When You Come Home
Encyclopedia
When You Come Home is a 1948 British
comedy film
directed by John Baxter
and starring Frank Randle
, Leslie Sarony
and Leslie Holmes. When the music hall where he works is threatened with closure, a handyman organises an effort to save it. It had a larger production budget than Randle's previous films made in Manchester
.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
directed by John Baxter
John Baxter (director)
John Philip Baxter was a somewhat prolific British film-maker active from the 1930s to the late 1950s. During that time he produced, wrote, or directed dozens of films...
and starring Frank Randle
Frank Randle
Frank Randle was an English comedian...
, Leslie Sarony
Leslie Sarony
Leslie Sarony was a British entertainer, singer and songwriter. Sarony was born in Surbiton, Surrey and died in London.He began his stage career aged 14 with the group Park Eton's Boys...
and Leslie Holmes. When the music hall where he works is threatened with closure, a handyman organises an effort to save it. It had a larger production budget than Randle's previous films made in Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
.
Cast
- Frank RandleFrank RandleFrank Randle was an English comedian...
- Frank - Leslie SaronyLeslie SaronyLeslie Sarony was a British entertainer, singer and songwriter. Sarony was born in Surbiton, Surrey and died in London.He began his stage career aged 14 with the group Park Eton's Boys...
- Maestro - Leslie Holmes - Fingers
- Diana Decker - Paula Ryngelbaum
- Fred ConynghamFred ConynghamFred Conyngham was an actor who was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 8 June 1901.He was the son of George Conyngham, the actor, manager. He began his career as a specialty dancer. He left musical comedy for drama then discovering he possessed a good tenor voice he had it trained and...
- Mike O'Flaherty - Jack MelfordJack MelfordJack Melford was a British film and television actor. He was the brother of screenwriter and film director Austin Melford.-Selected filmography:* Find the Lady * Luck of the Turf * Scruffy...
- Doctor Dormer Franklyn - Linda Parker - Singer
- Lily Lapidus - Mrs. Ryngelbaum
- Tony Heaton - Joshua Ryngelbaum
- Hilda BayleyHilda BayleyHilda Christabel Bailey was a British film actress. In 1922 she appeared in the controversial crime film Cocaine.-Selected filmography:* The Barton Mystery * Carnival * Cocaine * Flames of Passion...
- Lady Langfield - Lesley OsmondLesley Osmond-Selected filmography:* Asking for Trouble * The Mysterious Mr. Nicholson * House of Darkness * This Was a Woman * Let's Have a Murder * The Story of Shirley Yorke * Chelsea Story...
- Delia - Gus Aubrey - Designer
- Ernest Dale - Fireman
- Rene Sibley-Grant - Mrs. Randle