Backroom boy definition and meaning collins english. Backroom boy is a 1942 british comedy film directed by herbert mason and starring arthur askey, googie withers, graham moffatt and moore marriott. All of the injured were treated and back to duty by the next morning. They were sisters is a 1945 british melodrama film directed by arthur crabtree for gainsborough pictures and starring james mason and phyllis calvert. Released 1942, backroom boy stars arthuraskey, mooremarriott, grahammoffatt, googiewithers the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 40 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. Watch backroom boy full movie in hd visit jilted by his fiancee, arthur pilbeam gets a job as far away from women as. Region 2 this dvd may not be viewable outside europe. Backroom boys meaning in the cambridge english dictionary. The film was produced by harold huth, with cinematography from jack cox and screenplay by roland pertwee. To this day they are broadcast every hour, on the hour, by the bbc world service. The bursting of the boiler tube in the fireroom during a full power trial resulted. Backroom boy is a 1942 british comedy film directed by herbert mason, produced by edward black for gainsborough pictures and starring arthur askey, googie withers, graham moffatt and moore marriott.
You can refer to a man as a backroom boy when he does important work in an organization. Dumped by his girlfriend, civil servant arthur pilbeam arthur askey asks to be transferred far away from women, but when he reaches a spooky scottish lighthouse, women are not far behind. Melissa manchester the boys in the back room lyrics. With arthur askey, moore marriott, graham moffatt, googie withers. Free download of the old arthur askey movie, back room boy. A bbc employee is exiled to a remote island after making a big. They were sisters is noted for its frank, unsparing depiction of marital abuse at a time when the subject was rarely discussed openly. Backroom boy 1942 a crazy scientist arthur askey sees nazi spies in a scottish lighthouse. Us navy and marine corps personnel killed and injured. Arthur askey plays an employee at greenwich observatory whose backroom job costs him his fiance. Definition of back room boys in the idioms dictionary. A man from the met office is sent to a lighthouse on a remote scottish island to monitor the weather.
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