Holidays with Pay
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Holidays with Pay is a 1948 British
comedy film
directed by John E. Blakeley
and starring Frank Randle
, Tessie O'Shea
and Dan Young
. The Rogers go on a family holiday to Blackpool
where they enjoy a series of adventures.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
directed by John E. Blakeley
John E. Blakeley
John E. Blakeley was a British film producer, director and screenwriter, the founder of Mancunian Films.Born Ardwick, Manchester, son of James Blakeley , and Margaret . His father had become an early film distributor in 1908 after previous work as a travelling draper...
and starring Frank Randle
Frank Randle
Frank Randle was an English comedian...
, Tessie O'Shea
Tessie O'Shea
Teresa Mary "Tessie" O'Shea was a Welsh entertainer and actress.Born in Cardiff to Nellie Theresa and James Peter O'Shea, a soldier who was the son of Irish emigrants, Tessie was reared in the British music hall tradition, appearing on stage as "The Wonder of Wales" as early as the age of six...
and Dan Young
Dan Young
Dan Young was a British comedian and film actor. He featured in a number of Mancunian Films productions often appearing with Frank Randle.-Selected filmography:* Calling All Crooks * Somewhere in England...
. The Rogers go on a family holiday to Blackpool
Blackpool
Blackpool is a borough, seaside town, and unitary authority area of Lancashire, in North West England. It is situated along England's west coast by the Irish Sea, between the Ribble and Wyre estuaries, northwest of Preston, north of Liverpool, and northwest of Manchester...
where they enjoy a series of adventures.
Cast
- Frank RandleFrank RandleFrank Randle was an English comedian...
- Jack Rogers - Tessie O'SheaTessie O'SheaTeresa Mary "Tessie" O'Shea was a Welsh entertainer and actress.Born in Cardiff to Nellie Theresa and James Peter O'Shea, a soldier who was the son of Irish emigrants, Tessie was reared in the British music hall tradition, appearing on stage as "The Wonder of Wales" as early as the age of six...
- Pansy Rogers - Dan YoungDan YoungDan Young was a British comedian and film actor. He featured in a number of Mancunian Films productions often appearing with Frank Randle.-Selected filmography:* Calling All Crooks * Somewhere in England...
- Phil Rogers - Josef LockeJosef LockeJosef Locke was the stage name of Joseph McLaughlin , a tenor singer who was successful in the United Kingdom and Ireland in the 1940s and 1950s....
- Himself - Sally Barnes - Pamela Rogers
- Sonny BurkeSonny BurkeSonny Burke was a big band leader. In 1937, he graduated from Duke University where he had formed and led the jazz big band known as the Duke Ambassadors....
- Michael Sandford - Bert TracyBert TracyBert Tracy was a British actor. He also directed one film, Boots! Boots! in 1934 which marked the film debut of George Formby as an adult.-Selected filmography:Actor* The Kentucky Derby * Law or Loyalty * Warned Off...
- Ephraim Rogers - Joyanne BracewellJoyanne BracewellDame Joyanne Winifred Bracewell, DBE, QC, FRSA was the most senior judge of the Family Division of the High Court of Justice at the time of her death, after the President of the Family Division.-Early life and career:...
- Joyanne Rogers