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kiss the bride goodbye (1944)

"We could never be happy together."
Jack Fowler (Jimmy Handley) returns from the war to find his girlfriend Joan (Patricia Medina) is about to get married. She believes that he no longer loves her and has reluctantly moved on, but on hearing of his return she goes to meet him and explain...
Comedy of errors with not enough errors.

the madame gambles (1951)

aka Madame Louise.
"I'm afraid that trade is a little slack."
Madame Louise's, a dressmaking shop managed by Mr Pastry (Richard Hearne), and his assistant (Petula Clark) is taken over by gambler Mr Trout (Garry Marsh) when he wins it in a bet, and needs somewhere to hide. The duo find out that they have six months to repay the debt, or the place is Trouts permanently.
Mildly comic affair, that has one redeeming feature, seeing Petula Clark acting.

time of his life (1956)

"An ex-convict in this house!"
Ex-prisoner Charles Pastry (Richard Hearne) goes to live with his social climbing daughter Lady Florance (Ellen Pollock). Embarrassed about him, she pretends he is an old friend, and tries to keep him hidden. Fortunately his grandchildren are more open minded.
Mildly comic tale with added pathos.

helen keller vs nightwolves (2015)

"You do not have to see or hear to sense love."
A young Helen (Jessie Wiseman) is attacked by wolves, leaving her deaf and blind. But this just spurs her on to rid the town of this plague of wolves...
Comic horror, whose central joke quickly pales.

percy's progress (1974)

"Oh that Percy."
Percy disappears in the middle of a messy divorce case, living on a boat alone in the pacific. But then an accident releases a poison around the world, making all men impotent. Percy returns, not knowing this...Soon everyone wants to get their hands on his equipment.
The continuing story of Percy, the first penis transplant, is an impotent comedy.

the gilded cage (1955)

"There are some things that I must tell you. They concern Harry."
Steve (Alex Nicol) arrives at the flat of his brother's girlfriend, and finds his brother, Harry (Michael Alexander), trying to leave what is now a murder scene. Steve (Alex Nicol) lets his brother go determined to prove his brother's innocence, and gets involved in a frame up and an art theft.
Standard quickie fare, nighclub scene, American star, and some basic detective work.

where there's a will (1955)

"Stopped raining you know!"
Alfie (Leslie Dwyer), from the East End of London, inherits a farm in the Scottish highlands. The rest of the family, (including George Cole and Dandy Nichols), want him to sell up, but he has other ideas, and wants to make a go of it.
Fish out of water comedy, that has its moments, but watch mainly to see Edward Woodward popping up in his first film.