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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_McGill Men would appear as lascivious idiots and it was the women that usually got the upper hand in the end-As I said above On the Buses was just such a comedy where two rather sad individuals spent their time trying to get their legs over with women, but not as endearing as say Sid James might be in Carry On films.
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Reg Varney spent a lot of his career doing On the Buses
(if memory serves Hammer did the Movie versions ) I think Reg was a very popular guy with the British public, almost on a par with Harry Secombe. Its a wonder he never got the call from the Carry On crew I think he would have been great in the Carry On movies. |
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Lord, I hope he was joking. I only saw the first film (and none of the TV series), but it was pretty rough going.
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Actually he was right, Hammer did make 'On the Buses' as well as the horror films-mind you they were horror-able! Carry On's were made mostly at Pinewood Studios and directed by Gerald Thomas, written by Talbot Rothwell, with music by Eric Rogers.
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Sounds like Peter Rogers was a tight wad.. by all accounts !
Funny you should mention Horror Polar cos Ive always thought there's a link between Hammer Horror and Carry On movies... They both started around the mid 1950s, They both had they re hey day in the 1960s They both went off the rails about the mid 1970s They both became British institutions ... full of nostalgia ( which is about all the Brits have left ! ) I found a Hammer thread , started by Lovegod (of blessed memory ) go here http://vintage-erotica-forum.com/showthread.php?t=19196 Last edited by stardust2003; March 2nd, 2011 at 08:55 AM.. |
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Here is another thought or coincidence the Doctor series of films started in the mid 50's and finished in 1970 and while there were only seven of them they were all produced by Betty Box who was the wife of Peter Rogers who produced all the Carry On films.
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I remember seeing Sid James, not just in Carry on and Hancock's Half Hour but a rare film, not seen much these days called 'Three Hats for Lisa' where he does a song and dance routine in a story about a pretty girl that wants to collect three different hats, one being a policeman's helmet, and he was very good. He was born in South Africa and one of his 'jobs' was a boxer again, he was pretty good at that too.
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