraine Stanley, Johnny Harris, Georgia Groome. Drama. Prostitute and child flee to Brighton to escape gangster.

Venus, Channel 4/UK Film Council/Venus Pictures/Free range Films. Directed by Roger Mitchell. Cast: Peter O’Toole, Jodie Whittaker. Drama. Includes journey to Whitstable beach.

2008:

Somers Town, Tomboy Films/Mother Vision/Big Arty Productions. Directed by Shane Meadows. Cast: Thomas Turgoose, Piotr Jagiello. Drama. Two boys dream of holiday to Paris on Eurostar.

2010:

Brighton Rock, BBC Films, Kudos Film and Television. Directed by Rowan Joffe. Cast: Helen Mirren, John Hurt. Crime. Brighton, 1964. (Filmed at Brighton and Eastbourne).

Never Let Me Go, Film 4, DNA Films. Directed by Mark Romanek. Cast: Keira Knightly. Drama. Includes seaside scenes at Clevedon and Holkham Beach.

2011:

The Inbetweeners Movie, Film 4/Young Bwark. Directed by Ben Palmer. Cast: Simon Bird, James Buckley, Blake Harrison, Joe Thomas. Comedy. Group of youths on sexual adventure to Crete.

The Inbetweeners Movie (2011)

Bibliography:

Gifford, (2001), Catalogue of British Film

BFI Database

IMDb

HOLIDAY FILMOGRAPHY PART 6 (1956 - 1967)

1956:

Fun on a Weekend, Carlyle. Produced and Directed by Oliver Negus. Cast: Chris and Jennifer. Children. Cornwall. Children rescue boy stranded on beach.

A Touch of the Sun, Raystro (Eros). Directed by Gordon Parry. Cast: Frankie Howerd. Comedy. Hotel Porter inherits £10,000 and has staff pose as guests to impress prospective purchasers.

Three Men in a Boat, Remus (IFD). (Novel Jerome K. Jerome) Directed by Ken Annakin. Cast: Laurence Harvey, Jimmy Edwards, David Tomlinson. Comedy. Boating holiday.

Three Men In A Boat (1956)

1957:

Small Hotel, Welwyn (AB-Pathe). Directed by David MacDonald. Cast: Gordon Harker, Marie Lohr, John Loder. Comedy. Old hotel waiter refuses to be replaced by young girl.

Not Wanted On Voyage, Byron/Ronald Shiner (Renown). Directed by Maclean Rogers. Cast: Ronald Shiner, Brian Rix. Comedy. Stewards thwart jewel thieves on cruise to Tangiers.

Barnacle Bill, USA: All At Sea. Ealing (MGM).  Directed by Charles Frend. Cast: Alec Guinness, Irene Browne. Comedy. Seasick sailor runs stationary cruise on old pier in spite of council opposition.

1958:

Next To No Time! Montepelier (BL). Directed by Henry Cornelius. Screenplay (Novel) Paul Gallico (The Enchanted Hour). Cast: Kenneth More, Betsy Drake. Comedy. Shy designer gains confidence during nightly ‘lost hour’ aboard Queen Elizabeth.

Girls At Sea, ABPC. Directed by Gilbert Gunn. Screenply (Play) Stephen King-Hall, Ian Hay (The Middle Watch). Cast: Guy Rolfe, Ronald Shiner. Comedy. Girls taken to sea on battleship must be hidden from admiral.

Further Up The Creek, Byron/Hammer (Col). Directed by Val Guest. Cast: David Tomlinson, Frankie Howerd. Comedy. Lieutenant, put in charge of old frigate, is unaware that bosun is hiding paying passengers.

1959:

The Captain’s Table, Rank (RFD). Directed by Jack Lee. Cast: John Gregson, Peggy Cummings. Comedy. Cargo captain takes over luxury cruise and gets involved with widow and adventuress.

Nudist Paradise, Reissue: 1962. Orb International. Directed by Charles Saunders Cast: Anita Love, Carl Conway. Spielplatz. American art student falls for girl and joins nudist camp to be near her.

1960:

The Nudist Story, Danziger (Eros). Directed by Ramsey Herrington. Cast: Shelley Martin, Brian Cobby. Nudist camp.

The Entertainer, Woodfall/Holly (Bry). Screenply (Play) John Osborne. Directed by Tony Richardson. Cast: Laurence Olivier, Brenda de Banzie, Roger Livesey, Joan Plowright. Drama. Morecombe, 1956.

