Editing Stanley Holloway (section)

====Second World War and post-war====
On the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 Holloway, who was 48, was too old for active service. Instead, he appeared in short propaganda pieces for the [[British Film Institute]] and [[Pathé News]]. He narrated documentaries aimed at lifting war-time morale in Britain, including ''Albert's Savings'' (1940), written by Marriott Edgar and featuring the character Albert Ramsbottom,<ref>"Stanley Holloway in War Savings Film", ''Tamworth Herald'', 10 August 1940, p. 5</ref><ref name=Words>[http://www.iwmshop.org.uk/product/15588/Britains_Home_Front_Box_Set "Britain's Home Front at War: Words for Battle"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719043346/http://www.iwmshop.org.uk/product/15588/Britains_Home_Front_Box_Set |date=19 July 2011 }}, Imperial War Museum, accessed 22 April 2011; and [http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/3298263/Britain-Home-Front-At-War-Words-For-Battle/Product.html?searchstring=stanley+holloway&searchtype=allproducts&searchsource=0&searchfilters=s{stanley+holloway}%2b&cpage=3&urlrefer=search "Britain's Home Front at War: Words for Battle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018221632/http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/3298263/Britain-Home-Front-At-War-Words-For-Battle/Product.html?searchstring=stanley+holloway&searchtype=allproducts&searchsource=0&searchfilters=s%7Bstanley+holloway%7D+&cpage=3&urlrefer=search |date=18 October 2012 }}, Play.com, accessed 22 April 2011</ref> and ''Worker and Warfront No.8'' (1943), with a script written by [[Edmund Clerihew Bentley|E. C. Bentley]] about a worker who neglects to have an injury examined and contracts blood poisoning.<ref name=Words/> Both films were included on a 2007 [[Imperial War Museum]] DVD ''Britain's Home Front at War: Words for Battle''.<ref name=Words/>

On stage during the war years, Holloway appeared in revues, first ''Up and Doing'', with Henson, [[Binnie Hale]] and [[Cyril Ritchard]] in 1940 and 1941,<ref name=who/><ref>"Theatres", ''The Observer'', 26 May 1940, p. 1</ref> and then ''Fine and Dandy'', with Henson, [[Dorothy Dickson]], [[Douglas Byng]] and [[Graham Payn]].<ref>"Theatres", ''The Observer'', 23 August 1942, p. 1</ref> In both shows, Holloway presented new monologues, and ''The Times'' thought a highlight of ''Fine and Dandy'' was a parody of the BBC radio programme ''[[The Brains Trust]]'', with Holloway "ponderously anecdotal" and Henson "gigglingly omniscient".<ref>"Savile Theatre", ''The Times'', 1 May 1942, p. 6</ref>

In 1941 Holloway took a character part in [[Gabriel Pascal]]'s film of [[George Bernard Shaw|Bernard Shaw]]'s ''[[Major Barbara (film)|Major Barbara]]'', in which he played a policeman. He had leading parts in later films, including ''[[The Way Ahead]]'' (1944), ''[[This Happy Breed (film)|This Happy Breed]]'' (1944) and ''[[The Way to the Stars]]'' (1945).<ref name=who>[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U165398 "Holloway, Stanley"], ''Who Was Who'', A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2007, accessed 21 April 2011 {{subscription required}}</ref> After the war, he played Albert Godby in ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' and had a cameo role as the First Gravedigger in [[Laurence Olivier]]'s 1948 film of ''[[Hamlet (1948 film)|Hamlet]]''. In 1951 Holloway played the same role on the stage to the Hamlet of [[Alec Guinness]].<ref name=who/> For Pathé News, he delivered the commentary for documentaries in a series called ''Time To Remember'', where he narrated over old newsreels from significant dates in history from 1915 to 1942.{{#tag:ref|The documentary films included: ''Your country needs you!'', depicting 1915 ([[Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|Kitchener]]'s volunteer army, and the [[Dardanelles Commission]]);<ref>[http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=84073 "Your country needs you"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830232208/http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=84073 |date=30 August 2011 }}, British Pathé, accessed 22 April 2011</ref> ''The better 'ole'', depicting 1916 (life in the trenches, and the Eastern, Western and Home fronts);<ref>[http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=84069 "The better 'ole"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100711061017/http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=84069 |date=11 July 2010 }}, British Pathé, accessed 22 April 2011</ref> ''Enough of everything'', depicting 1917 (the Russian Revolution, the US entry into the war, and women at work);<ref>[http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=84073 "Enough of everything"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830232208/http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=84073 |date=30 August 2011 }}, British Pathé, accessed 22 April 2011</ref> ''Short sharp shower'', depicting 1926 (the General Strike, international politics, weather, record breaking feats, the death of [[Rudolph Valentino]] and life in post-war Britain);<ref>[https://archive.today/20120722203238/http://www.britishpathe.com/video/time-to-remember-1926-short-sharp-shower-reel-3 "Short, sharp shower"], British Pathé, accessed 22 April 2011</ref> and ''The end of the Beginning'', depicting 1942 (including America's entry into the Second World War).<ref>[http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=84573 "The end of the beginning"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104205427/http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=84573 |date=4 November 2011 }}, British Pathé, accessed 22 April 2011</ref>|group= n}} Holloway also starred in a series of films for Ealing Studios, beginning with ''[[Champagne Charlie (1944 film)|Champagne Charlie]]'' in 1944 alongside [[Tommy Trinder]]. After that he made ''[[The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947 film)|Nicholas Nickleby]]'' (1947) and ''[[Another Shore]]'' (1948). He next appeared in three of the most famous [[Ealing comedies]], ''[[Passport to Pimlico]]'' (1949), ''[[The Lavender Hill Mob]]'' (1951) and ''[[The Titfield Thunderbolt]]'' (1953). His final film with the studio was ''[[Meet Mr. Lucifer]]'' (1953).<ref name="who"/>

In 1948 Holloway conducted a six-month tour of Australia and New Zealand<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55923557?searchTerm=stanley%20holloway&searchLimits= "Stanley Holloway for Adelaide"], ''The Mail'', 30 April 1949, p. 10, accessed 24 September 2011</ref> and supported by the band leader [[Billy Mayerl]].<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36360181?searchTerm=stanley%20holloway&searchLimits= "Stanley Holloway coming here"], ''The Advertiser'', 1 April 1949, p. 4, accessed 24 September 2011</ref><ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22722727?searchTerm=stanley%20holloway&searchLimits= "English Comedian to Broadcast"], ''The Argus'', 14 April 1949, p. 5, accessed 23 September 2011</ref> He made his Australian début at The Tivoli Theatre, [[Melbourne]],<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22762607?searchTerm=stanley%20holloway&searchLimits= "Stanley Holloway's Melbourne début"], ''The Argus'', 6 July 1949, p. 9, accessed 24 September 2011</ref> and recorded television appearances to publicise the forthcoming release of ''Passport to Pimlico''.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22769546?searchTerm=stanley%20holloway&searchLimits= "Stanley Holloway Goes Home"], ''The Argus'', 5 August 1949, p. 5, accessed 24 September 2011</ref> Holloway wrote the monologue ''Albert Down Under'' especially for the tour.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article69353892?searchTerm=stanley%20holloway&searchLimits= "Stanley Holloway Reaches Melbourne"], ''Advocate'', 19 April 1949, p. 4, accessed 24 September 2011</ref>