What hotel was used in Carry On Girls?

Clarges Hotel (the exterior of which was used in the film) was then-owned by actress Dora Bryan who had appeared in the first Carry On, Carry On Sergeant. The hotel was previously used (also exterior only) in the 1971 film Carry On at Your Convenience.
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What seaside town was Carry On Girls filmed?

The town is, of course, Brighton on the south coast of East Sussex, and the 'Palace Hotel' was Clarges, 115-119 Marine Parade, to the east of the town, which was for many years owned and run by the wonderful British comic actor Dora Bryan.
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Where was Carry On Girls recorded?

The filming for Carry On Girls took place in a few different locations across Brighton with all of the major characters coming to the city. In the film the fictitious seaside town of Fircombe is in crisis which the councillor Sidney Fiddler, played by Sid James, is hoping to fix by holding a beauty contest.
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Where was the hotel in Carry On Abroad?

Filming and locations

Pinewood Studios: Elsbels airport terminal building (the studios' security block); the Whippit Inn pub; Elsbels hotel interior and exterior scenes.
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Where is Fircombe in Carry On Girls?

The fictional town of Fircombe is actually Brighton. The film was a relative failure at the box office.
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Which seaside town was in Carry On at Your Convenience?

Brighton Palace Pier. The West Pier in Brighton was used two years later for Carry On Girls. Brighton – Clarges Hotel. The same location was also used in Carry On Girls.
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Where is the carry on Cabby location?

In the film, Charles Hawtrey drives demonically around the roundabout in an ancient taxi. In this view, the road off the roundabout beside the taxi, led to 'Breakneck Alley' or Goswell Hill, which exists to this day alongside the arches, leading up to Windsor Central Station (Windsor Royal Station).
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Why was Charles Hawtrey not in Carry on Cruising?

The role of the ship's cook Wilfred Haines was originally intended for Charles Hawtrey, but was re-written for Lance Percival, after Hawtrey quit in a dispute with the producer over billing and pay. He also demanded a gold star on his dressing room door.
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How many Carry On films were filmed?

From 1958-1992 Peter Rogers and Gerald Thomas produced and directed 31 Carry On films, and a number of TV specials and West End shows, in what would become Britain's longest-running series.
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What month was Carry On Abroad filmed?

Filming for Carry On Abroad began on 17 April 1972 and was the last Carry On to star Charles Hawtrey. Filmed entirely in England, Abroad was completed within a month and was released in December 1972. It featured the highest number of Carry On regulars, with only Jim Dale and Terry Scott missing from the core cast.
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Why was Kenneth Williams not in Carry on Cabby?

Kenneth Williams' presence is missed here: apparently, he turned down the role of the shop steward (probably influenced by Peter Sellers' similar, award-winning characterization in I'M ALL RIGHT, JACK [1959] and eventually played by Norman Chappell) because he felt the script was substandard – I disagree and, in fact, ...
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How many Carry On actors are still alive?

The final surviving regular actor who had a lead role in the films is Jim Dale. Now aged 87, Dale - who is also a singer, comedian, narrator, and author - made his first appearance in 1963's Carry on Cabby.
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When was Carry On Girls filmed?

Carry on Girls (1973) - Filming & production - IMDb.
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Where did they film Carry on Camping?

ON LOCATION

Unlike that other famous camping film, Nuts In May, it wasn't actually filmed at a real campsite, instead the camping scenes were shot in the orchard at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire. Chayste Place school was also filmed at Pinewood, in the Heatherden Hall manor house.
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Where did they film carry?

All films were made at Pinewood Studios near Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire.
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Where was Carry on Camel filmed?

Location work was shot during the early months of 1967 when scenes set in the Sahara were filmed at Camber Sands near Rye, East Sussex, England. Shooting had to be halted several times because there was snow on the sands. Other shots occurred at Birkdale beach near Southport, Lancashire.
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Which actor played in the most Carry On films?

The most prolific were the neurotic Kenneth Williams (26 appearances), the libidinous Sid James (19) and the campy Charles Hawtrey (23), while there was formidable female support from Joan Sims (24), Hattie Jacques (14) and Barbara Windsor (10).
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How much was Kenneth Williams paid for Carry On films?

He was quick to find fault with his own work, and also that of others. Despite this, he spoke fondly of the Carry Ons in interviews. Peter Rogers, producer of the series, recollected, "Kenneth was worth taking care of because, while he cost very little—£5,000 a film, he made a great deal of money for the franchise."
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How old was Barbara Windsor in Carry On Camping?

James and Sims are ridiculously old for their roles as a courting couple still trying to get to first base (he was fifty-five, she thirty-eight), as is Barbara Windsor as a naughty schoolgirl (she was thirty-one!).
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Why was Joan Sims not in Carry On Cruising?

Sims took ill shortly before filming began and was replaced by Dilys Laye, making her Carry On debut, at four days' notice. Hawtrey was dropped for demanding star billing, but returned for the next entry, making this the only entry during Hawtrey's 23-film run which he missed.
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What was the first Carry On film in color?

1962's "Carry On Cruising" (the 5th in the iconic Brit-com 'Carry On' series (not counting clip compilation 'Carry On Regardless')) was again written by Norman Hudis and directed by Gerald Thomas (with his bro Ralph this time) BUT was the first to be shot in colour (gloriously) AND it shed many previous regulars while ...
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What ship was used in the film Carry On Cruising?

In popular culture

Orient ships were also seen in stock footage in the 1962 British comedy film Carry On Cruising, in which Oronsay depicted the cruise ship SS Happy Wanderer.
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Where is the campsite in carry-on Behind?

Pinewood Studios: the Orchard doubled for the caravan site, as it had for the campsite in Carry On Camping. Maidenhead, Berkshire : the town hall doubled for the university seen at the start of the film.
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Where was carry on sergeant?

Carry On Sergeant , loosely based on story material by the popular novelist and playwright R.F. Delderfield , was shot over a period of six weeks at Pinewood Studios and on location at the Queen's Barracks in Stoughton, Surrey, on a meagre budget of £ 74,000.
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Is there a Colour version of Carry On Cabby?

Many of the early Carry On films were filmed in Black and White. including this one Carry On Cabby. Which We have colorized.
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