Film Fun
#1692
(June 21st, 1952)
Amalgamated Press,
1920 Series
- Volume
- ?
- Price
- 3D [0-0-3 GBP]
- Pages
- 16
- Indicia Frequency
- every Tuesday
- On-sale Date
- 1952-06-17
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- The Amalgamated Press, Ltd.
- Brand
- ?
A Put-Up Job
Laurel and Hardy / cover / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I want you boys to erect a shed for me!
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Stan Laurel; Oliver Hardy; Uncle Ben; Walter Cann (ironmonger)
Indexer Notes
Continues on back cover.
Silent Thief
Jack Keen / text story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Don't creep about like that, Bob, it is most distracting, said Jack Keen.
- Genre
- drama; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Jack Keen; Bob Trotter
[no title indexed]
Old Mother Riley / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You went without lunch to save money today, Ma!
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Old Mother Riley; Kitty (her daughter); Hymer X. Ample (film producer); Uncle Ezekiah
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
- Randle! Get your feet off that desk at once!
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Frank Randle; Dick Taytor (his boss); Mrs. Maggs (Frank's landlady)
- Keywords
- Amusement park
Call of the Forest
text story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The mournful hoot of a locomotive's whistle sounded in the distance.
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Robert Brand
Indexer Notes
Adapted from the Exclusive pictures movie starring Robert Lowery, Ken Curtis and Charlie Hughes.
The Wild North [part 4]
comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The wolf pack having been beaten off by the burning brands,
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Jules Vincent; constable Pedley
Indexer Notes
Centre spread of twelve panels with captions beneath each, no speech balloons.
Adapted from the MGM movie starring Stewart Granger and Wendell Corey.
A Mixed Pickle
The Mirth Makers Club / text story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Lou Costello speaking, folks! My old pal, Tom Simpson, was unemployed and hard up,
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Lou Costello; Tom Simpson; Mortimer Higgs; Daisy Higgs (his daughter)
[no title indexed]
Red Skelton / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I want you to play the leading role in my new film entitled 'The Thin Boy!'
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Red Skelton; Mrs. Sippy (his landlady)
[no title indexed]
George Formby / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If only I could find favour with Phyllis!
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- George Formby; Lord Claud Clawffears; Phyllis Phogg; Miss Eva Rock
[no title indexed]
Abbott and Costello / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm going out for lunch, Bud!
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Bud Abbott; Lou Costello
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
A Put-Up Job
Laurel and Hardy -
1.
Silent Thief
Jack Keen -
2.
["You went without lunch to save money today, Ma!"]
Old Mother Riley -
3.
["Randle! Get your feet off that desk at once!"]
Frank Randle -
4.
Call of the Forest
-
5.
The Wild North [part 4]
-
6.
A Mixed Pickle
The Mirth Makers Club -
7.
["I want you to play the leading role in my new film entitled 'The Thin Boy!'"]
Red Skelton -
8.
["If only I could find favour with Phyllis!"]
George Formby -
9.
["I'm going out for lunch, Bud!"]
Abbott and Costello -
10.
A Circus Affair
Life in Hand
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- Stephen Mitchell
- Tony R. Rose
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