Holidays with Pay

1948 film by John E. Blakeley

Holidays with Pay

Directed by| John E. Blakeley
Written by|

* Frank Randle
* John E. Blakeley
* Mavis Compston
* Harry Jackson

Produced by| John E. Blakeley
Starring|

* Frank Randle
* Tessie O'Shea
* Dan Young
* Josef Locke

Cinematography| Ben R. Hart
Edited by| Dorothy Stimson
Music by| Albert W. Stanbury

Production
company

Mancunian Films

Distributed by| Butcher's Film Service

Release date

* 1948 (1948)

Running time

| 95 minutes
Country| United Kingdom
Language| English

Holidays with Pay is a 1948 British comedy film directed by John E. Blakeley and starring Frank Randle, Tessie O'Shea and Dan Young.[1] The film follows the Rogers family as they go on holiday to Blackpool and enjoy a series of adventures.

## Plot

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The Rogers family visit Blackpool for their annual holidays, and have difficulty finding rooms; but are befriended by a wealthy young man who takes them to stay in his haunted mansion. The family become entangled in a plot by the young man's grasping cousin to murder him for the family inheritance. However, all ends happily with the young man marrying the Rogers eldest daughter, Pamela.

## Cast

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* Frank Randle \- Jack Rogers
* Tessie O'Shea \- Pansy Rogers
* Dan Young \- Phil Rogers
* Josef Locke \- Himself
* Sally Barnes - Pamela Rogers
* Sonny Burke \- Michael Sandford
* Bert Tracy \- Ephraim Rogers
* Joyanne Bracewell \- Joyanne Rogers

## Critical reception

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The Spinning Image wrote: "The film as a whole is more cheap than cheerful. What makes it worthwhile is seeing the energy of Randle when he is allowed free-rein. He must have been able to work a theatre audience brilliantly by the flash of an eye or a knowing grin. It's a great pity that his performances haven't been better preserved for posterity (we have only one sound recording of him working live in 1938)."[2]

## Bibliography

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* Murphy, Robert. Realism and Tinsel: Cinema and Society in Britain 1939-49. Routledge, 1989.

## References

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1. ^ BFI.org
2. ^ "Holidays with Pay Review (1948)".

## External links

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* Holidays with Pay at IMDb

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