"When was the first UK film released with the title ""Carry On... "" - ""Carry On London""; it was not part of the later series starting in 1958 although it included a common cast member?"
Carry On (franchise) (and even featured Joan Sims in the cast) it has no connection to the "Carry On" series itself. The much earlier 1937 film "Carry On London" is also unrelated (though it coincidentally starred future "Carry On" performer Eric Barker). The cast were poorly paid—around £5,000 per film for a principal performer. In his diaries, Kenneth Williams lamented this, and criticised several of the movies despite his declared fondness for the series as a whole. Peter Rogers, the series' producer, acknowledged: "Kenneth was worth taking care of, because while he cost very little <nowiki>[...]</nowiki> he made a very great deal of
Carry On Admiral battleship and the frigate during the title sequence, two "Dido"-class cruisers in early background scenes, and a Loch-class frigate during the closing credits. Several scenes were filmed in Admiralty House, in Portsmouth Naval Base. Carry On Admiral Carry on Admiral (released in the United States as The Ship Was Loaded) is a 1957 British comedy film directed by Val Guest and featuring David Tomlinson and Ronald Shiner; Joan Sims, who later became prominent in the "Carry On" series, has a small part. It predates and was not part of the "Carry On" series, and does not share any regular cast