Richard Massingham
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 31, 1898
Deathday: April 01, 1953
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Known For
To the Rescue
1952-01-01
To the Rescue
Overview: Comedy of the theft of a poodle by a villain and the chase after him.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-01-01
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Introducing the New Worker
1952-01-02
Introducing the New Worker
Overview: Showing the importance of a thorough induction.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-01-02
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What a Life!
1948-06-03
What a Life!
Overview: Two men, worn down by their dismal daily existence, decide to take action.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-06-03
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Handkerchief Drill
1949-11-15
Handkerchief Drill
Overview: A husband sneezes inconsiderately all over the place, until his wife has had enough and leaves him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-11-15
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Thirty Miles an Hour
1949-01-01
Thirty Miles an Hour
Overview: Short road safety film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-01-01
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Facts and Fancies
1951-09-02
Facts and Fancies
Overview: Describes the many by-products resulting from the carbonisation of coal.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-09-02
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Post Haste
1943-01-02
Post Haste
Overview: A brief documentary about the history of the Royal Mail.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-01-02
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Agricultural Holiday Camps
1947-06-07
Agricultural Holiday Camps
Overview: The effortlessly comic abandons the stress of his city job to work on a farm.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-06-07
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In Which We Live: Being the Story of a Suit Told by Itself
1943-01-02
In Which We Live: Being the Story of a Suit Told by Itself
Overview: Government information film on how to get maximum wear from a man's suit, narrated by one such suit in the form of an autobiography.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-01-02
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Coughs and Sneezes
1945-01-01
Coughs and Sneezes
Overview: This film explains how sneezing in public can spread disease, and shows how using a handkerchief can stop it.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-01-01
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Influenza
1946-01-01
Influenza
Overview: Public health film, warning of the dangers of this airborne disease through sneezing.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-01-01
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Health in Our Time
1948-01-01
Health in Our Time
Overview: Shows how hygiene can change the course of history and how it was a decisive factor in Britain's World War II victory. Commentary by Dr. Charles Hill.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-01-01
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Tell Me If It Hurts
1934-12-31
Tell Me If It Hurts
Overview: A short comedy about dentistry by the doctor and (at this point) amateur film-maker Richard Massingham.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-12-31
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The Five-Inch Bather
1942-12-21
The Five-Inch Bather
Overview: A man extols the enjoyment that can still be had in a bath restricted to the wartime allowance of five inches of hot water.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-12-21
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Pool of Contentment
1946-07-07
Pool of Contentment
Overview: A secretarial pool dream of the ideal civil servant to be their boss.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-07-07
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Watch Your Meters
1947-11-11
Watch Your Meters
Overview: Richard Massingham stars in an educational short about ways of conserving household energy.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-11-11
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Pedestrian Crossing
1948-05-13
Pedestrian Crossing
Overview: Richard Massingham gives a comic demonstration of how to cross the road.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-05-13
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Jet-Propelled Germs
1948-10-10
Jet-Propelled Germs
Overview: Another of Richard Massingham's films about the dangers of sneezing and germ transmission, and what to do with used handkerchiefs
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-10-10
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Warning to Travellers
1949-04-23
Warning to Travellers
Overview: Advice for post-war British holidaymakers on how to comply with new Treasury legislation on taking money abroad, presented in comic style by Richard Massingham.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-04-23
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The Cure
1950-09-20
The Cure
Overview: Richard Massingham directs and stars in this medical short about a man going to any lengths to cure his lumbago.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-09-20
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Moving House
1950-06-01
Moving House
Overview: Richard Massingham's 'Uncle Bob' character helps his family move house.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-06-01
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Turn the Key Softly
1953-04-29
Turn the Key Softly
Overview: A bitter burglar, a prostitute and an elderly shoplifter spend their first day out of jail.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-04-29
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Will Any Gentleman...?
1953-08-25
Will Any Gentleman...?
Overview: A trip to the theatre changes a meek bank clerk's life, as he undergoes hypnosis and leaves without being woken up. Suddenly, he believes he is the world's greatest lover and becomes a terrorizing Casanova.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-08-25
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What's In a Number
1948-05-20
What's In a Number
Overview: National insurance made amusing by the eccentric Richard Massingham.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-05-20
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The Silent Order
1951-07-20
The Silent Order
Overview: Filmed shortly after World War II," The Silent Order" records the lives of Trappist monks living inside the 12th-century Monastery of the Holy Cross, Roscrea, County Tipperary, as they quietly go about their business as farmers, scholars, artists, and writers—evoking 10 centuries of a shifting social, political, and religious landscape in the heart of Ireland.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-07-20
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