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Mancunian Films was a British film production company first organised in 1933. From 1947 it was based in Rusholme, a suburb of Manchester, and produced a number of comedy films, mostly aimed at audiences in the North of England .
Nov 11, 2009 · A brief look at John E. Blakeley's 'Mancunian Films' and the search for their 'lost' films. Blakeley was producer and director of the northern comedy films starring the likes of Norman Evans ...
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Mancunian Film Corporation was unique in the history of British film. Their tiny studio was the only one operating outside the Home Counties, and they concentrated on ultra-low budget productions filled with variety acts popular in the North West.
Aug 5, 2013 · This is Part 1 of a tv documentary about The Mancunian Film Company presented by MIKE HARDING with PHILIP JENKINSON, JIMMY JEWEL, ARTHUR MERTZ, BILL PILKINGT...
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Jul 27, 2009 · Not all British films were produced in the Home Counties. Even by the standards of most of the companies listed here, Mancunian was a tiny operation, set up by Ardwick lad John E Blakeley in the ’30s to capture the North’s leading music hall acts on celluloid.
The Mancunian Film Corporation was a British film production company founded by the film distributor John E. Blakeley in 1934. The company specialised in low-budget comedies and programme fillers, particularly aimed at cinema goers in the North of England, and is notable for establishing the only regional feature film studio outside London and ...
'Hooray for Jollywood' is a 2022 revised and updated book documenting the life and works of legendary Northern film producer John E. Blakeley and the Mancunian Film Corporation. This 9 Hooray for Jollywood
