Film Fun #2151

(8 April 1961)

The Silver Dwarf (Table of Contents: 1)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (illustrations)

Inks

? (illustrations)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

As he finished speaking Mark Rymer got leisurely to his feet and walked slowly,

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Jaxon Lee; Mark Rymer; Barnascone

Synopsis

Jaxon Lee, the famous detective, is trying to find the unknown heir of the late Earl of Easington, and a missing statuette of a silver dwarf is the only clue to the heir's identity.

Indexer Notes

Part ?

Text story with three illustrations.

[Julius Caesar] (Table of Contents: 2)

Tony Hancock / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Ron Clark

Pencils

Raf (signed as RAF.___)

Inks

Raf (signed as RAF.___)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

When Hancock read what he saw on the East Cheam Empire bill,

Genre

humour

Characters

Tony Hancock; Sid James; Hal Varnell

Synopsis

Tony asks Sid to arrange for him to have a leading part in a play of Julius Caesar.

Indexer Notes

Hal Varnell is a pun on Val Parnell a British showbiz impresario.

Indian-Fighting Army (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Fairfax Downey

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The United States army and the Nez Perce Tribe had met early and in friendship.

Genre

war; western-frontier

Characters

Chief Joseph; Captain Meriwether Lewis; Lieutenant William Clark; Major John C. Fremont

Synopsis

A story of brave deeds by brave men of a sometimes forgotten army - the story of the United States Cavalry.

Indexer Notes

Part ? [Final part of story]

Photograph of cavalry column from unknown movie, photograph portrait of Chief Joseph. Title header illustration.

The Canadians (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (photos)

Inks

? (photos)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Never, in the glory-splashed history of the Royal Northwest Mountain Police,

Genre

war; western-frontier

Characters

Frank Boone; Inspector Gannon; Sergeant McGregor; Constable Springer

Synopsis

Hordes of battle hardened Sioux, fleeing from the avenging US Cavalry, cross the Canadian border.

Indexer Notes

Taken from movie of the same name.

Four photos from the movie.

D'Artagnan - Prince of Swordsmen (Table of Contents: 5)

The Three Musketeers / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Arturo del Castillo (signed)

Inks

Arturo del Castillo (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

history; war

Characters

The Three Musketeers; D'Artagnan; Cardinal Richelieu; Count De Wardes

Synopsis

Richelieu will stop at nothing to delay the four fearless gallants!

Indexer Notes

Part ?

Signed by the artist but the signature is unreadable.

The Magnificent Seven (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (photos)

Inks

? (photos)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The gun-belt flopped heavily on the bed and the hard mattress bounced it slightly.

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Chris; Vin; Harry Luck; Lee; Britt; O'Reilly; Chico; Calvera

Synopsis

A small Mexican village is so troubled by a gang of bandits led by a man named Calvera that they hire seven American gunmen.

Indexer Notes

Part ?

Three photos from the movie.

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

Scoop Donovan War Cameraman / comic story / 2.5 pages (report information)

Script

Geoff Campion

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Berlin, 1943...startled heads turned as Scoop Donovan, Britain's ace cameraman,

Genre

war

Characters

Scoop Donovan; Colonel Kolz; Major Streiger; Mike Maddox

Synopsis

Scoop walks straight into the Berlin Gestapo headquarters on a daring rescue mission!

Battler Britton and the Wolf Pack (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Thriller Picture Library / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Barry Ford's Round-Up / letters page / 0.75 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A. Knight, of Grays, Essex, is interested in the career of Mexican general, Santa Anna

Genre

historical

Indexer Notes

Answers to letters from readers about the wild west. One title header illustration.

[Towed Away] (Table of Contents: 10)

Laugh in a Line / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bardon Art

Inks

?

Letters

?

Genre

humour

Synopsis

After his car breaks down, a man has his car towed away for repairs.

Indexer Notes

Three panel strip with no dialogue or captions.

The Happy Company (Table of Contents: 11)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (illustrations)

Inks

? (illustrations)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Mr. Pidgen was standing by the bookstall at a big main-line station,

Genre

adventure

Characters

Mr Pidgen; Buller; Wilson

Synopsis

The Happy Company are not so happy when they take on a publicity agent!

Indexer Notes

Text story with three illustrations.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Film Fun Quips / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Roy Wilson; ?

Inks

Roy Wilson; ?

Letters

?

Genre

humour

Indexer Notes

Eleven gag cartoons drawn from ideas sent in by: Peter Sinclair, Miss H. Thompson, James Sadler, Peter Conniff, Paul Lowing, John Holloway, David Cockrell, Calum Campbell, B. Brett, Frances Flavelle and Alan Wade.