Funny Up North (2011)
• July 23rd, 2011 • 1h 14min
Comedy, Documentary
Overview
Documentary featuring a cavalcade of Northern comedy stars including the great Frank Randle, George Formby, Arthur Askey, Norman Evans and many more. The North of England has always enjoyed its own very particular brand of comedy, best seen today in Coronation Street. 80 years ago however Mancunian Studios produced feature films for the northern masses. Funny Up North tells the story of the Mancunian Studios, its eccentric owner John E Blakeley and its cavalcade of stars including such household names as Arthur Askey, Jimmy Jewell, George Formby and the legendary Frank Randle. Hosted by Professor Chris Lee, the authority on northern cinema, Funny Up North takes you on a journey from its humble beginnings to its sad demise in the 1960s.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Celebrity
Released on: 1998-09-07
Drama, Comedy
The career and personal life of writer Lee are at a standstill, so he divorces his bashful wife, Rob...
The Matador
Released on: 2005-05-12
Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
The life of Danny Wright, a salesman forever on the road, veers into dangerous and surreal territory...
Getting Wasted
Released on: 1980-01-01
Comedy
An uptight military school gets a dose of hippie-infused rebellion when a group of students gather i...
Little Voice
Released on: 1998-11-05
Comedy, Drama, Music
After the death of her father, Little Voice or LV becomes a virtual recluse, never going out and har...
Premaku Velayera
Released on: 1999-08-06
Comedy, Drama
A young man plans to climb the ladder of success by trying to woo his rich uncle's daughter.
Night and Fog
Released on: 1959-04-27
Documentary, History
Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.
The Rules of Attraction
Released on: 2002-10-11
Drama, Romance, Comedy
The incredibly spoiled and overprivileged students of Camden College are a backdrop for an unusual l...
Nowhere
Released on: 1997-05-09
Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction
In Los Angeles, a colorful assortment of bohemians try to make sense of their intersecting lives. Th...
Russian Dolls
Released on: 2005-06-15
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Five years after their summer together in Barcelona, Xavier, William, Wendy, Martine and Isabelle re...
2 Days in Paris
Released on: 2007-02-09
Comedy, Romance
Marion and Jack try to rekindle their relationship with a visit to Paris, home of Marion's parents —...
Sandbar
Released on: 2012-10-26
Drama, Comedy
In this freewheeling dark comedy, a haunted Marine spends one crazy day with his estranged son.
9
Released on: 2009-04-27
Comedy
A group of people talk about very different subjects, including a strange course that one of them ha...
I Do Believe
Released on: 2002-11-19
Music, Comedy
Gaither Vocal Band - Live In Concert in New Orleans. The Gaither Vocal Band Performs Live in New Or...
Along Came Polly
Released on: 2004-01-16
Comedy, Romance
Reuben Feffer is a guy who's spent his entire life playing it safe. Polly Prince is irresistible as ...
Smoke
Released on: 1995-06-09
Comedy, Drama
Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid...
Paul Mooney: A Piece of My Mind - God Bless America
Released on: 2014-03-18
Comedy
The venomous, no holds barred style of standup comedy legend Paul Mooney is on full display in this ...
Oh, My Love
Released on: 2017-04-27
Comedy, Romance
"Oh My Love" is a film about a famous singer, who comes to a hotel to rest in peace and quiet, away ...
Carry Me Back
Released on: 1982-06-01
Comedy, Drama
Two brothers take their father into the city for the weekend for a rugby game and a night on the tow...