RANDOM QUOTES – PT59.

RANDOM QUOTES – PT59.

May 27, 2022 Alan Royle 2

  ANN SHERIDAN (1915-67)                        [Born Clara Lou Sheridan in Denton, Texas, she was used as a body double (hands, legs & shoulders) by Paramount in her early days in the industry]: ‘I used to go to Grauman’s Chinese or Pantages and sit there waiting to see my faceless body on […]

MOVIE TRIVIA – PT172

MOVIE TRIVIA – PT172

April 23, 2021 Alan Royle 4

  Barbara Windsor in her ‘Carry On’ days ‘Carry On’ and Eastenders diminutive star (she is 4’10” or 1.47m tall), Barbara Windsor’s autobiography titled All of Me is a most candid work. In it she discusses her affairs with ‘Carry On’ co-star Sidney James, London gangster Reggie Kray and footballer […]

The ‘CARRY ON’ pictures Pt 3.

July 2, 2017 Alan Royle 5

  CARRY ON UP THE JUNGLE (1970)   Joan Sims and Frankie Howerd in Carry on up the Jungle By now the regulars in the cast were starting to have delusions of grandeur. Jim Dale turned down the role of the Jungle Boy because he felt the dialogue he was expected […]

The ‘CARRY ON’ pictures – Pt 1.

June 28, 2017 Alan Royle 0

  There were 31 ‘Carry On’ pictures all told. The first, Carry on Sergeant, reared its substandard head in 1958 and made money. The last, Carry on Columbus, was screened in 1992. They were all low budget servings of British music hall humour consisting of sexist jokes, remarks and plots, […]