The Entertainer (1960)

No Kidding, USA: Beware of Children. GHW. Screenplay (Novel) Verily Anderson (Beware of Children). Produced by Peter Rogers, Directed by Gerald Thomas. Cast: Leslie Phillips, Geraldine McEwan. Comedy. Couple inherit holiday home for deprived children of the rich.

1961:

Ticket to Paradise, Bayford (Eros). Directed by Francis Searle. Cast: Emrys Jones, Patricia Dainton. Romance. Italy. Travel agent and tourist fall in love, each thinking the other is rich.

Some Like It Cool, SF Films. Directed by Michael Winner. Cast: Julie Wilson, Thalia Vickers. Devon. Nudists.

Don’t Bother To Knock, USA: Why Bother To Knock. Haileywood (WPD). Directed by Cyril Frankel. Screenplay (Novel) Clifford Hanley (Love From Everybody). Cast: Richard Todd, Nicole Maurey, Elke Sommer, Judith Anderson, June Thorburn. Comedy. Edinburgh. Travel agent’s European girlfriends all arrive together.

A Taste of Honey, Woodfall (Bry). Produced and Directed by Tony Richardson. Screenplay (Play)  Shelagh Delany. Rita Tushingham, Dora Bryan. Blackpool sequence.

Nudes of the World, Miracle/Searchlight (Miracle). Directed by Arnold Louis Miller. Cast: Vivienne Raimon, Monique Ammon. Beauty queen runs nudist camp in lord’s grounds and appeases postmistress with fete for crippled daughter.

Naked As Nature Intended, Markten/Compass (Compton). Produced and Directed by Harrison Marks. Cast: Pamela Green, Stuart Samuels. Travelogue/ Cornwall nudist camp.

1962:

Carry On Cruising, GHW. Directed by Gerald Thomas. Cast: Sidney James, Kenneth Williams. Mediterranean cruise.

Carry On Cruising (1962)

World Without Shame, Mistral (Gala). Directed by Donovan Winter. Cast: Yvonne Martel, Larry Bowen. Nudist. Pools winners live naked on Mediterranean island.

Jigsaw, Figaro (Britannia). Directed by Val Guest. Screenplay (Novel) Hilary Waugh (Sleep Long, My Love). Cast: Jack Warner, Ronald Lewis. Crime. Brighton.

The Punch and Judy Man, MacConkey (WPD). Directed by Jeremy Summers. Cast: Tony Hancock, Sylvia Sims. Comedy. Seaside entertainer, married to social climber, spoils mayor’s celebration cabaret.

My Bare Lady, Meadway/Notram Sewil (Compton). Directed by Arthur Knight. Cast: Julie Martin, Carl Conway. Nudist. Orpington. American war hero converts tourist to naturism.

1963:

Summer Holiday, Ivy/Elstree (WPD). Directed by Peter Yates. Cast: Cliff Richard, Lauri Peters, Ron Moody, The Shadows. Musical. European tour.

Summer Holiday (1963)

The Leather Boys, Raymond Stross (Garrick). Directed by Sidney J. Furie. S (Novel) Eliot George. Cast: Rita Tushingham, Dudley Sutton, Gladys Henson, Colin Campbell. Butlin’s Bognor Regis sequence.

Take Off Your Clothes and Live, Miracle/Searchlight (Miracle). Directed by Arnold Louis Miller. Cast: Ian Michael, Gino Nennan, Jenny Lane. Cannes. Nine girls and male hosts spend naked holiday searching for treasure.

Eves On Skis, Keatering (Gala). Produced and Directed by Michael Keatering. Cast: Elizabeth, Karl, Karen. Teenage London girl spends naturist holiday in the Austrian Alps.

The V.I.P.s, MGM British. Directed by Anthony Asquith. Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Louis Jourdan, Margaret Rutherford. Passengers for New York stranded at London Airport.

The Reluctant Nudist, Avon Overseas (Gala). Directed by Stanley Pelc. Cast: Annette Briand, Jeremy Howes. Nudist. Spielplatz

1964:

It’s A Bare, Bare World, Antler (SF). Directed by Stanley Lang. Cast: Vicki Kennedy, Carol Haynes, Vera Novak. Nudist. Windsor. Girls persuade friends to join nudist camp.

