Max Wall
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Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Max Wall (12 March 1908 – 21 May 1990), was an English comedian and actor, whose performing career covered music hall, theatre, films and television. Description above from the Wikipedia article Max Wall, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Brixton, London, England
Adult: No
Birthday: March 12, 1908
Age: 117 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: May 22, 1990
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Jabberwocky
Overview: After the death of his father, young Dennis Cooper goes to town where he has to pass several adventures. The town and the whole kingdom is threatened by a terrible monster called 'Jabberwocky'. Will Dennis make his fortune? Is anyone brave enough to defeat the monster?
Genres: Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-03-28
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One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Overview: Escaping from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious "Lotus X", Lord Southmere, a Queen's Messenger, is chased by a group of Chinese spies.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Drama Family Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-07-09
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Little Dorrit
Overview: A drama based on the novel by Charles Dickens which tells the story of Arthur Clennam who is thrown into a debtor's prison. There he meets a young seamstress whose father has been imprisoned for twenty-five years. A film originally released in two parts.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-11
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The Bouncing Boy
Overview: A young couple have a baby boy. However, the new father doesn't take to his new position quite as well as expected.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-12-11
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Save a Little Sunshine
Overview: Dave Smalley buys a lost Archaeopteryx fossil by accident at an auction and uses the reward money for this to buy a share in his landlady's lodging- house. She turns him into an exploited man-of-all-work about the house, but after a lady guest persuades him that he resembles Napoleon he becomes convinced that he is a born leader and mounts a takeover bid to reverse their roles.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-10-01
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The Fearless Vampire Killers: Vampires 101
Overview: From the study of his rundown English manor, an old British Professor instructs the audience as to the dangers associated with vampires, and exactly how to kill them. Scenes from Roman Polanski's horror/comedy classic, The Fearless Vampire Killers, are interspersed throughout.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Overview: A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign government sets out to take for himself.
Genres: Family Music Adventure Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-12-17
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Max Miller: I Like The Girls Who Do
Overview: A celebration of Max Miller , comedian and star. Presented by Gerald Scarfe with Max Bygraves Charlie Chester , Doris Hare Jean Kent , Alec McCowen, Tommy Trinder , Max Wall, Bernie Winters and Max Miller 'I'm ready for bed - anybody?' Max Miller , dazzling in chintz and gaudy plus-fours, one foot on the footlights, leering and howling with delight, confronted his audience. Sexual innuendo was his game. He trod a dangerous line, just this side of respectability, across the Music Halls of the 30s and 40s. On the stage of the Hackney Empire, with chorus girls and full supporting acts, Gerald Scarfe re-creates Max Miller 's rise from the back streets of Brighton to the top of the bill. The most outrageous comedian of his day, Max was banned by the BBC, in trouble over the Royal Command Performance, admired and hated by the comics of his age - and ours
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-02-16
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Franklin's Farm
Overview: A grandson's attempt to help his grandma produces problems for the family.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-09-19
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Strike It Rich
Overview: A London accountant on his honeymoon gets swept away by gambling fever.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-26
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We Think the World of You
Overview: An aimless young man, Johnny, is sent prison. He entrusts his beloved dog, Evie, to the care of his former lover and best friend, Frank. When he gets out of prison, he has to face difficulties at home. Added to this, is the fact that he may have to give up Evie to Frank.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-22
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Film (A Screenplay by Samuel Beckett)
Overview: A man attempts to remain hidden from view from the camera and other eyes.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-04-04
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Mrs. Capper's Birthday
Overview: Sweet Hilda Capper spends her birthday fending off the well-meaning intrusions of family and friends.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-11-17
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Hanover Street
Overview: Margaret is a nurse in England during WW2, and married to a secret agent. Things get complicated when she falls for David, an American pilot.
Genres: Drama Romance War Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-05-18
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Overview: The death of Sir Charles Baskerville is blamed on a curse that has followed the Baskerville family for two hundred years. Sherlock Holmes is out to uncover the truth about a hound who roams the moors, waiting to attack the heir to the Baskerville estate.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-08-01
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A Killer in Every Corner
Overview: A criminal psychologist invites three psychology students to his English countryside home to view some of his research on the criminal mind. Unbeknownst to the students, they are actually guinea pigs in a mind-control experiment he is conducting and the servants of the house are not what they appear to be.
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-11-19
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It's Got to Be Funny, Hasn't It...
Overview: A documentary examining the life and career of comedian, Max Wall.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-12-24
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Earthstars
Overview: A young girl's dreams at Christmas time come tales of faraway lands and strange creatures, of three weary travelers and the bright light which they follow. The stories carry her away into the sparkling night on a magical journey that not only reveals the hidden star shapes of nature but also leads her to the mysterious Star of Bethlehem. Directed by David Gladwell Requiem for a Village (1975) and Memoirs of a Survivor (1981) and originally broadcast on Sunday 29th December, 1985 at 17:15
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-12-29
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The Nine Ages of Nakedness
Overview: A man attempts to deal with the bevy of naked beauties who have been bothering his family for generations.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-06-01
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