Carry On Sergeant
This first entry in the long-running (some would say interminable) British 'Carry On' series is at base a collection of motheaten army jokes, albeit served up with freshness and energy. Future Doctor Who star William Hartnell plays Sergeant Major Grimshaw, whose fondest wish is to win the coveted Best Troop Award before his retirement. Alas, this may never come to pass: his newest batch of conscripts include some of the biggest and stupidest foul-ups in military history. Popular comedian-cartoonist Bob Monkhouse and cockney bombshell Shirley Eaton head up the supporting cast, which includes such 'Carry On' stalwarts-to-be as Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey and Kenneth Williams. Carry On Sergeant was very loosely based on The Bull Boys, a novel by R. F. Delderfield.
4 May 1927, Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK
14 May 1922, Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
29 September 1933, London, England, UK
27 August 1925, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
12 January 1937, Edgware, Middlesex, England, UK
15 October 1903, London, England, UK
January 11, 1914 in Warwickshire, England, UK
April 21, 1930 in London, England, UK
1942 in Eton, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
30 November 1914, Hounslow, Middlesex, England, UK
16 April 1907, Stirling, Scotland, UK
24 December 1928, Liverpool, England, UK
March 11, 1934 in Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK
19 December 1905, London, England, UK
24 October 1905, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK
1938, Kensington, London, England, UK
April, 1931 in Bolton, England, UK
6 June 1918, Islington, London, England, UK
23 February 1928, Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
June 24, 1922 in London, England, UK
1937, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
19 June 1920, Burnley, England, UK
1933 in Ireland
November 29, 1918 in London, England, UK
1928 in London, England, UK
January 23, 2018
The professional skill of William Hartnell and Dora Bryan lends some reality and humour to this conventional farce, in which all the characters come from stock.
