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Bees In Paradise
on DVD
(1944)
Starring: Ronald Shiner, Arthur Askey, Anne Shelton
Director: Val Guest
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Four pilots eject out of their plane and land on an island heavily populated by females. But the pilots are unaware that men are scarificed two months after marrying on the island...
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King Arthur Was A Gentleman
on DVD
(1942)
Starring: Evelyn Dall, Peter Graves, Ronald Shiner
Director: Marcel Varnel
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Arthur Askey joins the army and is stationed in the legendary realm once ruled by King Arthur. When he chances upon an old sword he believes it once belonged to the king and thinks he can do no wrong.
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54%
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Back Room Boy
on DVD
(1942)
Starring: Moore Marriott, Arthur Askey, Graham Moffatt
Director: Herbert Mason
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The Arthur Askey Collection is a six-disc box set containing six films starring the legendary British comedian, Arthur Askey. Titles include: "Back Room Boy"; "Band Waggon"; "Bees in Paradise"; "King Arthur was a Gentleman"; "Miss London Ltd"; and "I Thank You".
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67%
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Charley's Aunt
(1941)
Starring: Arthur Askey
Director: Archie Mayo
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An entertaining vehicle for an array of British pre-war comedians, Askey stars as a gregarious undergraduate forced to don drag gear as the eponymous aunt to avoid expulsion for him and his friends. An interesting time capsule of contemporary British humour.
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I Thank You
on DVD
(1941)
Starring: Moore Marriott, Arthur Askey, Graham Moffatt
Director: Marcel Varnel
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Arthur and Dickie become servants in order to raise money for their theatre troupe. Fortunatly, their employer puts up the money for a stage performance for them to star in.
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66%
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Ghost Train
(1941)
Starring: Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch, Kathleen Harrison
Director: Walter Forde
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Tommy Gander, a concert comedian; Teddy Deakin, his pal; Jackie Withorp and her cousin Richard Winthrop; Miss Bourne, a spinster visiting evacuees, Herbert and Edna, an engaged couple, and Dr. Sterling, travelling on a train to Cornwall miss their connections owing to a delay and have to spend a ..read more »
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Charley's Big Hearted Aunt
(1940)
Starring: Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch, Graham Moffatt
Director: Walter Ford, Walter Forde
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Dizzy Oxford student Lord Fancourt Babberly (Askey) is persuaded to pose as his pal Charley Wyckham's elderly aunt, in order that Charley's and Jack Chesney's girlfriends will have a proper female escort when they come to visit. The charade is complicated by the presence of Jack's father and of one ..read more »
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55%
from 17 members
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Band Waggon
on DVD
(1940)
Starring: Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch
Director: Marcel Varnel
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Arthur and Stinker move into a castle in Sussex. Once there they find television equipment and put on a show, little realising that the equitment is being used by German secret agents.
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62%
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Love Match
on DVD
Starring: Arthur Askey, Thora Hird, William Franklyn
Director: David Paltenghi
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After being arrested for assaulting a football referee, desperate train driver Bill raids the railwaymen's holiday fund to cover his fine. Now he has to get the money back by hook or by crook!
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Bees in Paradise
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(1944)
Starring: Arthur Askey, Anne Shelton, Peter Graves
Director: Val Guest
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Run time: 75 minutes
Set on an island in the South Atlantic this musical comedy takes, as its premise, a colony in which women hold the power. Men are shut up or forced to perform menial jobs, that is, until a group of four airmen arrive on the island. What ensues is a complicated web of falling in love, and the comedy ..read more »
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Miss London Limited
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(1943)
Starring: Arthur Askey, Evelyne Dall, Anne Shelton
Director: Val Guest
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Run time: 99 minutes
Arthur Bowman’s business is in a mess. His agency, ‘Miss London Limited’, supplies visiting troops with female escorts. But due to the nature of his female employees, he is receiving fewer and fewer bookings. Then in walks Terry, a young woman who announces that she has just ..read more »
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Back-room Boy
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(1942)
Starring: Moore Marriott, Graham Moffatt, Googie Withers
Director: Herbert Mason
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Run time: 82 minutes
Arthur Pilbeam is a 'Backroom Boy' who helps out at the BBC. Following a row with his fiancée, Arthur takes a job in a lonely lighthouse off the coast of Scotland where he will open a new BBC meteorological station. On arriving, however, he is warned by the locals that death has often befallen his ..read more »
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King Arthur was a Gentleman
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(1942)
Starring: Max Bacon, Evelyne Dall, Anne Shelton
Director: Marcel Varnel
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Run time: 98 minutes
Set during World War II, Susan and Gwennie are two girls bound for London. There Gwennie is to meet her father, a very prominent politician, and Susan is to visit her boyfriend, Arthur (Arthur Askey), who wants to join the army. They come into contact with Gwennie’s father who makes it ..read more »
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The Ghost Train
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(1941)
Starring: Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch, Kathleen Harrison
Director: Walter Forde
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Run time: 85 minutes
A group of rail passengers travelling to Cornwall miss their connections and have to spend a night in the waiting room of the eerie junction for Fal Vale. The station master tells them the story of the Ghost Train which is reputed to haunt the station, and when he is later found dead and the roar ..read more »
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I Thank You
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(1941)
Starring: Arthur Askey, Felix Aylmer, Richard Murdoch
Director: Marcel Varnel
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Run time: 81 minutes
The perils, humiliations and humour of trying to run a second-rate theatrical company are further compounded when financial aid, given by the former famous music-hall star, Lady Randall, is withdrawn. Not to be defeated, the stars decide the show must go on and devise a plan to persuade her to re-..read more »
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Charleys Big - Hearted Aunt
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(1940)
Starring: Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch, Moore Marriott
Director: Walter Forde, Walter Ford
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Run time: 79 minutes
Three Oxford undergraduates get themselves into an hilarious mess when they believe that, in order to avoid prison, one of them must impersonate the aunt of another. The plan, however, only leads to confusion, which is then made even worse by the arrival of the real aunt!
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Band Waggon
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(1940)
Starring: Jack Hylton, Richard Murdoch, Patricia Kirkwood
Director: Marcel Varnel
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Run time: 79 minutes
Arthur and his friend, Stinker, are contacted by a member of the BBC to inform them that they will soon be given an audition. On hearing this, the duo decide to install themselves in a disused studio on the roof of Broadcasting House. There they announce they will transmit a pirate broadcast at ..read more »
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Arthur Askey facts
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Missed Out On 5 Stars Because Of....... 10 March 2006
...d I Enjoyed The Choice Of
Locations(My Favourite Part Of The
Country}.However,Arthur Askey Really
Wrecked The Chance Of 5 Stars With His
Annoying Overacting.Other Than ...
Dated, but fun 8 March 2007
A Historical Curiosity for the over 50s 15 September 2007
