Select Filmography∗ 1896 Landing at Low Tide, R. W. Paul. Directed by Birt Acres Comedy. Brighton 1899 Landing at Low Tide, Haydon and Urry Comedy 1901 Interior of a Railway Carriage – Bank Holiday, Hepworth. Directed by Percy Stow Comedy 1903 A Trip to Southend Or Blackpool. Directed by James Williamson Comedy. Discomforts of a crowded railway compartment 1905 Father’s Picnic on the Sands, Cricks and Sharp Comedy Seaside Views, Cricks and Sharp. Directed by Tom Green Comedy. Tramps peep into bathing machine and get caught Caught By the Tide, Clarendon. Directed by Percy Stow Adventure. Couple cut off by tide are hauled to cliff top Her Morning Dip, Gaumont. Directed by Alf Collins Comedy. Margate. Peeping Toms surprised when comely girl is revealed by her costume as bony 1907 A Seaside Girl, Hepworth. Directed by Lewin Fitzhamon Cast: May Clark, Frank Wilson, Thurston Harris Chase. Bognor Dumb Sagacity, Hepworth. Directed by Lewin Fitzhamon Cast: Gertie Potter, Blair the dog Animal. Bognor 1908 A Visit to the Seaside, Natural Color Kinematograph Co. Directed by G. A. Smith. Comedy. Brighton. Seaside scenes including girl falling in sea from boat and men peeping at bathing girls (first British colour film). 1909 A Seaside Episode, Cricks and Martin. Directed by A. E. Coleby Comedy. Bexhill. Man flirts with girls and is caught by wife 216 Select Filmography 217 1911 A Seaside Introduction, Hepworth. Directed by Lewin Fitzhamon Cast: Hay Plumb, Alma Taylor Comedy. Brighton 1915 Sharps And Flats. Bamforth (YCC). Directed by Cecil Birth Cast: Reggie Switz Comedy. Camping holiday 1918 Hindle Wakes. Diamond Super (Royal). (Adapted from Stanley Houghton’s 1912 play.) Directed by Maurice Elvey Cast: Norman McKinnel, Colette O’Neil Romance. Blackpool 1927 Hindle Wakes. USA: Fanny Hawthorne. (Adapted from Stanley Houghton’s 1912 play.) Produced by Maurice Elvey and Victor Saville. Directed by Maurice Elvey Cast: Estelle Brody, John Stuart Romance. Blackpool 1931 Hindle Wakes. Gaumont. (Adapted from Stanley Houghton’s 1912 play.) Produced by Michael Balcon, directed by Victor Saville Cast: Sybil Thorndike Drama. Blackpool 1934 Boots! Boots! Reissue: 1938 (25 mins cut) Blakely (Butcher). Directed by Bert Tracey Cast: George Formby Musical. Hotel ‘Boots’ and scullery maid star in cabaret Sing As We Go. Reissue: 1953. ATP (ABFD). Producer/Director Basil Dean Cast: Gracie Fields, John Loder, Stanley Holloway Comedy. Blackpool 1935 No Limit. Reissue: 1946. ATP (ABFD). Produced by Basil Dean, directed by Monty Banks Cast: George Formby Comedy. Isle of Man First a Girl. Gaumont. Produced by Michael Balcon, directed by Victor Saville Cast: Jessie Matthews, Sonnie Hale Musical. Riviera 1937 Sam Small Leaves Town. Reissue: 1942, It’s Sam Small Again (9 mins cut) British Screen Service. Directed by Alfred Goulding Cast: Stanley Holloway Comedy. Butlin’s, Skegness 218 Select Filmography 1938 Bank Holiday. USA: Three on a Weekend. Reissue: 1951 (GFD; 18 mins cut), Gainsborough (GFD). Directed by Carol Reed Cast: John Lodge, Margaret Lockwood, Wally Patch, Kathleen Harrison Drama. Brighton 1941 Gert and Daisy’s Weekend. Reissue: 1945 (Sherwood; 10 mins cut), Butcher. Cast: Elsie Waters, Doris Waters Comedy. Cockney