Cup Tie Honeymoon - Pat Phoenix

Cup-Tie Honeymoon was produced and directed in Manchester by John E. Blakeley and released by the Mancunian Film Corporation. Starring Sandy Powell and featuring a young Pat Pilkington who later as Pat Phoenix would find fame as Elsie Tanner in TVs 'Coronation Street'.
SEE: http://www.angelfire.com/ab7/history_doorstep/jollywood.html for details of the John E. Blakeley / Mancunian story 'Hooray for Jollywood'. ------ "The book is a splendid evocation of a golden era of Mancunian and Lancastrian humour a book I could happily read over and over again". (Manchester Evening News). ***** "a must for all movie buffs". (Tameside Reporter). ***** "This book is a 'must-have' for anybody interested in the subject matter contained here. I cannot think of any other work which so comprehensively tells us about this much-missed man and the films he made". (Peter Pollard - George Formby Society).

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Film & Animation

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• Powell
• Pat
• Phoenix
• Coronation
• Street
• Mancunian
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• Corporation
• John
• Blakeley
• Manchester
• Musichall
• Variety
• Frank
• Randle

[VampPhoenix]

What a wonderful performance by the young Pat Phoenix, adore her accent;) 

[MikeHudson65]

Nice to see Pat Pheonix age 25, she looked better as she got older, wonderful lady.

[rbbonotto]

I'd like to see more of Powell's stuff (here in the US it's impossible, outside of YouTube. His demeanor on film seems to combine both comic timing and human warmth; I recently heard on the BBC that he was much the same in real life. Thanks for this.

[MyUncleToby]

Pat certainly got her moneys-worth from the elocution lessons. Its a pity Sandy Powell didn't make more films - he had a natural presence on the screen. I wrongly assumed he relied on his "Can you see me Mother?" catchphrase for all occasions.