Carry On, Carry On's

[staffslad]

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Had not heard of that staffslad. Sad indeed. Know her name?

Her name was Olga Lowe. She was acting with James and was first to realise something was wrong after he didn't respond to her dialogue.

[Donald the Great]

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Jacques was a very talented actress, and anyone else in the role of Matron in the Carry Ons is now unimaginable.


A bit of sad trivia. In Carry on Abroad, the actress who played the brothel madam was one of the first that Sid James worked with when he arrived in England from South Africa, and was on the stage with James in 1976 when he suffered his fatal heart attack.

Had not heard of that staffslad. Sad indeed. Know her name?

[Donald the Great]

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That is very interesting trivia Donny.
Carry On Camping was filmed in the winter so the grass in the camp site had to be spray painted green, and thin wire mesh was placed over the top to stop the cast from sinking into mud while walking on it.

Babs must have been reluctant then to go topless in that famous scene Nugs.. while the other girls were also in bikinis. Cast did it tuff under Peter Rogers. I will seek out more CO trivia and post it.

[staffslad]

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I loved Hattie Jacques, she was very self conscious of her weight, shame she died so young.

Jacques was a very talented actress, and anyone else in the role of Matron in the Carry Ons is now unimaginable.


A bit of sad trivia. In Carry on Abroad, the actress who played the brothel madam was one of the first that Sid James worked with when he arrived in England from South Africa, and was on the stage with James in 1976 when he suffered his fatal heart attack.

[Danniella]

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That is interesting Nugs. I also read that the cast were not all that happy, some even threatened to quit, when they found out it was not going to be filmed in Spain.

I loved Hattie Jacques, she was very self conscious of her weight, shame she died so young.

[Danniella]

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Carry On At Your Convenience was the first "Carry On" film to lose money at the box-office and only broke even in 1976 after television deals and distribution rights and had been sold. Its failure at the box- office was largely down to the fact it was clearly an anti - union film.

That is very interesting trivia Donny.
Carry On Camping was filmed in the winter so the grass in the camp site had to be spray painted green, and thin wire mesh was placed over the top to stop the cast from sinking into mud while walking on it.

[Donald the Great]

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Carry On At Your Convenience was the first "Carry On" film to lose money at the box-office and only broke even in 1976 after television deals and distribution rights and had been sold. Its failure at the box- office was largely down to the fact it was clearly an anti - union film.

[Donald the Great]

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Carry On Abroad was filmed on a car park after having tons of sand brought in for the beach scenes.
Hattie Jacques was unable to be insured for the making of this film due to her weight, so her character was confined to the kitchen for her scenes.

That is interesting Nugs. I also read that the cast were not all that happy, some even threatened to quit, when they found out it was not going to be filmed in Spain.

[Danniella]

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Carry On Abroad was filmed on a car park after having tons of sand brought in for the beach scenes.
Hattie Jacques was unable to be insured for the making of this film due to her weight, so her character was confined to the kitchen for her scenes.

[ann22]

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Cool, thanks Darren and Richard. I love hearing bits about what goes on behind the scenes. When I was young it was a real treat when one of the Carry ons was on. I've a memory of staying in my auntie's farm one summer when we were all sitting in our pjs watching Carry on Doc. It was at the bit where Barbara Windsor arrived on the trolley with the sparkly things on her boobies when my uncle arrived in with a big bag of mushrooms he'd gathered fresh from the fields. We all sat round the telly with our bowls of mushrooms and bread and butter to dip in the juice.

[darren]

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On a recent progamme Amanda Barrie mentioned was going to be wrapped in the carpet because her stunt double was late, but at the last minute the stand in turned up & had to do the roll into the table, which caused her to suffer the above mentioned injuries.

Yes thats it.
could not exactly remember the details.
thanks rich.

i watced that programme.

[Richard1978]

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On a recent progamme Amanda Barrie mentioned was going to be wrapped in the carpet because her stunt double was late, but at the last minute the stand in turned up & had to do the roll into the table, which caused her to suffer the above mentioned injuries.

[darren]

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Yeah I like the costume ones alright. I remember reading somewhere that the cast enjoyed filming those too. The hospital ones were good too...especially Carry on again doctor'.
Amanda Barrie was instantly recognisable when she came into Corrie first 'cos of her very distinctive appearance. I think I saw her in one other Carry on film but I don't remember which one. I thought it was Carry on Constable but I had a look at the cast list on Google and she's not mentioned.

hi ann.
amanda barrie real name shirley anne broadbent was in carry on cabby from 1963 she played anthea.
in carry on cleo where she was rolled up in a caeprt she suffer a nad injiry after coming out of the carpet.
i think she lost some teeth.
she insisted on doing it herseld although the producer i think wanted to use a stunt double

[ann22]

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carry on cleo has amanda barrie as cleo,who went on to be in corrie.
seem to be a fan of the history ones ann.

Yeah I like the costume ones alright. I remember reading somewhere that the cast enjoyed filming those too. The hospital ones were good too...especially Carry on again doctor'.
Amanda Barrie was instantly recognisable when she came into Corrie first 'cos of her very distinctive appearance. I think I saw her in one other Carry on film but I don't remember which one. I thought it was Carry on Constable but I had a look at the cast list on Google and she's not mentioned.

[darren]

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I loved Carry on Dick, Carry on Henry,Carry on Cleo (I loved the bit where the bodyguard fell out of the rolled up carpet and Mark Anthony thought it was Cleopatra "is that her???!!"), Carry on up the Khyber and Carry on Screaming.

carry on cleo has amanda barrie as cleo,who went on to be in corrie.
seem to be a fan of the history ones ann.