sisters take evacuees on a trip to the countryside 1943 Millions Like Us. Reissue: 1947 (ABFD; cut), Gainsborough (GFD). Cast: Eric Portman, Patricia Roc, Gordon Jackson War. Family spends peacetime holiday at the seaside prior to Second World War 1946 HandsacrosstheOcean. Gordon (BL). Directed by Harry Gordon Cast: Pearl Cameron, Sgt Bill Swyre Romance. GI and English girl fall in love and tour England 1947 Holiday Camp. Reissue: 1948, 1954 (Monarch,12 mins cut). Gainsborough (GFD). Directed by Ken Annakin Cast: Flora Robson, Dennis Price, Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison Comedy. Butlin’s, Filey 1948 Holidays with Pay. Reissue: 1950 (cut). Film Studios Manchester (Mancunian). Producer and Director John E. Blakeley Cast: Frank Randle, Tessie O’Shea Comedy. Blackpool. (Extract in Tonight’s The Night, 1960, Seaside Frolics) 1950 Last Holiday. ABPC/Watergate (AB-Pathé). Produced by Stephen Mitchell, A. D. Peters, J. B. Priestley, directed by Henry Cass, screenplay by J. B. Priestley Cast: Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh Comedy. Torquay 1952 Hindle Wakes. USA: Holiday Week. Monarch. (Adapted from Stanley Houghton’s 1912 play.) Directed by Arthur Crabtree Cast: Lisa Daniely, Leslie Dwyer, Brian Worth Romance. Blackpool 1953 ODreamland. Free Cinema. Directed by Lindsay Anderson Documentary. Film of the amusements at the Dreamland funfair, Margate Genevieve. Reissue: 1960. Sirius (GFD). Produced and directed by Henry Cornelius Cast: Dinah Sheridan, John Gregson, Kay Kendall, Kenneth More Comedy. Brighton Select Filmography 219 Innocents in Paris. Reissue: 1956 (Renown, 10 mins cut). Romulus (IFD). Directed by Anatole de Grunwald Cast: Alastair Sim, Ronald Shiner, Claire Bloom, Margaret Rutherford Comedy. Seven stories of British tourists on a weekend trip to Paris 1955 Doctor at Sea. Group (GFD). Directed by Ralph Thomas. Cast:DirkBogarde,BrigitteBardot Comedy. Misadventures of medical officer aboard passenger-carrying cargo steamer 1957 Holiday. British Transport Films. Directed by John Taylor Documentary. Blackpool Not Wanted On Voyage. Byron/Ronald Shiner (Renown). Directed by Maclean Rogers Cast: Ronald Shiner, Brian Rix Comedy. Stewards thwart jewel thieves on cruise to Tangiers 1958 Girls at Sea. ABPC. Directed by Gilbert Gunn. Screenplay (Play) Stephen King- Hall, Ian Hay (The Middle Watch) Cast: Guy Rolfe, Ronald Shiner Comedy. Girls taken to sea on battleship must be hidden from admiral 1960 The Entertainer. Woodfall/Holly (Bry). Screenplay (Play) John Osborne. Directed by Tony Richardson Cast: Laurence Olivier, Brenda de Banzie, Roger Livesey, Joan Plowright Drama. Morecambe, 1956 1961 A Taste of Honey. Woodfall (Bry). Produced and directed by Tony Richardson. Screenplay (Play) Shelagh Delany Cast: Rita Tushingham, Dora Bryan Blackpool sequence Naked As Nature Intended. Markten/Compass (Compton). Produced and directed by Harrison Marks Cast: Pamela Green, Stuart Samuels Travelogue/Cornwall nudist camp 1962 Carry On Cruising. GHW. Directed by Gerald Thomas Cast: Sidney James, Kenneth Williams Mediterranean cruise The Punch And Judy Man. MacConkey (WPD). Directed by Jeremy Summers Cast: Tony Hancock, Sylvia Sims Comedy. Seaside