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The Carry On Films

Hardcover • 2016 • 1. edition

The Carry On Films

By Steven Gerrard

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About the book

Saucy, rude and vulgar-the 31 Carry On films remain an important part of the history of British cinematic and low brow comedy. In this book, Gerrard discusses the Carry On roots in the music halls of the Victorians and the saucy seaside postcards of Donald McGill. Made in post-war Britain, these films reflect a remarkable period of social change as the British Empire faded and a nation learned to laugh at itself. Nothing was sacred to the Carry On team. James Bond and Cleopatra were mercilessly ...Show more

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ISBN

9781137520043

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Published year

2016

Language

Edition

1

Original title

The Carry On Films

Format

Hardcover

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