The System, Winner-Shipman (Bry). Directed by Michael Winner. Cast: Oliver Reed, Jane Merrow. Romance. Torbay. Beach photographer sleeps with rich holidaymaker and falls in love with her.

The Beauty Jungle, USA: Contest Girl. Rank (RFD). Produced and Directed by Val Guest. Cast: Janette Scott, Ian Hendry, Edmund Purdom. Drama. Reporter helps Bristol typist to become professional beauty contest winner.

Wonderful Life, USA: Swinger’s Paradise. Ivy (Elstree). Directed by Sidney J. Furie. Cast: Cliff Richards, Susan Hampshire, The Shadows. Musical. Canary Islands. Cruise scene.

Every Day’s A Holiday, USA: Seaside Swingers. Fitzroy/Maycroft (GN). Directed by James Hill. Cast: John Leyton, Mike Sarne, Freddie and the Dreamers, Ron Moody. Musical. Butlin’s Clacton.

1965:

Be My Guest, Three Kings (RFD). Directed by Robert Asher. Cast: David Hemmings, Avril Angers. Musical. Brighton.

San Ferry Ann, Dormar (BL). Directed by Jeremy Summers. Cast: Rodney Bewes, Wilfred Brambell, Ron Moody, Joan Sims. Comedy. Misadventures of British holidaymakers in France.

Cuckoo Patrol, Eternal (GN). Directed by Duncan Wood. Cast: Freddie and the Dreamers. Comedy. Misadventures of Boy Scouts at summer camp.

1966:

That Riviera Touch, Rank (RFD). Directed by Cliff Owen. Cast: Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise. Comedy. France. Girl reforms and helps holidaymakers thwart jewel thieves.

That Riviera Touch (1966)

Hotel Paradiso, Maximilian (MGM). (Adapted from Feydeau farce). Produced and Directed by Peter Glenville. Cast: Alec Guinness, Gina Lollabrigida, Robert Morely. Comedy. Paris. Compromising complications of couples at disreputable hotel. (Shown 1971).

1967:

Poor Cow, Fenchurch/Vic, Directed Ken Loach, Cast: Carol White, Terence Stamp. Drama. Includes scenes of both a seaside holiday and camping holiday.




Bibliography:
Gifford, 2001, Catalogue of British Film

INSIDE SOCIAL REALISM at the BFI

I was recently invited by Dee of Inside Film to talk to young learners and their parents/guardians about British social realist films at the BFI.

My brief was to give a history of social realism films, whilst considering who the films were made by and for, and offering an analysis of the extracts that I screened. The main thread of the talk was to consider the representations of the working class.

Saturday Night And Sunday Morning (1960)

After a lovely lunch in the Riverside cafe, Noel and a colleague at the BFI helped Dee and I set up.

The screening and three-hour talk went well. A very receptive audience put me at ease. After an introduction to some of the key concepts regarding social realism, the first clip I showed was an extract from O Dreamland (1953). Some members of the audience were shocked that Lindsay Anderson's film was meant to be a sympathetic portrayal of working class trippers at Margate. They rightly pointed out that the people in the film looked like 'zombies' and were filmed little differently to the caged zoo animals at Dreamland Amusement Park.

Other films we looked at included Saturday Night And Sunday Morning (1960), A Taste Of Honey (1961), Kes (1970), Raining Stones (1993), Brassed Off (1996) and A Room For Romeo Brass (1999) - a particular favourite of the afternoon.

A Room For Romeo Brass (1999)

We finished by watching Andrea Arnold's Oscar-winning short Wasp (2003). This sparked some heated comments about whose point of view the film is constructed from, and what audience the film is made for. Someone commented quite rightly that it showed working class single mothers in a bad light, whilst I pointed out that the characters in the film came across as 'grotesques' with no light and shade.

We concluded that not a lot has changed in the years since O Dreamland was made.

Wasp (2003)

SHELLS! Eccentric Seaside Art

Shell House postcard

I lived in Bournemouth for a while in the early 1990s. On several occasions I went to visit the Shell House in Southbourne. This folly was an incredible collection  of sea shells collected from all over the world by one man, George Howard, and managed to be both amusing and moving in equal measure.

Shell House postcards

Not long before I left Bournemouth I filmed the Shell House; these are some stills from my cine film:

You can view a clip of the movie here:

I was sad to hear years later that the attraction had been demolished, but I'm pleased that I was able to capture it on film and that I can share it today.

