The-Other-Monkey

A pleasant sub Ealing little film about villagers of a long forgotten fishing village. The hero returns from the second world war with an Aussie pal & extols the virtues of his home village, only to find it run down & virtually deserted. They decide to renovate the old boat but get no help from the locals until a yachting competition comes up. They all rally behind the main character to rebuild a boat & trying to turn it into a race winning yacht. A rare starring role for Edwin Richfield, a familiar face in films & tv shows of the 1950's 60's . The boat builders Harry King & Sons is still there in Pin Mill. This film is regularly shown on Talking Pictures TV.

Rarely, if ever,has any comedy film, or duo come within a country mile of Stan and Ollie in pure fun,genius and slapstick.

We all know the story, getting the piano "up thurr, right on top of the stoop."

Inventive without being repetitive or gimmicky.

What puts the boys above all other comedy duos,or teams, is the fact that WE CARE about them and feel for them in their time of need.Ollie's look to camera as he sits in the pond,or surrounded by chaos draws us in to share his suffering.

Add a supporting cast such as Billy Gilbert and Charlie Hall and the result is heaven!!

An earlier, silent version of this film, using a washing machine instead of piano, was made by the boys but is unfortunately a "Lost Film."

Sit back and prepare to laugh 'til your sides ache!!

This is a classic British comedy. It's about an undertakers business run by Auntie Ivy ( Thora Hird ) and her nephew, Billy Unsworth ( Christopher Beeny).

The pilot episode featured Freddie Jones as Jeremiah Unsworth ( Ivy's husband). He died in that episode and Ivy took over when the series proper began. The early series were excellent but the later ones became weaker particularly after Billy got married. The location filming practically disappeared at this point and was studio bound, which caused the series to lose a lot of its appeal and charm.

It was filmed in the village of Luddenden near Halifax in West Yorkshire.