Carry On - The Ultimate Collection [DVD]

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Filming for Carry On Abroad began on 17 April 1972 and was the last Carry On to star Charles Hawtrey. [93] Filmed entirely in England, Abroad was completed within a month and was released in December 1972. It featured the highest number of Carry On regulars, with only Jim Dale and Terry Scott missing from the core cast. [94] Sid James, Joan Sims, Barbara Windsor, Kenneth Connor, Peter Butterworth, Diane Langton and David Lodge [122] Carry On Again Doctor was the last film to star Jim Dale. Dale insisted on performing all his own stunts for the film and broke his arm as a result. The film's composer Eric Rogers makes his second on-screen appearance as the trumpet player during the hospital dance sequence. [69] Again Doctor began filming on 17 March 1969 and finished three weeks later at the beginning of May. [70] Again Doctor went on general release in August 1969. [71] Sid James, Joan Sims, Barbara Windsor, Kenneth Connor, Peter Butterworth, Bernard Bresslaw and Julian Holloway [120]

Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. The men’s surgical ward of the Haven Hospital is staffed by an energetic nursing team under the watchful eye of Matron. Their suty time is taken up not only with nursing, but in attempting to control the riotous “shower” of patients who are always up to some prank or other. They also have to contend with the amorous advances of the patients! Carry On Teacher (1959) The sexual aspect in these films, as per my previous review, is more aimed at promoting matrimonial sexual relations. Where you see nurses parading in underwear by the end of the film the male and female leads fall in love with one another, or reaffirm their passions and emotions. That verse the Benny Hill films and TV show which pushed the level of sexuality and sexually oriented jokes a few degrees higher. This selection of films, in terms of DVD presentation, is okay, but inconsistent as not all films fill the screen, and one film that has the proper aspect ration only fills a portion of the screen with a low resolution transfer. And the Carry On films aren't much different in that the humor isn't just "dry", but is essentially non-existent save for a gag or two per film. Otherwise what you have are actors acting light-heartedly silly hoping that the light mood they instill in the footage will help sell the film's script and story to the audience. Whatever.The first four films from the legendary Carry On… film series make their Blu-ray debut in this collector’s set An intended sub-sequel to the successful Carry On Nurse was renamed and made as Carry On Doctor in 1967. [14] Carry On Nurse was alluded to twice in Carry On Doctor, firstly with the sub-titles (one reading Nurse Carries On Again and Death of a Daffodil), and again in a later scene with Frankie Howerd commenting on a vase of daffodils in his hospital room. A second attempt at Carry On Again Nurse came in 1979, after the series left Rank Films and moved to Hemdale. A completed script had been written by George Layton [15] and Jonathan Lynn in 1977, but the attempt was cancelled due to the financial loss of Carry On Emmannuelle. Carry On Down Under was considered when, while on holiday in Australia, Gerald Thomas scouted locations and spoke to the Australian Film Commission about a potential film. The production was abandoned when finance fell through, and a complete script written by Vince Powell is included in the book Fifty Years of Carry On. The sinister Dr Watt has an evil scheme going. He's kidnapping beautiful young women and turning them into mannequins to sell to local stores. Fortunately for Dr Watt, Detective-Sergeant Bung is on the case, and he doesn't have a clue! In this send up of the Hammer Horror movies, there are pastiches of all the horror greats from Frankenstein to Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

Rogers and Thomas were responsible for all 31 films, usually on time and to a strict budget, and often employed the same crew — some of whom were also regulars on the James Bond series, such as Peter Lamont, Alan Hume, and Anthony Waye. Between 1958 and 1992, the series employed seven writers, most often Norman Hudis (1958–1962) and Talbot Rothwell (1963–1974). Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors Ltd produced 12 films (1958–1966), the Rank Organisation made 18 (1966–1978), while United International Pictures produced one (1992). The 2003 DVD logo depicting some of the actors from the series: from left to right; Bernard Bresslaw, Kenneth Williams, Joan Sims, Sid James, Hattie Jacques, Jim Dale, Barbara Windsor and Charles Hawtrey Tanya Gold (28 September 2007). "Infamy? They've got it". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 12 December 2010. Starring: Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Jim Dale, Joan Sims, Barbara Windsor, Hattie Jacques, Windsor Davies, Valerie Leon, Peter Butterworth, Bernard Bresslaw, Terry Scott, Bill Maynard, Phil Silvers, Patsy Rowlands and Frankie Howerd. The Carry On series is a long-running British sequence of comedy films, stage shows and television programmes produced between 1958 and 1992. Distributed by Anglo-Amalgamated from 1958 to 1966, and the Rank Organisation from 1967 to 1978, the films were all made at Pinewood Studios. [1] The series' humour relied largely on innuendo and double entendre. [2] There were thirty-one films, four TV Christmas specials, one television series of thirteen episodes, and three West End and provincial stage plays, [3] all made on time and to a strict budget. [4]

