Stop Press Girl (1948)
Stop Press Girl is a 1949 British fantasy comedy directed by Michael Barry and stars Saly Ann Howes as an attractive young girl with the power to stop all kinds of machinery.. Radford and Wayne co-star as tin several different roles in the film but called 'The Mechanical Type'
On the outside, Jennifer Peters is a normal girl, except that she has special hereditary powers passed down through the females of the family. She is not aware of her powers, which enable her to stop all machinery, as she lives in a sleepy little town that is still all horse and cart. It takes 15 minutes for the powers to have an effect, but only if she is awake. Whilst the powers don't affect her so much, they do her boyfriend; he (played by Gordon Jackson) is a watch maker who owns a car. Whilst this causes some problems, they are not major and neither of them are aware of the reasons behind the problem. The real fun starts when Jennifer goes away to London.
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The Mechanical Types
Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne played the roles of the 'Mechanical Types' in Stop Press Girl; in reality the 'Mechanical Types' were not just one pair of characters but several different roles comprising characters working on trains, buses, aeroplanes, in cinemas and watchmakers. 
Basil Radford as Train Engineer
Basil Radford as Bus Driver
Basil Radford as Airline Pilot
Basil Radford as Cinema Projectionist
Basil Radford as Fred the Watchmaker
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Naunton Wayne and Basil Radford as 'The Mechanical Types'
Naunton Wayne as Train Fireman
Naunton Wayne as Bus Conductor
Naunton Wayne as Airline Pilot
Naunton Wayne as Cinema Projectionist
Naunton Wayne as the Watchmaker
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Sally Ann Howes
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Crew and Cast for Stop Press Girl 1949
Michael Barry Director T.J. Morrison Screenplay and Story Basil Thomas Story Naunton Wayne The Mechanical Type - various roles Basil Radford The Mechanical Type - various roles Sally Ann Howes Jennifer Peters James Robertson Justice Arthur Peters Arthur Lowe Archibald Gordon Jackson Jock Melville Sonia Holm Angela Carew Joyce Barbour Aunt Mab Nigel Buchanan Roy Fairfax Cyril Chamberlain Johnnie Julia Lang Carole Saunders Campbell Cotts John Fairfax Percy Walsh Editor, Evening Comet Kenneth More Police Sgt. Bonze Humphrey Lestocq Radio Commentator Oliver Burt Editor, Morning Sun Vincent Ball Hero in cinema sequence Anne Valery Heroine in cinema sequence Michael Goodliffe McPherson Roger Maxwell Director Character William Mervyn Cinema Manager Michael Balfour Crook Sam Kydd Railway Ticket Clerk Fred Griffiths Truck Driver Basil Lord Cockney Jack Vyvian Hotel Porter Michael Ward Hairdresser’s Manager Fred Essex Country Policeman John Boxer Pub Landlord Betty Cooper Secretary Alexander Field Taxi Driver Geoffrey Bellman Lorry Driver Andrew Van Gyseghem Ex-editor of Evening Comet Patrick Waddington Airline Director Olive Walter Landlord’s wife Patti Morgan Passenger Dennis Val Norton The Boss Douglas Seale Jeweller’s Assistant Julian D’Albie Airline Official Arthur Lawrence Chauffeur Charles Lamb Green Line Conductor Olwen Brookes Receptionist Tamara Lees Carole Christine Silver Archibald’s Wife Margaret Goodman Air Hostess Stuart Hibbert Newsreader Desmond Keith Ticket Inspector Brian McIrvine Motorcyclist Jimmy Rhodes Lorry Driver’s Mate Stanley Rose Porter Richard Vernon un-credited Jack May Newspaper Seller |
