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Keeping the British end up

Hardcover • 2005 • English • 2. edition

Keeping the British end up: four decades of saucy cinema

By Sheridan, Simon

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About the book

The British tradition of 'saucy postcard' humour is perhaps best exemplified by the work of Benny Hill and the long running Carry On movies. But there is a forgotten cinema of saucier 'X' certificate films. Lynda Bellingham, Joan Collins, Gabrielle Drake and Joanna Lumley were among those who appeared in such films. Most famously, Robin Askwith, Fiona Richmond and Mary Millington became seventies superstars in movies that put boobs on screen and bums on seats. Simon Sheridan traces the history o...Show more

Films, cinema
Film: styles and genres

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ISBN

9781903111925

Publisher

Reynolds & Hearn

Published year

2005

Language

English

Edition

2

Original title

Keeping the British end up

Format

Hardcover

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