Film Fun #1656
(October 13th, 1951)

Amalgamated Press, 1920 Series
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Volume
?
Price
3D [0-0-3 GBP]
Pages
16
Indicia Frequency
every Tuesday
On-sale Date
1951-10-09
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
The Amalgamated Press, Ltd.
Brand
?

A False Alarm (Table of Contents)

Laurel and Hardy / cover / 2 pages (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Terence Wakefield ?
Inks
Terence Wakefield ?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look! A burglar was about to get in through the window!
Genre
humour
Characters
Stan Laurel; Oliver Hardy; police inspector

Indexer Notes

Continues on back cover.

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Secret of the Stable (Table of Contents: 1)

Jack Keen / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
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Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
In the comfortable lounge of Loxton Manor,
Genre
drama; detective-mystery
Characters
Jack Keen; Bob Trotter; Alec Crawford (racehorse trainer); Mrs. Crawford; Denny Stevens (villain)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Old Mother Riley / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's about time you stopped your little Oswald from pinching my pastries!
Genre
humour
Characters
Old Mother Riley; Oswald Wissell; Mister Wissell (his dad)

Indexer Notes

Old Mother Riley is a film character played by Arthur Lucan (in drag).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Frank Randle / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
?
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's a wonderful book, this!
Genre
humour
Characters
Frank Randle; Doctor Dosem; Sid White (villain)

Sierra Passage (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
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Pencils
? (photo)
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Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
"Race you to the ranch, dad!" cried thirteen-year-old Johnny Yorke.
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Johnny Yorke; Jud Yorke (his dad); Yance; Andy; Bart (villains); Thad Kring; Sam Cooper; Ann Walker

Indexer Notes

Adapted from the Monogram Picture movie starring Wayne Morris.

The Golden Horde [part 1] (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
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Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Sir Guy of Devon and his gallant band of knights ride towards Samarkand on a perilous mission -
Characters
Sir Guy of Devon; Captain Herat; Genghis Khan; Shaman Tengri (advisor to Genghis Khan

Indexer Notes

Centre spread of twelve panels with captions beneath each, no speech balloons.

Adapted from the Universal movie starring David Farrah.

Set in the year 1220.

Keep Your Hair On! (Table of Contents: 6)

The Mirth Makers Club / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Lou Costello speaking, folks! I have never been an admirer of beards and moustaches,
Genre
humour
Characters
Lou Costello; Mike Brady; Aunt Jane (Lou's aunt)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Abbott and Costello / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ooer! I've spilt the salt!
Genre
humour
Characters
Bud Abbott; Lou Costello

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Joe E. Brown / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Howdy, pard! I'm a-headin' out west to make my fortune!
Genre
humour
Characters
Joe E. Brown; George Formby; Little Tex
Keywords
Gunfire Gulch

Indexer Notes

Scenario continues on next page in George Formby's strip but without Joe.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

George Formby / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
So this is Coyote Creek? What's a-goin' on here?
Genre
humour
Characters
George Formby; Rattlesnake Riley
Keywords
Coyote Creek

The Powerful Secret Seven [part ?] (Table of Contents: 10)

Life in Hand / text story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
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Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
A solitary stroller moved soft-footed along the quiet, curving crescent of Dexter Street,
Genre
adventure; spy
Characters
Derek Grantham

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. A False Alarm
    Laurel and Hardy
  2. 1. Secret of the Stable
    Jack Keen
  3. 2. ["It's about time you stopped your little Oswald from pinching my pastries!"]
    Old Mother Riley
  4. 3. ["It's a wonderful book, this!"]
    Frank Randle
  5. 4. Sierra Passage
  6. 5. The Golden Horde [part 1]
  7. 6. Keep Your Hair On!
    The Mirth Makers Club
  8. 7. ["Ooer! I've spilt the salt!"]
    Abbott and Costello
  9. 8. ["Howdy, pard! I'm a-headin' out west to make my fortune!"]
    Joe E. Brown
  10. 9. ["So this is Coyote Creek? What's a-goin' on here?"]
    George Formby
  11. 10. The Powerful Secret Seven [part ?]
    Life in Hand
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
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