Holiday's with Pay

Tessie O'Shea provided Frank Randle with an amply proportioned partner in this postwar outing that demonstrates evidence of ambition on the part of Manchurian Films through its duration and a budget that permitted Randle at least five different hats, including a flying helmet for when he takes the wheel of the family car.

While the subtlety of the gags recalls the silent cinema - complete with a conclusion (SLIGHT SPOILER COMING:) set in a haunted house - that impression is soon dispelled by the sheer quantity of talk along with the fortifies big hair worn by the women and the enormous shoulders on their coats.

Although the action seldom leaves the studio, archival interest derives from contemporary footage of the actual Blackpool and a rare screen appearance by Irish tenor Joseph Locke. One question remains: how did a grotesque pair like Randle and O'Shea produce two such personable daughters?