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Total trailers found: 21

It's a Grand Life Trailer (1953)

28 November 1953

Classic British comedy following an accident-prone army Private, played by music hall legend Frank Randle in his final screen role, as he attempts to rescue a Corporal (played by icon Diana Dors) from the attentions of a predatory Sergeant-Major.

Over the Garden Wall Trailer (1950)

20 November 1950

In Over the Garden Wall, a working class couple (Jimmy James and Norman Evans) are planning to give their only daughter and their new GI son-in-law a right Northern welcome.

Demobbed Trailer (1944)

19 June 1944

Demobbed from the army Nat, Norman and Dan get new jobs, solve a crime and stage a concert party.

Holidays with Pay Trailer (1948)

20 July 1948

The Rogers family head off by car to Blackpool where, after a musical interlude and fun on the prom, they have an adventure in a haunted house.

School for Randle Trailer (1949)

01 January 1949

Flatfoot Mason and his friends are the bane of the staff of the school at which Flatfoot is janitor r

What a Carry On! Trailer (1949)

01 January 1949

Northern comedy greats, Jimmy Jewel and Ben Warriss, decide to enlist in the army. Their singing sergeant-major, the Irish tenor Josef Locke, misappropriates the mess funds.

Off the Dole Trailer (1935)

01 June 1935

Without a job, a young man is given the opportunity to run his ill uncle's private-detective agency. He finds himself mixed up with everything from an unfaithful husband who is a secret nudist to a schoolteacher who believes his pupil's father is beating him.

Let's Have a Murder Trailer (1950)

31 December 1950

Two clumsy detectives investigating the murder of a singer scare themselves when they accidentally reveal the killer to be a respectable psychiatrist, secretly a notorious jewel-thief.

Funny Up North Trailer (2011)

23 July 2011

Documentary featuring a cavalcade of Northern comedy stars including the great Frank Randle, George Formby, Arthur Askey, Norman Evans and many more.

Dodging the Dole Trailer (1936)

01 July 1936

An exasperated clerk at a labour exchange tries to find jobs for two idle scroungers.

Somewhere on Leave Trailer (1943)

19 February 1943

Private Randle (Frank Randle) and army pals, Privates Young (Dan Young) and Enoch (Robbie Vincent) are invited by Private Desmond (Pat McGrath) to spend some off-duty time at his stately home.

The Penny Pool Trailer (1937)

01 January 1937

'The Penny Pool' (1937) features Duggie Wakefield and his Crazy Gang who come to the assistance of young lovers Tommy Bancroft and Renee Harland, who have been sacked from their jobs for filling in the penny football pools during work hours.

Somewhere in Camp Trailer (1942)

01 February 1942

Army buddies help Private Trevor court the daughter of their commanding officer. All efforts fail - until a hero is revealed and the sergeant masquerades as a housekeeper!

Home Sweet Home Trailer (1945)

29 October 1945

Musical romantic comedy about an orphan and the son of a Colonel and his snooty wife, who refuses to give them her blessing.

Under New Management Trailer (1946)

25 May 1946

When chimney sweep Joe inherits a ramshackle hotel, he enlists the help of his former army friends to help restore and staff it.

Cup-Tie Honeymoon Trailer (1948)

01 June 1948

Joe Butler, a soccer player whose father is the company chairman, is faced with a difficult choice: should he play the championship match on his father's team or should he play it on his school's team.

Somewhere in England Trailer (1940)

02 August 1940

In a North of England training camp, lovestruck Corporal Kenyon (Harry Kemble) is framed and demoted in rank by a rival in love for the affections of the Adjutant's daughter.

Randle and All That Trailer (1946)

24 July 1946

Three sketches: Donovan and Byl perform comic acrobatics; Arnley and Gloria do a dance routine; Frank Randle plays an elderly shoe repairer.

The Television Follies Trailer (1933)

27 June 1933

A Lancashire family watch a series of variety acts on their dodgy new television set. Inspired, they put on a few numbers of their own at home.

Love, Mirth and Melody Trailer (1934)

01 January 1934

Revue featuring music hall personalities. Lost film.

Lovely Week End Trailer (1956)

17 May 1956

Three models from Manchester enjoy a weekend in the Cheshire countryside.