SMALLEST SHOW ON EARTH, THE(1957)
A financially struggling man and his wife get a wire
and find out that the man's great uncle has passed on
and he's the only heir! What they inherit is a picture
theatre! And they are so excited that they can now get
ahead in the world! What they get is not exactly what
they were expecting!! B
From a reviewer at IMDb.com:
This film is one of my favourites because fifty
years ago I was a young projectionists in a small
cinema in the East Midlands, England. My future wife,
was also a projectionist there (this was just after
World War II, and the men were still away in the
forces) and was where we met. I later became a movie
house manager for several years before leaving the
business with the advent of TV. Although it was
hilarious the film hit the nail on the head with
many home truths. The projectionist and the cashier
were always rivals and vied for positions of authority.
I knew many projectionists who were fond of the bottle.
The way the show was kept running in all adversities
was also typical of real life in a small "flea pit".
A great film of days that used to be ! Incidentally
my wife and I celebrated our golden wedding two years
ago, and we did our courting at the movies on our
days off. - shih_tzu
Virginia McKenna ... Jean Spenser
Bill Travers ... Matt Spenser
Margaret Rutherford ... Mrs. Fazackalee
Peter Sellers ... Mr. Percy Quill
Bernard Miles ... Old Tom
Francis De Wolff ... Albert Hardcastle (as Francis de Wolff)
Leslie Phillips ... Robin Carter
June Cunningham ... Marlene Hogg
Sidney James ... Mr. Hogg
George Cross ... Grand Commissionaire
George Cormack ... Sam Bell
Stringer Davis ... Fred Emmett
Michael Corcoran ... Taxi Driver
The Blake Twins ... Cast Members (uncredited)
Terry Burton ... The First Customer (uncredited)
John Bush ... Cast Member (uncredited)
Marian Collins ... Ice-Cream Girl (uncredited)
Peter Copley ... Hank in 'The Mystery of Hell Valley' (uncredited)
Mario Fabrizi ... Actor in 'The Mystery of Hell Valley' (uncredited)
Liz Fraser ... Girl in Cinema (uncredited)
Shayle Gardner ... Paul Vasher in 'Comin' Thro the Rye' (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
Frazer Hines ... Cast Member (uncredited)
Frank Launder ... Man in Grand Cinema (uncredited)
Billy Lawrence ... Cast Member (uncredited)
Jack May ... Man in Cinema (uncredited)
John Pike ... Cast Member (uncredited)
June Ramsay ... Distracted Girl (uncredited)
Trevor Reid ... Doctor (uncredited)
Lynne Roberts ... Cast Member (uncredited)
Michael Scoble ... Cast Member (uncredited)
Jack Sharp ... Man in Line at Grand (uncredited)
John Slavid ... Johnny - Lead Teddy-boy (uncredited)
Leslie Slysz ... Cast Member (uncredited)
Audrey Sykes ... Mavis - Old Lady in Cinema (uncredited)
Alma Taylor ... Helen Adair in 'Comin' Thro The Rye' / Woman in movie audience at The Grand (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
Meadows White ... Sloughborough Ticket Collector (uncredited)
Doris Yorke ... Undetermined role (uncredited)
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