Carry On

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Carry On was a series of low-budget British comedy films made between 1958 and 1978. All 30 films in the series were directed by Gerald Thomas and produced by Peter Rogers.


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Forerunners

The title of the series is often thought to have been derived from an unrelated 1957 comedy film entitled Carry on Admiral, from which the first film of the Carry On series, Carry On Sergeant, acquired its title. Admiral bears no relation to the Carry On series, and as such is not considered part of the Carry On canon.

There was also an earlier film entitled Carry on London that was released in 1937, twenty years before Admiral and twenty-one years before Sergeant, but this to is unrelated to the series.[1]

Series

The series began with the 1958 film Carry On Sergeant, which was a parody of National Service in Great Britain. Originally intended as a one-off, the film became so successful that several other projects using the Carry On prefix developed into a large film series.

As the series developed, it gained footholds in other forms of media, including the television series Carry On Laughing and three stage-shows that were played in venues across the United Kingdom.

Much of the humour of the series was developed from the old-style entertainment of the music halls mixed with the cheekiness of seaside postcards. In some special cases, like Carry On Cleo, the films would also parody serious films that had been released earlier.

Films

The films in the Carry On series are as follows:

In 1992, the film Carry On Columbus was released in an effort to revive the series, but it was a critical failure, and is generally considered non-canon by both fans and the film's cast.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029973

Further Reading

  • The Carry On Companion by Robert Ross (1996) London:Batsford Books
  • Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema by Simon Sheridan (third edition) (2007) London:Reynolds & Hearn Books
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