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 The Ghost Train1941, Walter Forde, DVD A group of rail passengers travelling to Cornwall miss their connections and have to spend a night in the waiting room of the eerie junction for Fal Vale. The station master tells them the story of the Ghost Train which is reputed to haunt the sta... £6.99 RRP: £9.99
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The Arthur Askey Collection1940-44, Various , DVD Hello Playmates! A collection of six films starring the diminutive English comedian Arthur Askey. Features his first film Band Waggon (Varnel, 1940) which was a spin-off from Askey's popular radio show, I Thank you (Varnel, 1941), Back-Room Boy (... £24.99 RRP: £24.99
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 Charleys Big-Hearted Aunt1940, Walter Forde, DVD Aka Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt. An entertaining vehicle for an array of British pre-war comedians, Askey stars as a gregarious undergraduate forced to don drag gear as the eponymous aunt to avoid expulsion for him and his friends. An interesting... £5.99 RRP: £9.99
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 Back Room Boy1942, Herbert Mason, DVD Askey plays BBC backroom boy Arthur Pilbeam, who, after being jilted by his fiancee, heads to a lonely lighthouse off the coast of Scotland to set up a new meteorological station. Whilst there, he succeeds in outwitting a bunch of Nazi agents. £5.99 RRP: £5.99
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 Band Waggon1940, Marcel Varnel, DVD A spin-off movie from Askey's popular BBC radio programme of the same name in which, after being evicted from Broadcasting House, Askey and Richard 'Stinker' Murdoch move to a castle where they come upon television equipment which they use to put ... £5.99 RRP: £5.99
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 Bees In Paradise1944, Val Guest, DVD Askey plays a pilot who bales out over Paradise Island, not knowing that he is about to land in a bee-worshipping colony of women and that he is about to become a drone for the queen bee! When he finds out that, as custom demands, he is due to be ... £5.99 RRP: £5.99
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 I Thank You1941, Marcel Varnel, DVD Askey and Richard ' Stinker' Murdoch are members of a nearly bankrupt theatrical troupe. To raise money, they sign on as servants for Lady Randall, who had been an entertainer herself before her marriage. When she learns of Arthur and Stinker's pl... £5.99 RRP: £5.99
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 King Arthur Was A Gentleman1942, Marcel Varnel, DVD A comic fantasy in which Askey plays Arthur King, a soldier in the army. When he chances upon an old sword that he believes to be Excalibur, he believes that he has been endowed with special powers. £5.99 RRP: £5.99
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 Miss London Ltd1943, Val Guest, DVD Askey stars as a man trying to save his flagging escort agency. A new partner suggests getting some new girls in, just in time for the soldiers' leave. The film also features the English singing favourite of the forties, Anne Shelton. £5.99 RRP: £5.99
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