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Sparrows Can't Sing is a 1963 British kitchen sink comedy, the only film that Joan Littlewood directed. It starred James Booth and Barbara Windsor . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It was written by Stephen Lewis based on his 1960 play Sparrers Can't Sing, first performed at Littlewood's Theatre Workshop in the Theatre Royal Stratford East .
Charlie returns to London after two years at sea to find his wife and house gone. He causes chaos as he tries to rebuild his life in this nostalgic and humorous film based on a novel by Joan Littlewood.
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- 1964-10-30
A British musical comedy film directed by Joan Littlewood and based on her stage play. See the full list of actors, writers, producers, and other crew members who worked on the film.
Oct 11, 2018 · Sparrows Can't Sing (1963) Charlie returns to the East End after two years at sea to find his house demolished and wife Maggie gone. Everyone else knows she is now shacked up with married bus driver Bert and a toddler, and they all watch with more than a little interest at the trail of mayhem Charlie leaves as he goes about sorting things out.
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A 1963 British comedy film directed by Joan Littlewood and starring James Booth and Barbara Windsor. Find out the locations of the scenes and compare the then and now images of the East End of London.
Sparrows Can't Sing. When a British merchant seaman (James Booth) returns home after two years, he finds his wife (Barbara Windsor) living with a married bus driver. It all bounces along at a fair ...
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Nov 9, 2015 · Barbara Windsor in the recently restored Sparrows Can’t Sing. Mother of modern theatre Joan Littlewood’s only foray into film came in 1963 with Sparrows Can’t Sing.It was an adaptation of a play of almost the same name – simply replace ‘Sparrows’ with the Cockney translation, ‘Sparrers’ – penned by Stephen Lewis, who would later find TV fame with On the Buses and Last of the ...
