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Oh, Mr Porter! is a 1937 British comedy film starring Will Hay with Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt and directed by Marcel Varnel.While not Hay's commercially most successful (although it grossed £500,000 at the box office – equal to about £34,000,000 at 2020 value), it is probably his best-known film to modern audiences.
Oh, Mr. Porter!: Directed by Marcel Varnel. With Will Hay, Moore Marriott, Graham Moffatt, Sebastian Smith. With the help of a relative, a hopeless railway employee is made stationmaster of Buggleskelly.
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- Comedy
- Marcel Varnel
- 1938-01-03
Oh! Mr Porter. " Oh! Mr Porter " is an old British music hall song about a girl who has got on the wrong train. It was famously part of the repertoires of the artistes Norah Blaney and Marie Lloyd. [1] [2] [3] It was written in 1892 by George Le Brunn and his brother Thomas, and taken on an extended provincial tour that same year by Marie Lloyd.
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Comedy in which a bungling railway worker is given the job of stationmaster at a rundown station in rural Ireland, where his sidekicks are a toothless old gaffer and a portly young loudmouth. Hilarious adventures ensue, including a locomotive chase after gunrunners make off with a train. Marcel Varnel. Director. J.O.C. Orton.
Nov 25, 2010 · Beyond that, the characters are all well-drawn British, Irish, Scottish types and are great fun. Will Hay (William Porter), Moore Marriott (Jeremiah Harbottle) and Graham Moffatt (Albert) work brilliantly together and all the other actors are equally wonderful. Some reviewers consider this to be the greatest or one of the greatest British ...