You can read more about the Shell House here:

THE SHELL HOUSE 

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More recently, I came across the Peter Coke Shell Gallery in Sheringham, North Norfolk. Just like the Shell House, this gallery houses the work of one man, the late actor Peter Coke who was enamoured with the art of 'sailor's valentines' but took it to another level with his miniature gardens, temples and flower posies, all constructed out of shells and coral. 

The gallery is open in the summer months. It is free to enter but there are postcards and shells for sale, or you can make a donation towards its upkeep.

Read more about the Peter Coke Gallery here:

PETER COKE SHELL GALLERY 


(Postcards of the Shell House on this Blog by Dennis, Salmon and J. Hammersley, Boscombe).

HOLIDAY FILMOGRAPHY PART 5 (1947 - 1955)

1947:

Bank Holiday Luck, Baxter (ABFD). Directed by Baynham Honri.Cast: Fred Wynne, Olive Sloane. Comedy. Builders recount adventures on previous bank holiday.

Bush Christmas, Reissue: 1950 (ABFD), 1971 (15 mins cut). Ralph Smart. Directed by Ralph Smart (GFD). Cast: Chips Rafferty. Children. New South Wales.

Jack Warner and Kathleen Harrison arrive at the camp in Holiday Camp (1948)

Jimmy Hanley and Hazel Court by the pool in Holiday Camp

Esma Cannon takes part in the beauty contest in Holiday Camp

Holiday Camp, Reissue: 1948, 1954 (Monarch,12 mins cut). Gainsborough (GFD). Directed by Ken Annakin. Cast: Flora Robson, Dennis Price, Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison. Comedy. Butlin’s, Filey.

Brighton Rock, ABPC (Pathe). Directed John Boulting. Cast: Richard Attenborough. Crime. Brighton, 1938.

1948:

The Gentlemen Go By, AIPGB (Electa). Directed by J. Widgey Newman, John Calthrop. Cast: Conrad Phillips, Alastair Bannerman. Crime. Ex-sailor joins smuggling gang using holiday camp as front.

Frank Randle on Blackpool pier in Holidays With Pay (1948)

Holidays With Pay, Reissue: 1950 (cut). Film Studios Manchester. (Mancunian). Producer and Director John E. Blakeley. Cast: Frank Randle, Tessie O’Shea. Comedy. Blackpool. (Extract in Tonight’s The Night, 1960, Seaside Frolics).

Tessie O'Shea falls into the sea in Holidays With Pay

1949:

Forbidden, Pennant (BL). Produced and Directed by George King. Cast: Douglas Montgomery, Hazel Court. Crime. Blackpool. Chemist tries to poison extravagant wife.

A Man’s Affair, Concord (Ex). Produced and Directed Jay Gardner Lewis. Cast: Hamish Menzies, Cliff Gordon. Romance. Ramsgate. Playboy tries to spoil miner’s holiday romances.

Dick Barton Strikes Back, Exclusive. Directed by Godfrey Grayson. Cast: Don Stannard, Sebastian Cabot. Crime. Blackpool. Foreign agents beam atomic rays from top of Tower.

Old Mother Riley’s New Venture, Reissue: Mother Riley’s New Venture,1953. Harry Reynolds (Renown). Directed by John Harlow. Cast: Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane. Comedy. Dishwasher becomes hotelier and is framed for gem theft.

1950:

Last Holiday, ABPC/Watergate (AB-Pathe). Produced by Stephen Mitchell, A. D. Peters, J. B. Priestley, Directed by Henry Cass, Screenplay by J. B. Priestley. Cast: Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh. Comedy. (Torquay).

The Mysterious Poacher, Reissue: 1973 (18 mins cut). G-B Instructional (GFD). Directed by Don Chaffey. Cast: Herbert Leidinger. Children. Austria. Holiday children help gamekeeper trap poacher.

Ha’Penny Breeze, Storytellers (AB-Pathe). Directed by Frank Worth. Cast: Don Sharp, Edwin Richfield. Drama. Suffolk. Ex-soldier turns ‘dead’ village into yachting centre.

1951:

Worm’s Eye View, Reissue: 1955, (Renown). Byron (ABFD). Directed by Jack Raymond. Cast: Ronald Shiner, Diana Dors. Comedy. 1942. Adventures of a group of airmen billeted on seaside landlady.

Penny Points to Paradise, Advance/PYL (Adelphi). Directed by Tony Young. Cast: Harry Secombe, Alfred Marks, Peter Sellers. Comedy. Brighton.

