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Post by franklinmarsh on Apr 16, 2009 16:11:44 GMT
Peter Rogers, producer of the Carry On Films ( and a good few others ) died yesterday aged 95. The Carry Ons, along with James Bond, were my staple cinematic diet as a young 'un. Discovering Hammer on TV a little while later made a neat trio of British film magic - the light side, the dark side and the wish fulfilment. We mentioned the Carry Ons on the old board as the union-bashing plot of Confessions From The Shop Floor had already been covered by Carry On At Your Convenience. It seems a shame that, although there are now many reference books relating to the films, there weren't really many novels. These seem to consist of the highly collectable novelisation of Carry On Emmanuelle and six books purporting to continue on from six of the films. Rather bizarrely these six were Doctor, Up The Khyber, Henry, Abroad, Loving and England - perhaps not the obvious choices. I did have the first four but seem to have got rid of the first two on the grounds that they were spectacularly unfunny, and kept the other two as I haven't yet read them. I watched the film of Henry last night as a kind of tribute to Mr Rogers, so should have a bash at the book sometime. Saw the film at the flicks when I was about ten, and subsequently found out that it looked pretty good as they were able to use the sets from Anne Of A Thousand Days. Sid made a great Henry VIII, and the story was popular at the time cos of the BBC series featuring Keith Michel - also given the big screen treatment. RIP Peter - thanks for the laughs and the memories.
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Post by carolinec on Apr 16, 2009 16:32:39 GMT
Oh, I'm very sorry to hear that Peter Rogers has passed on. From my time on autograph collecting forums I know that he fully expected last year's annual Carry On convention to be his last - apparently, he was very emotional there saying "goodbye" to everyone (I wasn't there myself, but I heard this from others who were). He gave me many great laughs when I was younger - still does today (Bank Holidays always see plenty of Carry On films on UK Gold TV). The Carry Ons are a tremendous legacy, which I believe he was quite proud of (I always find it very sad that many of the actors who appeared in them didn't seem to fully recognise the wonderful films - and laughter - they'd brought to people). As you say, RIP Peter - Carry Ons will live on forever!
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