The Crowning Touch is a 1959 British comedy film directed by David Eady and starring Ted Ray, Irene Handl and Greta Gynt.
Synopsis
The "Crowning Touch" of the title is a fancy ladies hat. It has been ordered and specially set aside at a posh British hat shop, but no one has come to collect it. Three of the shop's staff offer different reasons as to why the pretty young girl who'd ordered the hat never showed up.
Jack Gay, a newlywed with a dominating mother-in-law attempts to surprise his wife Stella with a baby grand piano, but when she overhears him discussing it, she mistakes it for an illegitimate child, particularly with the arrival of his ex girlfriend, the blonde and glamourous Gloria Marsh.
, 1h21 Réalisé parLance Comfort OrigineRoyaume-uni GenresComédie ActeursDermot Walsh, Arthur Askey, Sid James, Olga Lindo, Clive Morton, Bernard Cribbins Note62% Arthur Ashton is a makeup man working for National Television (a parody of the BBC). During a visit to the local laundry, he meets Sid Gibson a shady salesmen who is trying to flog Bonko, a brand of washing powder, but who can't afford to advertise on TV. The fairly clueless Arthur agrees to help him, and they manage to plug an advert for Bonko on National Television by interrupting the live feed. This causes quite a stir amongst the National heads, who have Arthur fired. Despite this, the advert proves extremely popular and demand for the product soars.
, 1h27 Réalisé parGerald Thomas OrigineRoyaume-uni GenresComédie ActeursTed Ray, Leslie Phillips, Jean Kent, Julia Lockwood, Joan Sims, Tim Seely Note62% In the quiet suburbs of an English town, seventeen-year-old Jo Halliday lives a fairly boring life working as a hairdresser and living at home, with her nagging mother, pompous father, and fitness obsessed Aunt. Her father, an accountant, continually wishes that his dreamy, untidy daughter could be more like his secretary Miss Jones.
, 1h30 Réalisé parLewis Gilbert OrigineRoyaume-uni GenresDrame, Guerre, Comédie, Romance ThèmesBidasses, Politique, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre ActeursIan Carmichael, Tommy Steele, Dick Emery, Benny Hill, Sydney Tafler, Victor Maddern Note62% This comedy is about a bumbling searchlight unit during World War II. Ensemble acting creates a series of intertwining stories that involve the various soldiers assigned to this post. Lt. Ogleby (Ian Carmichael) is the cheerful, inept officer in charge, then there is the womanizer whose concept of birth control is limited, the lovesick soldier unhappy over a misunderstanding with his girlfriend, the Cockney cook, the father-figure, and several others. Their trials and tribulations provide the bulk of the comedy, such as it is. [1]