What Pier was used in the film Carry On Girls?

Brighton's West Pier. (The Palace Pier had been used a couple of years earlier in Carry On at Your Convenience)
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What pier was used in Carry On Girls?

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. Pinewood Studios.
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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 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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Where was the hotel in Carry On Girls?

The old Clarges hotel can be found at 115-119 Marine Parade Brighton. It was famously used in the filming of the British comedy classic 'Carry On Girls'. The hotel was once owned by Dora Bryan of Carry On fame.
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Where was the Carry On film filmed?

All films were made at Pinewood Studios near Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire. Budgetary constraints meant that a large proportion of the location filming was undertaken close to the studios in and around south Buckinghamshire, including areas of Berkshire and Middlesex.
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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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Where is the Carry On Girls set?

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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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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Where was girls filmed?

The series follows the experiences of four young women living in New York City. Girls was filmed in New York Bay, New York, USA. Additional filming took place at Silvercup Studios in New York City.
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How many Carry On films were made in total?

The series' humour relied largely on innuendo and double entendre. There were thirty-one films, four TV Christmas specials, one television series of thirteen episodes, and three West End and provincial stage plays, all made on time and to a strict budget.
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Where was Girl on the Pier filmed?

Production. It was the first feature film from John Temple Smith's Major Productions. Its working title was Palace Pier. Filming took place at Brighton in September 1952.
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What ship was used in the filming of Carry On Cruising?

The film's premiere was held on a cruise ship in Southampton, England. The "SS Happy Wanderer", including its interiors and decks scenes, is mostly a set constructed at Pinewood Studios. It is affixed atop a hydraulic rig, and is a life size mock-up, complete with all the features of a real cruise ship.
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Is Fircombe a real place?

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Like a saucy seaside postcard to British cinema's playful heritage, Carry On Girls is set in the fictional south coast town of Fircombe. It's a resort on the slide, and town councillor Sidney Fiddler (Sid James) decides to turn its fortunes around by staging a beauty contest.
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Who was the highest paid Carry On star?

Phil Silvers was paid £30,000 for his role, making him by far, the highest paid star in the history of the series, which provoked a great deal of animosity among the regular Carry On team. The location filming took three weeks, the longest in Carry On history.
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Did the Carry On team get along?

'Carry On' legend Jim Dale, 79, has lifted the lid on the tensions between the cast of the classic British comedy series and revealed how they snubbed him when he was on 'This Is Your life'.
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Which actor made 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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What Seaside was Carry On Girls filmed?

Brighton's West Pier. (The Palace Pier had been used a couple of years earlier in Carry On at Your Convenience)
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When was Carry On Girls filmed?

Carry on Girls (1973) - Filming & production - IMDb.
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Who is the photographer in Carry On Girls?

Cy Town: Press photographer.
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Where was the roundabout in Carry on Cabby?

The scene in which "Pintpot" (Charles Hawtrey) drives a cab (PEG 1) round and round a roundabout was filmed at the junction of Goswell Road and Arthur Road, Windsor, with the railway arches of Windsor & Eton Central Station visible in the background.
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Why wasn t sid james in carry on follow that camel?

In 1967, James was intending to play Sergeant Nocker in Follow That Camel, but was already committed to recording the TV series George and the Dragon (1966–1968) for ATV, then one of the ITV contractors. James was replaced in Follow That Camel by the American comic actor Phil Silvers.
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Who did Kenneth Williams leave his money to?

There was a provision for his 87 year old mother Louie, via instructions left to Kenneth's friend Michael Whittaker. However, the remainder of his estate was split between his close friend and neighbour Paul Richardson, his Godson Robert Chiddell and his agent.
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