Encore, Two Cities/Paramount (GFD). Winter Cruise segment Directed by Pat Jackson. Cast: Kay Walsh

1952:

Brandy for the Parson, Group 3 (ABFD). Directed by John Eldridge. Cast: James Donald, Kenneth More. Comedy. Couple on yachting holiday become involved with brandy smugglers.

Hindle Wakes, USA: Holiday Week. Monarch. (Adapted from Stanley Houghton’s 1912 play). Directed by Arthur Crabtree. Cast: Lisa Daniely, Leslie Dwyer, Brian Worth. Romance. Blackpool.

Ogling women at the Lido in Hindle Wakes (1952)

1953:

Genevieve, Reissue: 1960. Sirius (GFD). Produced and Directed by Henry Cornelius. Cast: Diana Sheridan, John Gregson, Kay Kendall, Kenneth More. Comedy. Brighton.

Vintage cars at Brighton in Genevieve (1953)

Innocents in Paris, Reissue: 1956 (Renown, 10 mins cut). Romulus (IFD). Directed by Anatole de Grunwald. Cast: Alastair Sim, Ronald Shiner, Claire Bloom, Margaret Rutherford. Comedy. Seven stories of British tourists on a weekend trip to Paris.

The Girl on the Pier, Major (Apex). Directed by Lance Comfort. Cast: Veronica Hurst, Ron Randell. Crime. Brighton.

A Day to Remember, Group (GFD). Produced by Betty E. Box, Directed by Ralph Thomas. S (Novel) Jerrard Tickell (The Hand and the Flower). Cast: Stanley Holloway. Comedy. Adventures of public house darts team on day trip to Boulogne.

1954:

A Letter From the Isle of Wight, Rayant (ABFD/CFF). Directed by Brian Salt. Cast: Robin Doyer, Joy Ray. Children. Coastguard’s son and visiting cousin saved from sea by lighthouse keepers.

Calling All Cars, Fancey (NR). Directed by Maclean Rogers. Cast: Cardew Robinson. Comedy. Friends on a motoring holiday pursue two girls.

Mystery on Bird Island, Rayant (BL/CFF). Directed by John Haggerty. Cast: Mavis Sage, Jennifer Beach. Children. Alderney. Holiday children catch smugglers using bird sanctuary

1955:

The Lyons in Paris, Hammer (Ex). Directed by Val Guest. Cast: Bebe Daniels, Ben Lyon, Barbara Lyon, Richard Lyon. Comedy. Complications when family spend holiday in Paris.

Out of the Clouds, Ealing (GFD). Directed by Basil Dearden. Cast: Anthony Steele, Robert Beatty. Smuggling and romance in fogbound London airport.

The Love Match, Group 3/Beaconsfield (BL). Directed by David Paltenghi. Cast: Arthur Askey, Thora Hird. Comedy. Lancashire. Football fans try to replace stolen holiday funds.

Playground Express, Grendon (BL/CFF). Directed by John Irwin. Cast: Peter Butterworth, Humphrey Kent. Brighton.

Song of Norway, Fancey (NR). Directed by Maclean Rogers. Cast: Eric Micklewood, Adrienne Scott. Oslo. English girl becomes hotel receptionist, enters ski race and is rescued from crevasse.

Raising a Riot, Reissue: 1960. London/Wessex (BL). Directed by Wendy Toye. Cast: Kenneth More. Comedy. Father copes with children on holiday in old windmill.

The Secret, Laureate/Golden Era (Eros). Directed by Raker Endfield. Cast: Sam Wannamaker, Mandy Miller. Crime Brighton.

No Love For Judy, De Lane Lea/Archway. Directed by Jacques De Lane Lea. Cast: Ellette Mauret, Zoe Newton. Comedy. Riviera. Model on holiday steals companion’s boy friends.

Brigitte Bardot and Dirk Bogarde in Doctor At Sea (1955)

  

Doctor At Sea, Group (GFD). Directed by Ralph Thomas. S (Novel) Richard Gordon. Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Brigitte Bardot. Comedy. Misadventures of medical officer aboard passenger-carrying cargo steamer.

Cast a Dark Shadow, Frobisher (Eros). Directed by Lewis Gilbert. S (Play) Janet Green (Murder Mistaken). Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Margaret Lockwood. Crime. Brighton.

Bibliography:

Gifford (2001), Catalogue of British Film