Carry On - The Ultimate Collection [DVD]

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Speedee Taxis is a great success, which means its workaholic owner Charlie starts neglecting Peggy, his wife. Carry On Henry' (1971), 'Carry On at Your Convenience' (1971), 'Carry On Matron' (1972), 'Carry On Abroad' (1972), 'Carry On Girls' (1973), 'Carry On Dick' (1974), 'Carry On Behind' (1975), 'Carry On England' (1976), 'That's Carry On! The idea for the film was inspired by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's popular compilation film That's Entertainment! A completed script had been written by George Layton [15] and Jonathan Lynn in 1977, but the attempt was cancelled due to the financial loss of Carry On Emmannuelle. In 1969, the UK television channel ITV televised a Christmas special recorded by Thames Television; entitled Carry On Christmas, it was watched by over eight million viewers.

A new generation of comedy actors were cast, including Rik Mayall, Keith Allen, Alexei Sayle and Julian Clary. for VHS, there would be no problem with it being released at the very least on DVD, but it really isn't that simple. Carry On Nurse was based on the play Ring For Catty by Patrick Cargill and Jack Beal, [18] and was the first film of the series to star Joan Sims. 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. Fearless agent Desmond Simpkins and Charlie Bind, aided and abetted by the comely Agent Honeybutt and Agent Crump, battle against the evil powers of international bad guys STENCH and their three cronies.Each of the four films - Carry On Spying ( 1964), Carry On Cleo ( 1964), Carry On Cowboy ( 1965) and Carry On Screaming! The reinstatement resulted in a surge in takings, causing the Rank Organisation to relent and allow the Carry On title to be reinstated officially for the 1967 film Carry On Doctor.

England was the only film of the series to be partially funded by both Peter Rogers and Gerald Thomas: Rank refused to pay the full amount. The first of the series to star Sid James, who appeared in a part originally written for Ted Ray, [21] Carry On Constable initially had additional writing material supplied by John Antrobus and Brock Williams, but both efforts were omitted from the final script. Checking the VHS sleeve, Warners got it via Island World rather than through their MGM/UA distribution deal.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. The film series was first released as a DVD box-set on 1 September 2008, by ITV Studios Home Entertainment.

Stars: Sid James, Barbara Windsor, Hattie Jacques, Charles Hawtrey, Bernard Bresslaw, Terry Scott, Peter Butterworth, Frankie Howerd, Kenneth Connor, Wendy Richard, Joan Sims, Valerie Leon and more. Carry On at Your Convenience was known as Carry On Round the Bend outside the United Kingdom and was the first box-office loss of the series.C. Wren adventure novel Beau Geste, Peter Rogers decided to cast Phil Silvers in place of Sid James who had suffered another minor heart attack a few months before production began. Danniella Westbrook, David Jason, Shaun Williamson and Burt Reynolds were also once attached to the project. The failure was attributed to the film's political theme about the trade union movement as it portrayed the union activists as incompetent troublemakers.

If you are in Australia or New Zealand (DVD Region 4), note that almost all DVDs distributed in the UK by the BBC and 2entertain are encoded for both Region 2 and Region 4.Carry On Smoking (1961), revolving around a fire station and various attempts to train a bungling group of new recruits. Starring: Kenneth Williams Charles Hawtrey Jim Dale Joan Sims Barbara Windsor Hattie Jacques Windsor Davies Valerie Leon Peter Butterworth Bernard Bresslaw Terry Scott Bill Maynard Phil Silvers Patsy Rowlands and Frankie Howerd. However, the title was rejected by the British Board of Film Censors for being too rude, and Peter Rogers named it as part of the series.