School for Randle
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School for Randle is a 1949 British
comedy film
directed by John E. Blakeley
and starring Frank Randle
, Dan Young
and Alec Pleon. A school caretaker turns out to be the father of a number of the pupils. The title is a reference to the Richard Brinsley Sheridan
play The School for Scandal
.
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...
, 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...
and Alec Pleon. A school caretaker turns out to be the father of a number of the pupils. The title is a reference to the Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan was an Irish-born playwright and poet and long-term owner of the London Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. For thirty-two years he was also a Whig Member of the British House of Commons for Stafford , Westminster and Ilchester...
play The School for Scandal
The School for Scandal
The School for Scandal is a play written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. It was first performed in London at Drury Lane Theatre on May 8, 1777.The prologue, written by David Garrick, commends the play, its subject, and its author to the audience...
.
Cast
- Frank RandleFrank RandleFrank Randle was an English comedian...
- Flatfoot Mason - 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...
- Clarence - Alec Pleon - Blockhead
- Terry Randall - Betty Andrews
- Hilda BayleyHilda BayleyHilda Christabel Bailey was a British film actress. In 1922 she appeared in the controversial crime film Cocaine.-Selected filmography:* The Barton Mystery * Carnival * Cocaine * Flames of Passion...
- Mrs. Andrews - Frederick Bradshaw - Mr. Andrews
- Jimmy ClitheroeJimmy ClitheroeJames Robinson Clitheroe was a British comic entertainer. He never grew any taller than 4 feet 3 inches, and could easily pass for an 11-year-old boy, the character he played in The Clitheroe Kid....
- Jimmy - Maudie EdwardsMaudie EdwardsMaudie Edwards was a Welsh actress and singer, now best remembered as a member of the original cast of Coronation Street....
- Bella Donna - John SingerJohn SingerJohn Singer may refer to:*John Singer , legal analyst and media commentator*Seymour Jonathan Singer, cell biologist and author*John Singer , American killed in a standoff over homeschooling*John Singer...
- Ted Parker - Elsa TeeElsa Tee-Selected filmography:* Heaven Is Round the Corner * Twilight Hour * Here Comes the Sun * Death in High Heels * School for Randle -External links:...
- Miss Weston