entertainer, married to social climber, spoils mayor’s celebration cabaret 1963 Summer Holiday. Ivy/Elstree (WPD). Directed by Peter Yates Cast: Cliff Richard, Lauri Peters, Ron Moody, The Shadows 220 Select Filmography Musical. European tour The Leather Boys. Raymond Stross (Garrick). Directed by Sidney J. Furie. Cast: Rita Tushingham, Dudley Sutton, Gladys Henson, Colin Campbell Butlin’s Bognor Regis sequence 1964 The Beauty Jungle. USA: Contest Girl. Rank (RFD). Produced and directed by Val Guest Cast: Janette Scott, Ian Hendry, Edmund Purdom Drama. Reporter helps Bristol typist to become professional beauty contest winner Wonderful Life. USA: Swinger’s Paradise. Ivy (Elstree). Directed by Sidney J. Furie Cast: Cliff Richard, Susan Hampshire, The Shadows Musical. Canary Islands. Cruise scene Every Day’s a Holiday. USA: Seaside Swingers. Fitzroy/Maycroft (GN). Directed by James Hill Cast: John Leyton, Mike Sarne, Freddie and the Dreamers, Ron Moody Musical. Butlin’s Clacton 1965 San Ferry Ann. Dormar (BL). Directed by Jeremy Summers Cast: Rodney Bewes, Wilfred Brambell, Ron Moody, Joan Sims Comedy. Misadventures of British holidaymakers in France 1969 Carry On Camping. Adder (RFD). Produced by Peter Rogers, directed by Gerald Thomas Cast: Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, Hattie Jacques, Barbara Windsor Comedy. Devon. Camping holiday 1971 Carry On At Your Convenience. Peter Rogers Productions (RFD). Directed by Gerald Thomas Cast: Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, Joan Sims Comedy. Brighton sequence 1972 Carry On Abroad. Peter Rogers Productions (Fox-Rank). Directed by Gerald Thomas Cast: Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, Barbara Windsor, Joan Sims, Hattie Jacques Comedy. Package holiday to Mediterranean island 1973 The Best Pair of Legs in the Business. Sunny/Anglo-EMI (MGM-EMI). Directed by Christopher Hodson Cast: Reg Varney, Diana Coupland, Lee Montague Drama. Holiday camp comedian discovers his wife is having an affair with the owner That’ll Be the Day. Goodtimes/Anglo-EMI (MGM-EMI). Directed by Claude Whatham Cast: David Essex, Ringo Starr Select Filmography 221 Musical. Holiday camp scenes Carry On Girls. Peter Rogers Productions (Fox-Rank). Directed by Gerald Thomas Cast: Sidney James, Joan Sims, Barbara Windsor Comedy. Brighton. Women’s Lib group tries to foil bathing beauty contest Holiday on the Buses. Hammer (MGM-EMI). Directed by Bryan Izzard Cast: Reg Varney, Bob Grant, Doris Hare, Wilfred Brambell Comedy. Wales. Pontin’s at Prestatyn 1975 Tommy. Stigwood (Hemdale). Directed by Ken Russell Cast: Ann-Margret, Oliver Reed Holiday camp sequence Carry On Behind. Peter Rogers Productions (Fox-Rank). Directed by Gerald Thomas Cast: Elke Sommer, Kenneth Williams, Joan Sims, Jack Douglas, Windsor Davies Comedy. Caravan park. Archaeologists cause trouble with their excavations behind a holiday camp 1977 Are You Being Served? Anglo-EMI. Directed by Bob Kellett Cast: John Inman, Mollie Sugden, Frank Thornton Comedy. Department store personnel take a holiday in Spain Confessions From A Holiday Camp. Swiftdown (Col). Directed by Norman Cohen Cast: Robin Askwith, Anthony Booth, Doris Hare Sex. Entertainment officer’s exploits