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Carry On Nurse is based in part on the stage play Ring For Catty which he co-wrote with Jack Beale. Three years later Peter Rogers used the same play as the basis for his film Twice Round The Daffodils. John Carlin (1929–2017) (2) made just two small appearances in the film series (in England and Emmannuelle).
Carry On Nurse is a 1959 British comedy film, the second in the series of 31 Carry On films (1958–1992). Of the regular team, it featured Joan Sims (in her Carry On film debut), Kenneth Williams , Kenneth Connor and Charles Hawtrey , with Hattie Jacques and Leslie Phillips . [ 2 ]
Carry On Nurse: 1959: Norman Hudis: Bruce Montgomery: Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors [17] £71,000 [13] Carry On Nurse was based on the play Ring For Catty by Patrick Cargill and Jack Beal, [18] and was the first film of the series to star Joan Sims. [17] It went on to become the most commercially successful film in the series.
Carry On is a British comedy franchise comprising 31 films, four Christmas specials, a television series and stage shows produced between 1958 and 1992. Produced by Peter Rogers, the Carry On films were directed by Gerald Thomas and starred a regular ensemble that included Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Kenneth Connor, Peter Butterworth, Hattie Jacques, Terry Scott ...
As such, Rogers cast Jacques as Matron, with Sims accepting a smaller role as the timid assistant of the film's lead character Francis Bigger, played by Frankie Howerd. [88] Jacques's screen time was increased from Carry On Nurse, as the producers considered her part to be an extension of the earlier role. [135]
In 1958, Sims received a script from Peter Rogers; it was for Carry On Nurse. The film Carry On Sergeant had been a huge success at the box office and in the autumn of that year, Rogers and director Gerald Thomas began planning a follow-up. [6] She first starred in Carry On Nurse, then Carry On Teacher, [7] followed by Carry On Constable and ...
Jacklyn Zeman, who became one of the most recognizable actors on daytime television during 45 years of playing nurse Bobbie Spencer on ABC’s “General Hospital,” has died. She was 70.
In 1959, Phillips was cast in a minor role as Jack Bell in Carry On Nurse, the second in the Carry On film series. The character's exclamation of "Ding dong" in the film became a popular catchphrase for Phillips. [5]