When Terence Philpot chats with the Bishop on the train, the view out of the window shows them to be passing through countryside and traveling at a high speed, even though in the previous shot the train was only just pulling out of the station.
When Terence Philpot gets out of his car to visit Jenny Grubb, he looks in the back of the Mini and sees the couple, in the background you can see the shadow of the boom mic.
The sign outside the Marriage Guidance Bureau depicts 'Citizen's', however, it should actually read Citizens' When Sid James pours water over him from the fire buckets and pretends to have attempted to drown himself in the canals, Joan Sims helps him into the flat but his clothes appear bone-dry in the next shot.
With the famous British sex based comedy series heading into the 1970's naturally things were going to get a little ruder, due to things like Emmanuelle and more pornography available, but luckily this film is bearable and not grim viewing. Basically the Wedded Bliss dating agency is specialised in bringing together lonely single people that want to find that special someone and obviously get married very quickly.
Middle ranking member of the series that like "Girls" is fundamentally flawed in that it foregrounds the idea of sexuality thus making the whole thing seem a bit white-against-white, if that makes sense.The most enjoyable aspect is the ribaldry rather than the comedy but it's fine.
I have a special affection for this Carry On, about a dating agency run by Sid James and Hattie Jacques.Sometimes the story of Loving is said to be just a series of sketches.
Carry On Loving has both Sidney James and Hattie Jacques running a marital matchmaking agency which is a total fraud, but don't say they're not committed to their clients. In fact James personally 'vets' each one of the female clients himself to Hattie's dismay.
Everyone's got to have someone, And this movie expresses that point.
As a child of the 70s I was practically raised on Carry Ons, the films being perfect TV scheduling for rainy Sunday afternoons in particular. And yet, despite my familiarity with the series, I have no recollection of seeing Carry On Loving before now.
CARRY ON LOVING is a surprisingly enjoyable Carry On movie given that the entire script is given over to sexual innuendos and the lowbrow. Sure, there are a few slapstick moments dotted here and there through the film, but this is noticeably more sexualised than all of the other Carry Ons made previously.
Though variable in quality and quite dated, Carry On Loving hit contemporary times perfectly in this mildly risqué offering. Here the team are entering into the spirit of more liberal times, something director Gerald Thomas and producer Peter Rogers intended to loosely draw upon.
As the 1970s began, the Carry On team would continue undaunted by a new decade and a changing of the times, they instead embraced it with innuendo laden open arms - for better and worse as would prove to be the case."Loving" finds Sid James and Hattie Jaques as a boyfriend and girlfriend couple operating under false pretences as a wedded bliss couple running a computer dating agency.
