All rights reserved. It was the worst performing "Carry On" movie at the box office since Carry On at Your Convenience (1971). The Private Jennifer Ffoukes-Sharpe role was originally offered to Penelope Keith but in the end was cast with series regular Joan Sims. | On 11th January, 1977 it was re-classified, and re-released, as an "A" certificate (Those aged 5 and older admitted, but parents advised that they may not wish children under 14 to watch the film). Camera cuts to behind Strong just as Matron dismisses Strong and his hand is slightly open. A further thirty were produced until 1992. 1958 British comedy film about army recruits. Studio boss Sydney Box, who owned the rights to the script, eventually gave it to his brother-in-law, Peter Rogers. In later films she would be cast as Nurses, and eventually the legendary "Matron" persona. | The defiant lines written for her character (Sgt Tilly Willing) were spoken by the low ranked Private Murray (Tricia Newby). Home » Quizzes » Movie Quizzes » Movies A-C Trivia. One was called "Carry On Escaping" about the prisoner of war camp effort written by series regular Talbot Rothwell, which had been an unused script for the series, and the other was a movie entitled "We Haf Ways Of Making You Larf". The budget for Carry On Sergeant was just £77,956. If you enjoy British humour they may be for you! James had appeared in nineteen movies in the series. The "Carry On" series of films evolved after that. Carry On Sergeant! The film was the third most successful movie at the British box office in 1958. In May 2016, producer Jonathan Sothcott of Hereford Films announced plans for a new series of Carry On films, beginning with, In fear of being only known for this series, a lot of actors regretted appearing in the films. The gun remains on display at The Imperial War Museum to this day. Goofs Stars William Hartnell, Bob Monkhouse, Shirley Eaton, Eric Barker, Dora Bryan and others. Two other World War II comedies were in development by producer Peter Rogers in early 1976 just before the time that this Second World War "Carry On" movie was green-lit. This film was not the only film made called Carry On Sergeant there was another film made in Canada some 30 years earlier had the same title although that one was not a comedy. TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. It only recovered the production cost after sales to television companies and international releases. Since then, she made only a few more films before choosing to retire in the late 1960s. Filming began on Monday 24th March 1958 at Stoughton Barracks, Guildford. The idea for Carry On England (1976) started as a script for the television programme Carry on Laughing! Contact me | Privacy policy | Join the mailing list | Links. Carry On Downloading. When the gigantic gun arrived at Pinewood Studios, producer Peter Rogers wrote to Imperial War Museum Department of Exhibits curator Peter Simkins, and said "...when it came through the Studio gates [the gun] drew gasps of approval. Between Rogers, his director Gerald Thomas and contract writer Norman Hudis, the original story, about a pair of ballet dancers called up for National Service, turned into the Carry On Sergeant story we know today. The first film in the "Carry On..." series. World War II footage of British and German aircraft were borrowed from the Second World War movie the Battle of Britain (1969). Soundtracks. What a Carry On - A celebration of the most successful comedies of all time, with images, sounds, trivia and all things Carry On Carry On Films Carry On Regularly . Some of the film's literal English language translations of its foreign language titles were "Mixed Barracks" (Italy), "Now we take England" (Sweden), "Saviour of the Nation" (Germany), "Lets Go England" (Finland), and "Way to Go . Carry On Linking . Trivia: The first film in the "Carry On" series. Gold Memberships: Gift Certificates Get Daily Email Trivia Create a Daily Trivia Tournament Buy Trivia Questions / Host a Quiz Night Contact Us Create Account Log In book. The nick-name of Sergeant Major Bloomer (Windsor Davies) was "Tiger". Separate from membership, this is to get updates about mistakes in recent releases. Connections Audio problem: When Strong is running away from Norah he passes the Sgt. In real life, Wyldeck was only fourteen years older than Monkhouse. The names of the three characters together who were in simple last-name terms collectively known as "Ready, Willing & Able" were Bombardier Ready (Jack Douglas), Sergeant Tilly Willing (Judy Geeson) and Sergeant Len Able (Patrick Mower). The original cast list for the movie which was pitched to the Rank Organisation was Windsor Davies, Kenneth Connor, Jack Douglas, Bernard Bresslaw, James Bolam, Kenneth