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.
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| Directed by | John E. Blakeley |
| Produced by | John E. Blakeley |
| Written by | Frank Randle John E. Blakeley Mavis Compston Harry Jackson |
| Starring | Frank Randle Tessie O'Shea Dan Young Josef Locke |
| Music by | Albert W. Stanbury |
| Cinematography | Ben R. Hart |
| Edited by | Dorothy Stimson |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Butcher's Film Service |
Release date | 1948 |
Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
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
- Frank Randle - Jack Rogers
- Tessie O'Shea - Pansy Rogers
- Dan Young - Phil Rogers
- Josef Locke - Himself
- Sally Barnes - Pamela Rogers
- Sonny Burke - Michael Sandford
- Bert Tracy - Ephraim Rogers
- Joyanne Bracewell - Joyanne Rogers
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.