Carry On Doctor was the first medical theme–based Carry On film for eight years, and was the first of two Carry On films to star the comedian Frankie Howerd. It was also to be the last film of the series according to Peter Rogers. [57] Joan Sims was originally asked to play the part of "Matron" after her earlier success playing a similar part in Doctor in Clover, but the part eventually went to Hattie Jacques. [58] With the Carry On prefix still an unfavourable title among Rank producers, Rothwell initially entitled the script "Nurse Carries on Again". [58] Doctor was also the first of four Carry On films to have illustrations on the opening credits. They were drawn by Larry, an illustrator for Punch. [59] Production started in September 1967 and finished the following month. Doctor was released in December that year. [60]

Rigelsford, Adrian (1996). Carry On Laughing: A Celebration. London: Virgin. ISBN 978-0-7535-0006-4.Acting Headmaster William Wakefield decides to apply for a post at a new school after 20-years service at Maudlin Street Modern School. Before he can leave he must deal with a visit by a Ministry of Education Inspector, but when a senior boy pupil overhears Wakefield plans to leave at the end of term, he and his school chums plan to sabotage every endeavour that might earn Wakefield praise. Carry On Constable (1960) The films depict not a more innocent time, but a more dutiful time in terms of what sex meant between men and women during a period after the second world war as the Cold war was taking shape. And the films and film makers frame sex and romance in that vein. A two-hour radio documentary, Carry On Forever!, presented by Leslie Phillips, was broadcast in two parts on BBC Radio 2 on 19 and 20 July 2010. A three-part television retrospective with the same title, narrated by Martin Clunes, was shown on ITV3 in the UK over Easter 2015. Several other films were planned, scripted (or partly scripted) or entered pre-production before being abandoned: [11] [12] [13] Carry On Again Nurse [ edit ]

Morris Bright and Robert Ross (2000). The Lost Carry Ons: Scenes That Never Made it to the Screen. Virgin Books. ISBN 1-85227-990-7. Carry On Teacher starred the popular radio comedian Ted Ray, who was cast because of his success on radio during World War II and later. Ray, who at that time was under contract to ABC Films, proved to be popular with audiences of the film on its general release and, as a result, Peter Rogers planned to cast him in future films. However, ABC producers were enraged at Ray's success for a rival producer and demanded he stop appearing in the Carry On films. Rogers was threatened with legal action and was forced to find another lead actor. [21] Worldwide first on Blu-ray! Carry On favourite Barbara Windsor makes her debut in this outrageous send-up of the James Bond movies. Fearless agent Desmond Simpkins and Charlie Bind, aided and abetted by the comely Agent Honeybutt and Agent Crump, battle against the evil powers of international bad guys STENCH and their three cronies. Hassan, Genevieve (13 March 2008). "Carry On script gets green light". BBC News . Retrieved 13 March 2008. Carry On Girls had a six-week shooting schedule which started on 16 April 1973 on location in Brighton. [96] Gerald Thomas was eager to cast Kenneth Williams, but Williams turned the role down owing to theatre commitments. To accommodate him, Thomas trimmed the role down to entice Williams to join the cast, but he again refused. The part then went to the Scottish comedian Jimmy Logan in what was to become his second Carry On engagement. [96] Girls was released in November 1973. [97]Carry On Camping scored a number one at the box office for 1969 [66] and became infamous for the sequence in which Barbara Windsor's bra flew off during early morning exercises. So risqué was this scene, that Ireland banned the film on its domestic release. [67] Camping was filmed between October and November 1968 and held its premiere on 3 July 1969. [67]