Marriott Edgar

Bees in Paradise (1944)

Four pilots become stranded on a tropical island inhabited by beautiful women. ...

Miss London Ltd. (1943)

Askey stars as a man trying to save his flagging escort agency. A new partner suggests getting some new girls in, just in time for the soldiers' leave. The film also features the English singing favourite of the forties, Anne Shelton. ...

King Arthur Was a Gentleman (1942)

Arthur King joins the army, and soon starts fantasizing about King Arthur and his knights. ...

Back-Room Boy (1942)

Jilted by his fiancee, Arthur Pilbeam gets a job as far away from women as possible. Alone in a lighthouse, he soon finds that 12 other people end up living on the tiny island. Thirteen is an unlucky number; and one-by-one they disappear ... ...

I Thank You (1941)

Classic comedy starring Arthur Askey. The perils, humiliations and humour of trying to run a second-rate theatrical company are further compounded when financial aid, given by the former famous music-hall star Lady Randall (Lily Morris), is withdrawn. ...

The Ghost Train (1941)

Mismatched travellers are stranded overnight at a lonely rural railway station. They soon learn of local superstition about a phantom train which is said to travel these parts at dead of night, carrying ghosts from a long-ago train wreck in the area. ...

Gasbags (1941)

It's war time London and the Crazy Gang (Flanagan & Allen, Nervo & Knox, Naughton & Gold) are doing their bit for the war effort by running a fish and chip stall using their platoon's barrage balloon for advertising. Their Sgt Major is not happ ...

Albert's Savings (1940)

A homily on the duty to save, in the guise of one of the "Albert" rhyming monologues, recited by Stanley Holloway. ...

Where's That Fire (1939)

Capt Viking and his incompetent fire crew accidentally foil a plot to steal the crown jewels. ...

Ask a Policeman (1939)

The mirthful adventures of Police-Sergeant Samuel Dudfoot and his two constables, Albert Brown and Jeremias Harbottle, who stage a fabricated crime-wave to save their jobs---and then find themselves involved in the real thing. ...

Convict 99 (1938)

A disgraced school master, Benjamin Twist, is mistaken for a tough prison governor and assigned the charge of a prison for particularly hardened criminals. Believing he is being sent to a school rather than a prison, he celebrates accordingly only to find ...

Oh, Mr. Porter! (1937)

Comedy in which a bungling railway worker is given the job of stationmaster at a rundown station in rural Ireland, where his sidekicks are a toothless old gaffer and a portly young loudmouth. Hilarious adventures ensue, including a locomotive chase after g ...

Gunner Sam (1937)

Based on a comic monologue performed by Stanley Holloway on radio and records. ...

Good Morning, Boys! (1937)

Dr. Benjamin Twist (Hay) and his pupils become involved with art thieves on a trip to Paris. Hay's seamy schoolmaster act is supported by a fine cast including Charles Hawtrey and Lilli Palmer. ...

Three Ha'pence a Foot (1937)

Animation based on a Stanley Holloway/G. Marriott Edgar monologue. A northern wood salesman refuses to drop his prices for Noah, despite the flood that occurs around him. ...

The Lion and Albert (1937)

Halt, Who Goes There? (1936)

Halt, Who Goes There? ...

Rolling Home (1935)

A sacked engineer stows away on another vessel ...

Sam and His Musket (1935)

Based on a comic monologue performed by Stanley Holloway on radio and records. ...

Drummed Out (1935)

One of the greatest personalities of modern times. The life of a statesman who has helped to make the new map of Europe. ...

Here's George (1932)

'Man borrows service flat to impress girl's parents. ...

Hello, Sweetheart (1935)

A young poultry farmer is flattered and persuaded into financing a film production. He attempts to interfere in the direction, is swindled and left in the lurch but eventually manages to turn the tables on his former associates. ...

Here's George (1932)

'Man borrows service flat to impress girl's parents. ...