Williams, Ian Lavender, Joan Sims, Penelope Keith, Adrienne Posta, Susan Penhaligon, Anne Aston, and Carol Hawkins. Carry On Sergeant, released in 1958, was the first of 31 films produced in the long-running comedy franchise. Although uncredited, Carry On Sergeant was inspired by an original script titled The Bull Boys, by R.F. Carry On Trivia and Quizzes. Carry On Sergeant movie is the one that started it all. Trivia A behind the scenes image from Carry On Henry shows Scott dressed as Queen Marie's baby! Peter Rogers and Gerald Thomas personally put up 50% of the budget for the film and despite them not liking the title it was never replaced. Trivia: The first film in the "Carry On" series. It had not originally been planned as the start of a movie series, but after its success at the box-office, producer Peter Rogers and director Gerald Thomas set about a further project with "Carry On Nurse" (1959), which was enormously successful. | There was ongoing correspondence between producer Peter Rogers and the actor's union Equity about lunch breaks during filming. The Bull Boys was so long - at 180 pages, more than twice the length of a normal film of the time - that no producer would take it on. This was the gigantic artillery 3.7 inch anti-aircraft gun seen in the movie and was loaned to the production by its Department of Exhibits' reserves collection. when the large cap is placed on his head. Addresses are not passed on to any third party, and are used solely for direct communication from this site. The first film in the "Carry On" series. The part of Private Alice Easy was written for Barbara Windsor but in the end was cast with Diane Langton. Producer Peter Rogers registered the film's "Carry on England" title with the British Film Producer's Association about fifteen years before the movie was made in 1961. Prior to making Carry On England (1976), producer Peter Rogers and Gerald Thomas had viewed both Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974) and Confessions of a Pop Performer (1975). "How come Mr Universe has only ever been won by contestants from Earth?" The budget for Carry On Sergeant was just £77,956. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. Final "Carry On" film appearance for Windsor Davies who had also appeared recently in Carry on Behind (1975) and also the last for Julian Holloway who had appeared in one "Carry On" tele-movie and seven cinema movies in the series. The personalities of the two actresses were uncannily quite similar. However, Rogers returned for the next in the series, Carry on Emmannuelle (1978). For example, in Carry On, Sergeant, the National Service recruits, who should be in their late teens or early 20s, were all played by actors who were over 30 at the time of filming (in fact, Charles Hawtrey was over 40, Kenneth Connor nearly so). Carry On Interviewing. The Carry On Quiz is now ready to test the knowledge of any fan on the franchise. Carry On Gallery. Crazy Credits Shots of bare-breasted women replaced by flash shots of bare breast to establish only. Some and not all of these ended up appearing in the picture. He passed it to script writer John Antrobus and told him to make it funny, which he did but it then lacked logic. Addresses are not passed on to any third party, and are used solely for direct communication from this site. Despite her stripping in the film 'Three Into Two Won't Go (1969) she refused to do it for this film. He started in 1958, and when the film was made in 1976, he was in the films for eighteen years. You can unsubscribe at any time. Kenneth Williams's pay packet of £800 remained the same until Carry On Cruising in 1962 when his wages rocketed to £5,000 per picture. Patrick Newell was originally cast in Carry on Sergeant but when he turned up on the first morning he saw that the army sergeant who was going to drill the actors for the film was the same one that had drilled him when he was in the army and said that he wasn't going to go through that again and left. It was during this mid-1970s era that it has been considered that the series became influenced by the new sexy-comedy "Confessions Of" series. Although it may not feel like the start of what would later become the "Carry On" series formula, it can still be watched within the context of one-off British films made in the 1950s, often featuring some of the same cast. Carry On … Peter then gave it to Norman Hudis who turned it into the comedy Peter had envisaged and he then took it to Stuart Levy who liked it except for the title and wanted to change it to 'Carry on Sergeant'. Design and text © 1996 - 2020 Jon Sandys. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. It's never explained in the film why Judy Geeson is missing when all the girls appear on parade topless.