Holidays with Pay

Holidays with Pay is a 1948 British comedy film directed by John E. Blakeley and starring Frank Randle, Tessie O'Shea and Dan Young.[1] The film follows the Rogers family as they go on holiday to Blackpool and enjoy a series of adventures.

Holidays with Pay
Directed byJohn E. Blakeley
Produced byJohn E. Blakeley
Written byFrank Randle
John E. Blakeley
Mavis Compston
Harry Jackson
StarringFrank Randle
Tessie O'Shea
Dan Young
Josef Locke
Music byAlbert W. Stanbury
CinematographyBen R. Hart
Edited byDorothy Stimson
Production
company
Distributed byButcher's Film Service
Release date
1948
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Plot

The Rogers family visit Blackpool for their annual holidays, and have difficulty finding rooms; but are befriended by a wealthy young man who takes them to stay in his haunted mansion. The family become entangled in a plot by the young man's grasping cousin to murder him for the family inheritance. However, all ends happily with the young man marrying the Rogers eldest daughter, Pamela.

Cast

Critical reception

The Spinning Image wrote, "The film as a whole is more cheap than cheerful. What makes it worthwhile is seeing the energy of Randle when he is allowed free-rein. He must have been able to work a theatre audience brilliantly by the flash of an eye or a knowing grin. It's a great pity that his performances haven't been better preserved for posterity (we have only one sound recording of him working live in 1938)."[2]

Bibliography

  • Murphy, Robert. Realism and Tinsel: Cinema and Society in Britain 1939-49. Routledge, 1989.
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