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Old Mother Riley was a music hall act which originally ran from about 1934 to 1954 played by Arthur Lucan, and from 1954 to the 1980s played by Roy Rolland.〔(Old Mother Riley homepage )〕 Old Mother Riley was an Irish washerwoman and charwoman character, devised by Lucan (born Arthur Towle).〔 His wife Kitty McShane played Old Mother Riley's daughter, Kitty.〔 It was essentially a drag act but also a double act. The couple played music halls, theatres, and broadcast on radio and appeared in films. Lucan was voted sixth biggest British box-office star by the ''Motion Picture Herald'' in 1943.〔http://www.brent.gov.uk/media/7031206/Arthur%20Lucan%20-%20the%20man%20who%20was%20Old%20Mother%20Riley.pdf〕 They also gave Jimmy Clitheroe his break in 1939 in an Old Mother Riley pantomime called ''The Old Woman who Lives in a Shoe'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.vintagebritishcomedy.co.uk/#/old-mother-riley-theatre/4547927999 )〕 and then the following year a part in their film, ''Old Mother Riley in Society''. The ''Film Fun'' comic included an “Old Mother Riley” strip cartoon in the 1940s. Roy Rolland was Lucan's understudy and stand-in, and after Lucan's death in 1954 he continued to play the Old Mother Riley character in pantomime, on television and in cabaret until the 1980s.〔 ==The Old Mother Riley films== Made on a minuscule budget, but extremely profitable, 15 of the 17 films made by Arthur Lucan featured him as Old Mother Riley: * ''Stars on Parade'' (1936) * ''Kathleen Mavourneen'' (1937) * ''Old Mother Riley'' (1937) * ''Old Mother Riley in Paris'' (1938) * ''Old Mother Riley, MP'' (1938) * ''Old Mother Riley Joins Up'' (1939) * ''Old Mother Riley in Society'' (1940) * ''Old Mother Riley in Business'' (1941) * ''Old Mother Riley's Circus'' (1941) * ''Old Mother Riley's Ghosts'' (1941) * ''Old Mother Riley Overseas'' (1943) * ''Old Mother Riley Detective'' (1943) * ''Old Mother Riley at Home'' (1945) * ''Old Mother Riley's New Venture'' (1949) * ''Old Mother Riley Headmistress'' (1950) * ''Old Mother Riley's Jungle Treasure'' (1951) * ''Mother Riley Meets the Vampire'' (1952) – stars Bela Lugosi. At the time of Lucan's death he was scheduled to film ''Old Mother Riley's Trip to Mars''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Old Mother Riley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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