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As
well as producing the best actors, Manchester has also been
the location for some of the best vintage cinema to be made
in the UK. Even big Hollywood productions have used the
back drop of the city to emulate the mean streets of New
York. Pride of Manchester brings you the legacy of Manchester
movies and the men who filmed the. |
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frank randle film directed by john e blakeley |
the
first movie by george formby, who plays the boot-boy
in a large hotel who, naturally, gets into all sorts
of scrapes |
directed
by john e blakeley |
directed
by john e blakeley
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1941 |
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the dole video |
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starring luanne shaw and tommy Fields as a couple
who try to win the pools, filmed in manchester |
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a tale
of depression, poverty and industrial unrest in Lancashire,
directed by john baxter |
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1946 |
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| a frank
randle classic, directed by john e blakeley about
a group of soldiers |
second
frank randle film directed by john e blakeley |
frank
randle acts as mr fixit for a pair of lovers in this
cut-price musical comedy |
starring
norman evans, nat jackley, and dan young |
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INTERNATIONAL
CIRCUS REVUE
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1946 |
1948 |
1948 |
1948 |
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comedy by john e blakeley |
produced
by john e blakeley |
made
using footage from a documentary shot by mancunian
called the showground of the north |
based
around the theme of football with scenes shot at maine
road stadium and released to coincide with the beginning
of the 1948 football season
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SOMEWHERE
IN POLITICS |
SCHOOL
FOR RANDLE |
OVER
THE GARDEN WALL |
1949 |
1949 |
1949 |
1950 |
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LET'S
HAVE MURDER |
NEVER
LOOK BACK |
LOVE'S
A LUXURY |
THOSE
PEOPLE NEXT DOOR |
1950 |
195? |
1952 |
1952 |
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MANDY
(CRASH OF SILENCE |
A
MAN IN A WHITE SUIT |
LONELY
WEEKEND |
IT'S
A GRAND LIFE |
1952 |
1952 |
1953 |
1953 |
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for the video |
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a man in a white suit on video |
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alec
guiness stars as a man who invents cloth that doesn't
get dirty |
directed
by john e blakeley |
frank
randle is an accident-prone soldier playing cupid
for diana dors in this ropey mix of comedy and music
which was blakeley’s 22nd and final feature
film at the age of 64
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BILLY
LIAR |
THE
WHITE BUS |
CHARLIE
BUBBLES |
SOCCER
AS NEVER BEFORE |
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1966 |
1968 |
1970 |
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billy liar video |
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THE
LOVERS |
THE
LIVING DEAD AT THE MANCHESTER MORGUE |
YANKS |
REDS |
1972 |
1974 |
1979 |
1981 |
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the lovers video |
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the video |
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reds video |
| richard
beckensale stars in this comedy |
a poor
night of the living dead rip-off with 10 minutes of
the film set in manchester |
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NO
SURRENDER |
MOTHER'S
DAY |
THE
FRONTLINE |
RAINING
STONES |
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1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
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no surrender video |
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raining stones video |
| a scheduling
mixup means two groups of old-timers have reserved
the same bar for a party on the same night |
while
waiting for the bulldozers to come and knock down
her council house, an old woman thinks back to her
two very different sons
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this
Ken Loach film tells the story of a man devoted to
his family and his religion |
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BREED OF HEROES |
BUTTERFLY
KISS |
VELVET
GOLDMINE |
GIRLS'
NIGHT |
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1995 |
1998 |
1998 |
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butterfly kiss video |
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velvet goldmine video |
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girl's night video |
| movie
about the british army's initial occupation of belfast
in the early 1970's |
love
story between two disturbed women - one clearly
insane and the other at least amoral and probably
equally mentally unbalanced, directed by michael
winterbottom |
the
story of the rise and fall of a glam rock star,
filmed in manchester |
julie
walters stars in the story of two friends, located
outside manchester |
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HEART |
RESSURECTION
MAN |
EAST
IS EAST |
BEST |
1999 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
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ressurection man video |
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east is east video |
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| a woman,
plastered in blood, is arrested by a grave, and a
tale of loss, lust and jealousy slowly unfolds, featuring
chirstopher eccleston |
belfast,
in 1970's and victor kelly is a young protestant man
who hates the Catholics so much that one night he
begins to brutally murder them |
comedy
movie about a manchester family's rebellion against
their devout musilm father |
the
story of george best, filmed on location in manchester
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| THERE'S
ONLY ONEW JIMMY GRIMBLE |
THE
PAROLE OFFICER |
24
HOUR PARTY PEOPLE |
ALFIE |
2000 |
2003 |
2004 |
2004 |
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the film on video |
buy
the parole officer video |
buy
24 hour party people video |
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| robert
carlisle film about a young boy and his passion for
manchester city |
comedy
starring steve coogan, filmed in manchester |
michael
winterbottom film about anthony h wilson and his madchester
legacy |
nothing
to do with manchester but filmed in the northern quarter
of the city to emulate new york |
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