Fun at St. Fanny's (Original title)
Date: 1955 (Copyright)Country: United KingdomDevised and Directed by: Maurice Elvey
Synopsis: Comedy set in a boys' school, with Cardew Robinson as a pupil, still at school - though grown-up - because the school receives an endowment while he remains.
Genre: Comedy
Subject: Education
Releases
Date: 1956Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 80 mins Length: 7201 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Grand Alliance
Date: April 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 77 mins Language: EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v23 n265 February 1956: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 11 Jan 1956 Page: 22
Title: [Variety - 11 Jan 1956: no known title]Language: English
In: Daily Film Renter n7020 13 Dec 1955
Title: [Daily Film Renter - n7020 13 Dec 1955: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v85 n7416 13 Dec 1955
Title: [Today's Cinema - v85 n7416 13 Dec 1955: no known title]Language: English
Description: Rev.
In: Page: 17
Title: [ - : no known title]
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(7)
Accessible materials to view(2)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 7098 FeetBFI identifier: C-237044
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 79 minutesBFI identifier: C-1077833
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Video materials(1)
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 79 minutesBFI identifier: C-1077833
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Film materials(6)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 1100 FeetStock date: 1955BFI identifier: C-237039
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 7098 FeetBFI identifier: C-237044
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 7218 FeetStock date: 1955BFI identifier: C-237043
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7206 FeetStock date: 1955BFI identifier: C-237040
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm Original NegativeSound: MuteLength: 7218 FeetStock date: 1954BFI identifier: C-237041
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 7218 FeetStock date: 1955BFI identifier: C-237042
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Date: 1955 (Copyright)Country: United KingdomDevised and Directed by: Maurice Elvey
Synopsis: Comedy set in a boys' school, with Cardew Robinson as a pupil, still at school - though grown-up - because the school receives an endowment while he remains.
Genre: Comedy
Subject: Education
Releases
Date: 1956Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 80 mins Length: 7201 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Grand Alliance
Date: April 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 77 mins Language: EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
(26)
©: Adelphi Films Ltd., Production Company: Advance Films, Produced by: David Dent, Associate Producer: Peter Noble, Production Manager: John Workman, Assistant Director: Eddie Pike, 2nd Assistant Director: Peter Price, Continuity: Eileen Head, Screenplay by: Antony Verney, Story and Adaptation by: Peter Noble, Denis Waldock, With Additional Dialogue by: Fred Emney, Director of Photography: Eric Cross, [Camera] Operator: Herbert R. Smith, Editor: Robert Hill, Art Director: Norman Arnold, Make-up: Aldo Manganaro, Camerascope Lens by: Distribution Internationale Cinematographique, Music by: Edwin Astley, 'Anyone Can be a Millionaire' by: Ed Franks, 'I'd Love to Learn All About You' Music by: Norrie Paramor, 'I'd Love to Learn All About You' Lyric by: Cardew Robinson, Sound Recordist: Wally Day, Sound System: RCA Sound Recording, Made at: Twickenham Film Studios
Cast
(23)
Fred Emney (Dr Jankers), Cardew "The Cad" Robinson (Cardew Robinson), Vera Day (Maisie), Johnny Brandon (Fanshaw), Davy Kaye (Ferdy), Freddie Mills (Harry the Scar), Gerald (Billy Bunter) Campion (Fatty Gilbert), Miriam Karlin (Mildred Mainforce, 'The Private Eye'), Kynaston Reeves (McTavish), Gabrielle Brune (matron), Claude Hulbert (Mr Winkle), Francis Langford's Singing Scholars (the school choir), Aud Johansen (Mlle Praline), Ronald Corbett (Chumleigh (aka 'Tich')), Roger Avon (Horsetrough), Paul Daneman (Fred Fudge, the porter), Dino Galvani (Professor Stromboli), Peter Butterworth (the television potter), Stuart Saunders (station sergeant), Tom Gill (constable), Stanley Unwin (the museum guide), Melvyn Hayes (raucous schoolboy at concert), Anthony Valentine (schoolboy in front row at concert)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(5)
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v23 n265 February 1956 Page: 19Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v23 n265 February 1956: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 11 Jan 1956 Page: 22
Title: [Variety - 11 Jan 1956: no known title]Language: English
In: Daily Film Renter n7020 13 Dec 1955
Title: [Daily Film Renter - n7020 13 Dec 1955: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v85 n7416 13 Dec 1955
Title: [Today's Cinema - v85 n7416 13 Dec 1955: no known title]Language: English
Description: Rev.
In: Page: 17
Title: [ - : no known title]
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(7)
Accessible materials to view(2)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 7098 FeetBFI identifier: C-237044
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 79 minutesBFI identifier: C-1077833
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Video materials(1)
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 79 minutesBFI identifier: C-1077833
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Film materials(6)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 1100 FeetStock date: 1955BFI identifier: C-237039
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 7098 FeetBFI identifier: C-237044
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 7218 FeetStock date: 1955BFI identifier: C-237043
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7206 FeetStock date: 1955BFI identifier: C-237040
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm Original NegativeSound: MuteLength: 7218 FeetStock date: 1954BFI identifier: C-237041
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 7218 FeetStock date: 1955BFI identifier: C-237042
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film