The Picture Show Annual (1961)

Page scan 00012 from The Picture Show Annual

Record Details:

Title:
The Picture Show Annual
Date:
1961
Author:
Amalgamated Press, Ltd.
Publisher:
London, Amalgamated Press, Ltd.
Volume:
Picture Show Annual (1961)
Leaf #:
00012
Language:
English
Collection:
Year Book, United Kingdom, and Global Cinema
Format:
Annuals
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
January 01, 1000
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BOULTINGS Those terrible twins of the British film industry : John, with glasses, and Roy. Noel Coward once said they had no tense of humour B ack in 1938 two men took over the back garden of a big house in Highgate, brought in child star Binky Stuart, and knocked oflF their first film, a two-reel effort that didn’t exactly start a rush for their services. In 1959 a film produced and directed by the same two men was the top British box oflice hit of the year. The men : the Terrible Twins of the British film industry, John and Roy Boulting, and the film that hit the top in ’59 was, of course. I'm All Right, Jack. The name Boulting^ has become synonymous with laughter, but the twins were first associated with dramatic films like Pastor Hall, Brighton Rock, Seven Days to Noon, Thunder Rock, and The Guinea Pig. But then they found that ridicule was a more effective weapon. Institutions so far ridiculed by the Boultings have included the Army, the Law, and that holy of holies of modem life, the Trade Union. They made Ian Carmichael into one of the funniest funny men in Britain in Private's Progress and . . . and some of 8