Film Fun #1699
(August 9th, 1952)

Amalgamated Press, 1920 Series
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Volume
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Price
3D [0-0-3 GBP]
Pages
17
Indicia Frequency
every Tuesday
On-sale Date
1952-08-05
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
The Amalgamated Press, Ltd.
Brand
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A Sur-prize Result (Table of Contents)

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

Script
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Pencils
Terence Wakefield ?
Inks
Terence Wakefield ?
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look at my fence! That billlsticker's been here again!
Genre
humour
Characters
Stan Laurel; Oliver Hardy; Ben Bunn; Bill Sticker; Eva Rock (young girl); Tilly

Indexer Notes

Continues on back cover.

Smugglers Inn (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
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Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A letter for you, Bob, said Jack Keen,
Genre
drama; detective-mystery
Characters
Jack Keen; Bob Trotter; Inspector Castleton

[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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Inks
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
What a bleak bank holiday!
Genre
humour
Characters
Old Mother Riley; Kitty (her daughter); Rufus Ruff (restaurant owner); Barney Coolbill

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] (Table of Contents: 3)

Frank Randle / 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
Hullo, pup! I wonder where you've strayed from?
Genre
humour
Characters
Frank Randle; Carvitup (butcher); Baron Bigshott

Indian Uprising (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
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Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
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Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Many and varied are the stories of the American Indians
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Captain Case McCloud; Sergeant Keough; Lieutenant Whitley; Sergeant Clancy; Geronimo; Tubai (Geronimo's son); Ramirez (interpreter); Dan Avery (saloon keeper); Cliff Taggert; Major Stark

Indexer Notes

Adapted from the Columbia Pictures movie starring George Montgomery.

Captain Kidd [part 3] (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
Leaping up on to the seat below the porthole, Lorenzo tries to force Adam to his knees.
Genre
adventure; historical
Characters
Captain William Kidd; Lorenzo; Boyle; Orange Povy (his henchmen); Shadwell (Kidd's manservant); Lady Anne Falconer; Adam Mercy; Bart Blivens; King William III

Indexer Notes

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

Adapted from the New Realm Pictures movie starring Randolph Scott and Charles Laughton.

A Rousing Adventure! (Table of Contents: 6)

The Mirth Makers Club / text 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
Frank Randle speaking, folks! The heaviest sleeper I have ever come across -
Genre
humour
Characters
Frank Randle; Bill Nodds; Sol Hornbeam

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

Red Skelton / 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
Don't waste your time idling, Red,
Genre
humour
Characters
Red Skelton; Uncle; Farmer McWurzle; Claude (villain); Sidney (villain)

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

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
Hullo, George! How are you?
Genre
humour
Characters
George Formby; film producer; Grinder (grocer)

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

Abbott and Costello / 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
You are the lucky winner of our lottery, Mr. Abbott!
Genre
humour
Characters
Bud Abbott; Lou Costello; Mayor; Baron O'Beefe

The Man Who Struck Back (Table of Contents: 10)

Life in Hand / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
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Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
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Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The cold, pale light of a watery moon filtered down through wispy clouds
Genre
adventure; spy
Characters
Derek Grantham
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. A Sur-prize Result
    Laurel and Hardy
  2. 1. Smugglers Inn
    Jack Keen
  3. 2. ["What a bleak bank holiday!"]
    Old Mother Riley
  4. 3. ["Hullo, pup! I wonder where you've strayed from?"]
    Frank Randle
  5. 4. Indian Uprising
  6. 5. Captain Kidd [part 3]
  7. 6. A Rousing Adventure!
    The Mirth Makers Club
  8. 7. ["Don't waste your time idling, Red,"]
    Red Skelton
  9. 8. ["Hullo, George! How are you?"]
    George Formby
  10. 9. ["You are the lucky winner of our lottery, Mr. Abbott!"]
    Abbott and Costello
  11. 10. The Man Who Struck Back
    Life in Hand
This issue was modified by
  • Doug Brain
  • Stephen Mitchell
  • Tony R. Rose