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Helter Skelter (1949 film)

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Helter Skelter is a 1949 British romantic comedy film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Carol Marsh, David Tomlinson and Mervyn Johns. [1]

41 relations: Antony Darnborough, BBC, Bill Fraser, Carol Marsh, Charles II of England, Charters and Caldicott, Colin Gordon, David Tomlinson, Deus ex machina, Donald Duck, Edmund Willard, Espionage, Francis Chagrin, Gainsborough Pictures, General Film Distributors, Geoffrey Sumner, Harry Secombe, Haunted house, Hiccup, Jack Asher, Jimmy Edwards, Jon Pertwee, Judith Furse, Mervyn Johns, Nightclub, Oliver Cromwell, Patrick Campbell, 3rd Baron Glenavy, Peter Haddon, Peter Hammond (actor), Pieing, Psychiatrist, Ralph Thomas, Richard Hearne, Romantic comedy, Silent film, Sydney Box, Terry-Thomas, Unlisted number, Ventriloquism, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Zena Marshall.

Antony Darnborough

Antony Darnborough (6 October 1913 - 24 September 2000) was a British film producer and director.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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Bill Fraser

William Simpson "Bill" Fraser (5 June 1908 – 9 September 1987) was a Scottish actor who appeared on stage, screen and television for many years.

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Carol Marsh

Carol Marsh (born Norma Lilian Simpson; 10 May 1926 – 6 March 2010) was an English film actress known for winning the part of Rose in the film Brighton Rock (1947) after thousands auditioned for the part.

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Charles II of England

Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was king of England, Scotland and Ireland.

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Charters and Caldicott

Charters and Caldicott started out as two supporting characters in the 1938 Alfred Hitchcock film The Lady Vanishes.

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Colin Gordon

Colin Gordon (27 April 1911 – 4 October 1972) was a British actor born in Ceylon.

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David Tomlinson

David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson (7 May 1917 – 24 June 2000) was an English stage, film and television actor and comedian.

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Deus ex machina

Deus ex machina (or; plural: dei ex machina) is a plot device whereby a seemingly unsolvable problem in a story is suddenly and abruptly resolved by an unexpected and seemingly unlikely occurrence, typically so much as to seem contrived.

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Donald Duck

Donald Duck is a cartoon character created in 1934 at Walt Disney Productions.

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Edmund Willard

Edmund Willard (19 December 1884 – 6 October 1956) was a British actor of the 1930s and 1940s.

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Espionage

Espionage or spying, is the act of obtaining secret or confidential information without the permission of the holder of the information.

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Francis Chagrin

Francis Chagrin (born Alexander Paucker, 15 November 1905 – 10 November 1972), was a composer of film scores and popular orchestral music, as well as a conductor.

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Gainsborough Pictures

Gainsborough Pictures was a British film studio based on the south bank of the Regent's Canal, in Poole Street, Hoxton in the former Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch, London.

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General Film Distributors

General Film Distributors (GFD), later known as J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors and Rank Film Distributors Ltd., was a British film distribution company based in London.

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Geoffrey Sumner

Geoffrey Sumner (20 November 1908, Ilfracombe, Devon – 29 September 1989, Alderney, Channel Islands) was a British actor.

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Harry Secombe

Sir Harry Donald Secombe, CBE (8 September 1921 – 11 April 2001) was a Welsh comedian, actor and singer.

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Haunted house

A haunted house or ghosthouse is a house or other building often perceived as being inhabited by disembodied spirits of the deceased who may have been former residents or were familiar with the property.

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Hiccup

A hiccup (also spelled hiccough) is an involuntary contraction (myoclonic jerk) of the diaphragm that may repeat several times per minute.

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Jack Asher

Jack Asher B.S.C. (29 March 1916, London – 1991) was an English cinematographer.

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Jimmy Edwards

James Keith O'Neill Edwards, DFC (23 March 19207 July 1988) was an English comedy writer and actor on radio and television, best known as Pa Glum in Take It From Here and as headmaster "Professor" James Edwards in Whack-O!.

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Jon Pertwee

John Devon Roland Pertwee (7 July 1919 – 20 May 1996), known professionally as Jon Pertwee, was an English actor, comedian, entertainer and cabaret performer.

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Judith Furse

Judith Furse (4 March 1912 – 29 August 1974) was an English actress.

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Mervyn Johns

David Mervyn Johns (18 February 18996 September 1992) was a distinctive Welsh film and television character actor who became a star of British films during World War II.

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Nightclub

A nightclub, music club or club, is an entertainment venue and bar that usually operates late into the night.

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Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell (25 April 15993 September 1658) was an English military and political leader.

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Patrick Campbell, 3rd Baron Glenavy

Patrick Gordon Campbell, 3rd Baron Glenavy (6 June 1913 – 10 November 1980), known as Patrick Campbell, was an Irish journalist, humorist and television personality.

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Peter Haddon

Peter Haddon (31 March 1898 – 7 September 1962) was an English actor born Peter Haddon Tildsely in Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England.

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Peter Hammond (actor)

Peter Charles Hammond Hill (15 November 1923 – 12 October 2011) was an English actor and television director.

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Pieing

A pieing or pie attack is the act of throwing a pie at a person or people.

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Psychiatrist

A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in psychiatry, the branch of medicine devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, study, and treatment of mental disorders.

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Ralph Thomas

Ralph Philip Thomas MC (10 August 1915 – 17 March 2001) was an English film director.

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Richard Hearne

Richard Lewis Hearne, OBE (30 January 1908 – 23 August 1979) was an English actor, comedian, producer and writer.

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Romantic comedy

Romantic comedy (also known as the portmanteaus romedy or romcom) is a genre with light-hearted, humorous plotlines, centered on romantic ideals such as that true love is able to surmount most obstacles.

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Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (and in particular, no spoken dialogue).

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Sydney Box

Sydney Box (29 April 1907 – 25 May 1983) was a British film producer and screenwriter, and brother of British film producer Betty Box.

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Terry-Thomas

Terry-Thomas (born Thomas Terry Hoar Stevens; 10 July 19118 January 1990) was an English comedian and character actor who became known to a worldwide audience through his films during the 1950s and 1960s.

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Unlisted number

In telephony, an unlisted number (United States, New Zealand), ex-directory number (United Kingdom) silent number, silent line (Australia), or private number (New Zealand, and Canada) is a telephone number that is intentionally not listed in telephone books.

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Ventriloquism

Ventriloquism, or ventriloquy, is an act of stagecraft in which a person (a ventriloquist) changes his or her voice so that it appears that the voice is coming from elsewhere, usually a puppeteered "dummy".

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Wilfrid Hyde-White

Wilfrid Hyde-White (12 May 1903 – 6 May 1991) was an English character actor of stage, film and television, who achieved international recognition in his later years for his role as Colonel Pickering in the 1964 film version of the musical My Fair Lady.

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Zena Marshall

Zena Moyra Marshall (1 January 1926 – 10 July 2009) was a British actress of film and television, who was born in Kenya.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helter_Skelter_(1949_film)

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