Carry On - The Ultimate Collection [DVD]

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Carry On Spaceman (1961), scripted by Norman Hudis and planned to be released shortly after Carry On Regardless. The end of the film was going to be a tribute to Jacques, with Sims turning around a photograph of the actress and asking "Well, did I do alright? Rogers outlined the film and registered it with the British Film Producers Association but never pursued it any further.

These are REGION 2 (UK-Europe) discs and will NOT play on standard DVD players, but play well on multi-region upscaling players. We also sell a wide range of refurbished Mobile Phones and Tech from major brands like Apple, Samsung, Sony, Microsoft and much more. Cohen disliked the Carry On series intensely, forcing Peter Rogers to strike a deal with Rank Organisation instead.

It was to revolve around a hospital set for closure, and set to star original actors Barbara Windsor, Jack Douglas, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Kenneth Connor and Joan Sims, with Sims filling in the role of Matron that was previously held by Hattie Jacques. Cabby is the first film of the series to be written by Talbot Rothwell who took two weeks to complete the script.

Peter Rogers was not keen on either film idea as he was worried that a potential disaster involving either an aeroplane or a fire could happen while the film was on general release. South Buckinghamshire District Council, "Planning Statement" Archived 2 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine , p.Owing to the pressure of producing a quality script in a limited amount of time, Rothwell was forced to retire halfway through the script's draft after suffering an attack of nervous exhaustion. Carry On Smoking (1961), revolving around a fire station and various attempts to train a bungling group of new recruits. With the Carry On prefix still an unfavourable title among Rank producers, Rothwell initially entitled the script "Nurse Carries on Again". It is also apparent that the 'Carry On Laughing' TV series may not have originally been planned to form part of the series hence the 'blank' spines creating the off-centre caricature logo in the line up.

One of their first encounters in Rome leaves Hengist being mistaken for a fighter, and gets drafted into the Royal Guard to protect Cleopatra. Box Set includes: Carry on Christmas (1969), an irreverent take on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, featuring Sid James as Scrooge. Jack was the first film of the series to be period based and had the working title of "Carry On Mate".We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our site, provide personalised content and advertising, analyse our traffic, and ensure you see more of what you love. A film critic for the Kinematograph Weekly commented "Make no mistake, Carry On Constable will give exhibitors big houses", [24] while a correspondent at The Times thought that the film had "little to recommend it . However, this line had originally been written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden for Jimmy Edwards in the radio series Take It From Here some years previously.

However, Rothwell decided to accept the contract at the last minute and Wyman and Evans were dropped. Gerald Thomas was eager to cast Kenneth Williams, but Williams turned the role down owing to theatre commitments. Despite new media interest and sets being constructed at Pinewood Studios, the film was once again put on hold, and the project was abandoned after the death of Peter Rogers in April 2009. We will publish your review of Carry On - The Complete Collection [1958] on DVD within a few days as long as it meets our guidelines.The Carry On film series has had numerous individual releases on VHS, and a number of VHSs were released in an eighteen VHS box-set on 1 September 2003. To enable the release to coincide with the 500th anniversary of the Christopher Columbus voyage to America, Rogers commissioned Dave Freeman to produce a script in record time. amusing, extended bit of business lifted right out of Abbott and Costello's seminal "Who's On First? The film critic Dilys Powell thought that Nurse was "a welcome breath of good, vulgar, music hall fun, no connected plot to speak of and, in its series of comic or farcical incidents, some excellent playing".