Ronald Woolfe Movies
- 1981
Rula Lenska, a European actress who gained international fame as star of a series of cosmetics commercials in the 1970s, played one of the two leading characters in the British sitcom Take a Letter Mr. Jones. Predicated on the old sexual-role-reversal gimmick, the series cast Lenska as prominent female business executive (and recent divorcée) Mrs. Joan Warner. When her work load became too much for one person to handle, Mrs. Warner hired a male personal secretary, Graham Jones (John Inman) -- and it wasn't hard to predict what would happen next. Other characters included Joan's spoiled-rotten daughter Lucy (Claudie Bowyer), her Italian maid Maria (Miriam Margoyles), and office help Brenda (Gina Maher) and Ruth (Joan Blackham). The six half-hour episodes of Take a Letter Mr. Jones were telecast over Britain's regional Southern Television from September 5 to October 10, 1981. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Based on a popular British television series from the late sixties, On the Buses centers on the chaos caused in a bus depot when the boss hires a passel of female bus drivers. This marked the first of three theatrical features based on the series (the second and third installments were the 1972 Mutiny on the Buses and the 1974 Holiday on the Buses, respectively). Though all three films were critically savaged, they grossed dollar one in Great Britain, particularly this first installment - eliciting a host of sequels and imitators. The Motion Picture Guide wrote of On the Buses, " The humor is sexist, of course, and infantile, with no wit or sophistication, which of course ensured its appeal to a large segment of the masses." ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Reg Varney, Doris Hare, (more)
- 1967
The British sitcom Sorry I'm Single was something of a dry run for the longer-lasting Man About the House, which of course was adapted for American television as Three's Company. Comic actor Derek Nimmo starred as David, a likeable if somewhat stuffy student. The fun began when David ended up sharing a flat with three nubile young ladies: Brenda (Gwendolyn Watts), Karen (Elizabeth Knight), and Suzy (Pik-Sen Lim). Although nothing of an intimate nature ever happened, the implications of the premise were enough to generate laughter. Eight half-hour episodes of Sorry I'm Single were beamed out by BBC1 from August 1 to September 26, 1967. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
