Collections |
Ealing Comedy | Eternal postwar comedies from 'the studio with team spirit' | New analysis |
Who's Who at Ealing | Meet the team at 'the studio with team spirit' | NEW |
Film |
All Hands (1940) | A lesson in the cost of careless talk, starring a young John Mills | NEW |
Did You Ever See a Dream Talking? (1943) | Enjoyably daft short in which a spendthrift learns the importance of war savings | NEW |
Go to Blazes (1942) | Comic instructional film on dealing with firebombs, starring Will Hay | NEW |
Happy Family (1939) | Ealing's first propaganda film, made to prepare citizens for the coming war | NEW |
Now You're Talking (1940) | Short cautionary tale in which a factory worker is guilty of careless talk | NEW |
Old Curiosity Shop, The (1934) | First sound version of Dickens' heartbreaking saga of Little Nell | NEW |
Rock You Sinners (1957) | Lively musical capturing the birth of the rock'n'roll scene in Britain. | NEW |
Salvage with a Smile (1940) | Comic short designed to promote recycling for the war effort | NEW |
Save Your Shillings and Smile (1943) | Tommy Trinder learns the value of wartime savings | NEW |
Sea Fort (1940) | Early Ealing documentary charting life on board a coastal defence installation | NEW |
Sky's the Limit, The (1943) | Stirring recreation of a WWII bombing raid, made to promote war bonds | NEW |
The Tommy Steele Story (1957) | Early rock'n'roll musical charting the rise to fame of the South London singer | NEW |
Young Ones, The (1961) | Exuberant musical in which Cliff Richard and pals fight to save their youth club | NEW |
Yellow Caesar (1941) | Inventive, hard-hitting satire of the rise of Mussolini | NEW |
Young Veteran (1940) | Poignant Ealing documentary about the young army recruits of early WWII | NEW |
Television |
Drinking for England (1999) | Innovative 'docu-musical' in which alcoholics recite their stories in verse and song | NEW |
John David (1982) | Provocative Play for Today in which a mother decides to give up her Down's Syndrome baby | NEW |
Sudden Wrench, A (1982) | A bored housewife trains to be a plumber in this feminist Play for Today | NEW |
People |
Baker, Reginald (1896-1985) | Producer and senior executive at Ealing Studios for some 30 years | NEW |
Courtauld, Stephen (1883-1967) | Textiles scion who financed Ealing for more than two decades | NEW |
Fowler, Harry (1926-2012) | Cockney actor who had a series of youthful roles at Ealing | NEW |
Johns, Mervyn (1899-1992) | Welsh character actor who was one of Ealing's most versatile players | NEW |
Morgan, Diana (1908-1996) | Welsh-born writer who struggled for recognition in the very male world of Ealing | NEW |
Rose, William (1918-1987) | American-born writer of The Ladykillers and The Maggie | NEW |
Slater, John (1916-1975) | Long-faced character actor who was a familiar screen presence from the 40s to the 70s | NEW |
Film Studios and Organisations |
Ealing Studios (1938-59) | A history of Britain's best-loved film studio | New biography |
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