Film Fun
#1689
(May 31st, 1952)
Amalgamated Press,
1920 Series
- Volume
- ?
- Price
- 3D [0-0-3 GBP]
- Pages
- 16
- Indicia Frequency
- every Tuesday
- On-sale Date
- 1952-05-27
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- The Amalgamated Press, Ltd.
- Brand
- ?
Money for Nothing
Laurel and Hardy / cover / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You sent for us, Mr. Rooke?
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Stan Laurel; Oliver Hardy; Isaac Rooke (solicitor); Hugo Dumpitt; professor Potts
Indexer Notes
Continues on back cover.
Diamond of Destiny
Jack Keen / text story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's a funny thing, chief, said Bob Trotter thoughtfully,
- Genre
- drama; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Jack Keen; Bob Trotter; Inspector Castleton
[no title indexed]
Old Mother Riley / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We can't afford a Whitsun holiday!
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Old Mother Riley; Kitty (her daughter); Uncle Ezra
Indexer Notes
Old Mother Riley and Kitty are film characters played by Arthur Lucan (in drag) and Kitty McShane (husband and wife in real life)
[no title indexed]
Frank Randle / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Try the hoop-la first, Frank!
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Frank Randle; Ivy
- Keywords
- Amusement park
Texans Never Cry
Gene Autry / text story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Say, what's going on over at Dan Carter's place?
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Gene Autry; Pecos Bates; Sheriff Weems; Tracy Wyatt (villain); Dan Carter; Blackie Knight (villain); Nancy Carter (Dan's daughter); Senor Corbal; Captain Weldon; Steve Diamond
Indexer Notes
Adapted from the Columbia pictures movie starring Gene Autry.
The Wild North [part 1]
comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Along the swiftly-flowing Peace River speeds a canoe,
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Jules Vincent; Max Brody
Indexer Notes
Centre spread of twelve panels with captions beneath each, no speech balloons.
Adapted from the MGM movie starring Stewart Granger and Wendel Corey.
A Jolly Good Salt
The Mirth Makers Club / text story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Stan Laurel speaking, folks! Several whitsuns ago, old Max Hagen, our producer,
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Stan Laurel; Larry Jordan; Max Hagen
[no title indexed]
Red Skelton / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now for a nice quiet week-end by the sea!
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Red Skelton; Phil Armonic; Ed Ake; landlady
[no title indexed]
George Formby / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Take my nephews to the fun-fair, George!
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- George Formby; Susie; Terence; Timothy (her nephews); Hymer Wayte
[no title indexed]
Abbott and Costello / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm going to do a spot of painting this Whitsun!
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Bud Abbott; Lou Costello; Yoric; Christopher Cuckoo
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Money for Nothing
Laurel and Hardy -
1.
Diamond of Destiny
Jack Keen -
2.
["We can't afford a Whitsun holiday!"]
Old Mother Riley -
3.
["Try the hoop-la first, Frank!"]
Frank Randle -
4.
Texans Never Cry
Gene Autry -
5.
The Wild North [part 1]
-
6.
A Jolly Good Salt
The Mirth Makers Club -
7.
["Now for a nice quiet week-end by the sea!"]
Red Skelton -
8.
["Take my nephews to the fun-fair, George!"]
George Formby -
9.
["I'm going to do a spot of painting this Whitsun!"]
Abbott and Costello -
10.
Two in Danger!
Life in Hand
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- Doug Brain
- Stephen Mitchell
- Tony R. Rose
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