Home Sweet Home (1945 film)
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Home Sweet Home is a 1945 British
musical
comedy film
directed by John E. Blakeley
and starring Frank Randle
, Nicolette Roeg and Tony Pendrell.
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...
musical
Musical film
The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, though in some cases they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate...
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...
, Nicolette Roeg and Tony Pendrell.
Cast
- Nicolette Roeg - Jacqueline Chantry
- Frank RandleFrank RandleFrank Randle was an English comedian...
- Frank - Tony Pendrell - Eric Wright
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- Mrs. Wright - Cecil Fredericks - Webster
- Stan Little - Young Herbert
- Bunty Meadows - Bunty
- Gerhard KempinskiGerhard Kempinski-Selected filmography:* The Day Will Dawn * Lady from Lisbon * Thursday's Child * Beware of Pity * Spring Song * Gaiety George * Woman to Woman * White Cradle Inn...
- Pagoli - George MerrittGeorge Merritt (actor)George Merritt was a British film and television actor.-Selected filmography:* The W Plan * The Lodger * I Was a Spy * Crime on the Hill * The Silver Spoon...
- Dr. Handy - Howard Douglas - Martin, the butler
- Iris Vandeleur - Mrs. Jones
- Esma Lewis - Mrs. Luck
- Vincent Holman - The Parson
- Lily Lapidus - Welfare Worker
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- Reporter - Max Melford - Policeman