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Double bill of British wartime comedies directed by Oswald Mitchell. In 'Jailbirds' (1940), escaped convicts Nick (Charles Hawtrey) and Bill (Albert Burdon) get jobs working in a bakery where they try to hide a stolen diamond necklace by placing it in a loaf of bread. But the pair are forced to come up with a daring scheme to recover the stolen jewels when the prized necklace goes missing. 'Sailors Don't Care' (1940), follows the antics of father and son Nobby (Tom Gamble) and Joe Clark (Edward Rigby) after they join the River Patrol Service.
"With deadpan humor, whip-smart insights and some damn fine sentences, Charles Farrell has written a classic chronicle of life in the twilight world, on par with masters of the genre like Damon Runyon, Mezz Mezzrow, Nat Hentoff and Nick Pileggi. A truly great read."-Debby Applegate, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher, and author of Madam: The Life of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz-Age A world-class jazz pianist, Charles Farrell made his living working Mob clubs from the time he was a teenager in the 1960s. He later moved from music to the complex world of professional boxing, managing dozens of fighters, including former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks and former gang leader Mitch "Blood" Green, who famously went toe-to-toe with Mike Tyson-once in the ring and once in the street. A fight-fixer and gangster, Farrell ran afoul of New York mobsters in the 1990s and retreated to the mountains of Puerto Rico, coming home only after an infamous boxing legend brokered his safe return. Retired from the fight game, he returned to jazz and, among other collaborators, played frequently with his friend Ornette Coleman, the godfather of "Free Jazz" and one of the greatest musicians of the twentieth century. (Low)life is a singular book by a singular man.
In this autobiography, Charles Farrell Crocker gives a glimpse of the many ways God moved and worked throughout his life to touch the lives of others through church music. known throughout the southeast for his expertise with children's choirs, Charles Crocker worked throughout his career to present extraordinary choral performances for worship and for the glory of God.
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A collection of seven wartime musical comedies starring ukelele-plucking music hall favourite George Formby. Films are: 'Bell-Bottom George' (1944), 'Get Cracking' (1943), 'I Didn't Do It' (1945), 'Much Too Shy' (1942), 'George in Civvy Street' (1946), 'He Snoops to Conquer' (1944) and 'South American George' (1941).
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