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This Mancunian Film Studio's Official site is dedicated to John E Blakeley, Frank Randle and all the performers and people associated with the output of the Mancunian Film Company. The site is researched and collated by Dr CP Lee ... Contact ... Chris Lee is the Cuthbert of The Cuthbert Club - See Events.
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THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING! - There is a Hotun of a DVD from Odeon Entertainment entitled 'Funny Up North - The History of Northern Comedy' - Don't miss it - it features 'Professor' Chris Lee aka Cuthbert hosting extracts from Sandy Powell, Jimmy James, Frank Randle, et al!- Available from amazon.co.uk and elsewhere. MONDAY 5th DECEMBER 2011 - A restored 'Home Sweet Home' was shown at the Castle on Oldham Street - This year's Cuthbert Club Xmas Cracker was certainly a Hotun! See LINK MONDAY 2nd APRIL 2012 - A Cuthbert Club April Fools Special is planned - keep checking here for further news of this next Hotun - or why not email Cuthbert to have your name placed on the Hotun Newsletter mailing list. |
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|  Hotun's Sistership - the Manchester Film History website where you can discover the films, the places and the people involved in Greater Manchester's filmmaking history. |
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| Jimmy James cutting a fine dash in the film 'Over The Garden Wall'. | A set for 'Somewhere In Politics' - waiting for Frank and Jimmy Clitheroe! | ||||
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Here is a rare picture of the studio taken soon after the BBC took over the building: |
... and an early 1970s picture of the studio after it was sold to the BBC - can you spot Val Doonican?!!: | ||||
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| Harry Goodwin (below) was a photographer at the BBC in the 1970s - see below pictures of him on his visit to the Cuthbert event of 27 September 09 - Thanks to Lee Mannering (Chroma Video Productions) for the photo above left. | Here, Professor Toulmin with Cuthbert during SHOWZAM 19 February 2010. Our thanks always to Vanessa and her team for bringing to Blackpool the finest showcase entertainment not only in terms of heritage but as a celebration each year of innumerable spectacular, innovative events and happenings!! | ||||
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| Cuthbert with Miss Behave and Mark Raffles at the Cine Variety tent ... | The Cine Variety tent! | ||||
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Cuthbert featured on two Timeshift documentaries - All The Fun of the Fair and When The Circus Comes To Town on BBC FOUR on 2nd and 9th August 2011.
Lee Mannering hosted the Fifth Frank Randle Day in Blackpool - see Photos here (link includes a film Lee made of the 2010 Frank Randle Day).
Cuthbert hosted the GEORGE FORMBY seminar, part of Ken Barret's 'Formby Project' in Wigan all week. Link: Programme for Seminar held on 01 April 2011.
SOMEWHERE IN CAMP was shown on 29 March 2011 at a special Cuthbert Club screening of this classic film, shown to commemorate the life and contribution to the Mancunian Studio story of ARTHUR GOULDING at the CASTLE PUB on OLDHAM ST, M4 1LE- see Special
On 6th and 14th March 2011, Cuthbert helped Stuart Maconie give a bit of an airing to GEORGE FORMBY in 'Turned Out Nice Again' on BBC Radio 2.
The Hotun Arthur Goulding page was opened in February 2011 in honour of Arthur Goulding who died 17 January 2011.
Thank you to Bruce Anderson for this link - visit Rusholme and Victoria Park Archive and for a cutting from the Manchester Guardian of 13 May 1947 (available here to view)
Randle on TV - youtube link - see Frank's appearance with Cuthbert on BBC Four's Rude Britannia (14 June 2010 )
Gail Cloake photographic gems: In 2010 Gail discovered several photographic gems whilst researching her grandfather William F Cloake, a scenic manager who ran his own company in Manchester providing sets and backdrops for the theatre. We are gratefully thankful to Gail for the pleasure and usefulness for film and comedy research that these pictures provide and are proud to have opened her Gallery page today (8 October 2010).
FRIDAY 19th FEBRUARY 2010 SHOWZAM SUCCESS!- Three Mancunian films were shown to an enthusiastic audience at the Olympia Winter Gardens PLUS a Mancunian talk by Cuthbert and Mike Blakeley. The films shown were: Somewhere in Camp, Home Sweet Home (FULL version - first ever showing!!!), Holidays With Pay. Here is a Showzam link
Saturday 17 April 2010- It were a grand Hotun afternoon outing to BOLTON OCTAGON for a performance of Trevor Griffiths' 'Comedians' - Thanks to the Skegness branch for turning up and taking these photographs of Cuthbert with actor John Branwell who plays Challenor in the play. He and Cuthbert go back several decades and you can share in the fun on youtube (click here).December 2009 - the Dan Young photos have left the front page and appear now in The Performers Gallery
11 July 2009 - the Cuthbert Club Funtime Memorial Day was a fantastic success - as usual!
The Didsbury Festival 2009 screening of Over The Garden Wall was a great success - visit the Events page to view
Fantastic stills from SOMEWHERE IN POLITICS (1948) from Mike Blakeley's family collection have been moved to the Frank Randle Gallery. As always, at every film fair, in every corner please look for this missing film - wherever you are in the world, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, if you have any information about the whereabouts of this film please email Cuthbert now!
Arthur Mertz Snr and Hewitt Universal Lighting - you will also find Laurel and Hardy with James Blakeley photograph from 2nd August 1932 on this page.
77 2008 - Saturday 6th July 2008 - BLUE PLAQUE full story
Frank's beginnings - including the Bouncing Randles 1931
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
With grateful thanks to Mike Blakeley, North West Film Archive (NWFA) at MMU, PM & DL Williams (authors of Hooray For Jollywood and Wired To The Moon), and Aidan O'Rourke photographer of Manchester backdrop in "Jollywood".
PLEASE NOTE: Every attempt has been made to trace the copyright holders of images used on this website. We apologise if your credit does not appear. Please advise and we will be pleased to correct any omission and insert an appropriate acknowledgement.
Please email CP Lee with any information relating to Mancunian Films, Golden Films Ltd, Mancunian actors and film people! - Please Help the Hotun Research!
ITSAHOTUN - established 2005 - Last update 04-Jan-2012
- Have you visited the Hotun sistership site? - www.manchesterfilmhistory.info
