The Complete A–Z of Everything Carry On. Richard Webber
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Название: The Complete A–Z of Everything Carry On

Автор: Richard Webber

Издательство: HarperCollins

Жанр: Кинематограф, театр

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isbn: 9780008188962

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СКАЧАТЬ Get Well Soon. They also wrote the farce, When Did You Last See Your Trousers, which played the Garrick Theatre for a year, and have recently written a stage version of Steptoe and Son which opens at the Theatre Royal, York, in the autumn of 2005.

      APHRODISIA

      The name of the valley beyond the mountains in Africa where the lubidubies live in Up the Jungle.

      ARABIAN OFFICIAL

      Played by Steve Plytas

      Seen dining at the French Ambassador’s residence in Emmannuelle.

      ARCHIMEDES

      Played by Michael Ward

      Seen in Cleo walking the corridors of Cleopatra’s abode. His official title is Chief Counsellor.

      ARISTOCRATIC LADY

      Played by Ambrosine Phillpotts

      In Cabby, this snooty old girl is seen sitting in the back of a chauffeur-driven car. While waiting at a junction, Charlie Hawkins pulls up and cracks a joke, aimed at the straight-faced chauffeur, about whether he’s going to a funeral, before suggesting that his passenger has got out of the box.

      ARMITAGE, MISS

      Played by Ann Lancaster

      Appears in Again Doctor. Miss Armitage is a patient at the Long Hampton Hospital who’s been admitted for observation. She observes more than she bargained for when Dr Nookey goes into the women’s washroom by mistake and takes a shower. When he later enters her room, believing he’ll find Goldie Locks in bed, it’s the last straw for the eccentric Miss Armitage, who’s liable to suffer the occasional fit.

      CARRY ON AT YOUR CONVENIENCE

       Alternative titles … Down The Spout, Ladies Please Be Seated, Up The Workers, Labour Relations Are The People Who Come To See You When You’re Having A Baby

       A Peter Rogers production

       Distributed through Rank Organisation Released as an A certificate in 1971 in colour

       Running time: 90 mins

       CAST

Sidney James Sid Plummer
Kenneth Williams W.C. Boggs
Charles Hawtrey Charles Coote
Hattie Jacques Beattie Plummer
Joan Sims Chloe Moore
Bernard Bresslaw Bernie Hulke
Kenneth Cope Vic Spanner
Jacki Piper Myrtle Plummer
Richard O’Callaghan Lewis Boggs
Patsy Rowlands Hortence Withering
Davy Kaye Benny
Bill Maynard Fred Moore
Renée Houston Agatha Spanner
Marianne Stone Maud
Margaret Nolan Popsy
Geoffrey Hughes Willie
Hugh Futcher Ernie
Simon Cain Barman
Amelia Bayntun Mrs Spragg
Leon Greene Chef
Harry Towb Doctor in Film
Shirley Stelfox Bunny Waitress
Peter Burton Hotel Manager
Julian Holloway Roger
Anouska Hempel New Canteen Girl
Jan Rossini Hoopla Girl
Philip Stone Mr Bulstrode

       PRODUCTION TEAM

      Screenplay by Talbot Rothwell

      Music composed and conducted by Eric Rogers

      Production Manager: Jack Swinburne

      Art Director: Lionel Couch

      Editor: Alfred Roome

      Director of Photography: Ernest Steward BSC

      Camera Operator: James Bawden

      Make-up: Geoffrey Rodway

      Continuity: Rita Davidson

      Assistant Director: David Bracknell

      Sound Recordists: Danny Daniel and Ken Barker

      Hairdresser: Stella Rivers

      Costume Designer: Courtenay Elliott

      Set Dresser: Peter Howitt

      Assistant Art Director: William Alexander

      Dubbing Editor: Brian Holland

      Titles: G.S.E. Ltd

      Processed by Rank Film Laboratories

      Toilets by Royal Doulton Sanitary Potteries

      Assistant Editor: Jack Gardner

      Producer: Peter Rogers

      Director: Gerald Thomas

      Vic Spanner (Kenneth Cope) gets an ear bashing from his mum (Renée Houston)

      W.C. Boggs and Son have manufactured fine toilet ware since 1870, which is surprising considering the constant striking at the factory; Vic Spanner, the union representative, brings the workforce out at the slightest change in day-to-day procedures, such as the scrapping of drinking tea outside official breaks. When Vic broaches the subject with Lewis Boggs, the boss’s son, who’s still green when it comes to dealing with the union, he declines to discuss the matter, resulting in a meeting to consider yet another walk-out. No one, save Vic, is interested, though, until they’re reminded that the local football team are at home that afternoon.

      Meanwhile, upstairs, chief designer Charles Coote, managing director William Boggs and others watch with interest as Miss Withering, Mr Boggs’s secretary, tests out a new toilet’s durability. Another topic on the agenda is the making of bidets: while Lewis wants the firm to start manufacturing them to keep up with the times, his father isn’t convinced.

      Production at the factory grinds to a halt, though, when the latest strike takes effect. Sid Plummer returns home for the afternoon and is confronted with a pile of dirty dishes and a wife who spends all day chatting to her budgie, while Vic Spanner is berated by his loudmouthed mother, claiming he’s just like his late father; he ends up with a meagre lunch while Charles Coote, who lodges at the house, is dished up his favourite meal. Nothing seems to be going right for Vic when, en route to the football match, he spots Myrtle, the love of his life, getting into Lewis Boggs’s sports car, and in a rush to follow her ends up losing his trousers.

      Back at Sid Plummer’s house, he discovers, to the benefit of his wallet, that the pet budgie, Joey, who hasn’t tweeted a word since they bought him, has the knack of picking winners at horse racing; before placing the biggest bet of his life, Sid tests the bird on yesterday’s race meetings and he comes up trumps СКАЧАТЬ