Chitty Bang Bang (airship) Chitty Bang Bang (airship) Chitty Bang Bang was an airship built for the 1968 film "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang". It was intended to represent the airship of Baron Bomburst of Vulgaria. Although fictional in inspiration, it was a fully functional flying airship. Vulgaria, and the airship, is drawn from Roald Dahl's screenplay for the film, rather than Ian Fleming's original book. The semi-rigid airship, whose appearance was designed by Ken Adam, was an approximate replica of a 1904 Lebaudy airship. The envelope was symmetrical fore-and-aft and short and deep compared to typical rigid airships, with pointed ends above the centre
My Wife's Family (1941 film) My Wife's Family (1941 film) My Wife's Family is a 1941 British domestic comedy film directed by Walter C. Mycroft and starring Charles Clapham, John Warwick, David Tomlinson and Patricia Roc. The film is notable as one of five film versions based on the popular stage farce of the same name by Fred Duprez. There was a "previous British version" in 1931; a Swedish version , in 1932; a 1933 Finnish film "Voi meitä! Anoppi tulee"; and a British remake in 1956. A farce concerning the attempts of a naval officer to avoid a visit from his wife's overbearing mother-in-law,