Orders Is Orders
| Orders Is Orders | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Walter Forde |
| Written by | Leslie Arliss James Gleason |
| Based on | Orders Are Orders byIan HayandAnthony Armstrong |
| Produced by | Michael Balcon |
| Starring | Charlotte Greenwood James Gleason Cyril Maude |
| Cinematography | Glen MacWilliams |
| Edited by | Derek Twist |
| Music by | Louis Levy |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Ideal Films |
Release dates | 18 July 1933 (UK) 4 May 1934(US) |
Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Orders Is Ordersis a 1933 Britishcomedy film[1]starringCharlotte Greenwood,James GleasonandCyril Maudeabout an American film crew who move into a British army barracks to start making a film, much to the commander's horror. Much of the film concerns the interaction between the American crew and the British officers.[2][3]It is based upon the 1932 playOrders Are OrdersbyIan HayandAnthony Armstrong.It was shot at theLime Grove StudiosinLondonwith sets designed by theart directorAlfred Junge.
It was remade in 1954 asOrders Are OrdersstarringPeter Sellers,Sid JamesandTony Hancock.
Cast
[edit]- Charlotte Greenwoodas Wanda Sinclair
- James Gleasonas Ed Waggermeyer
- Cyril Maudeas Col. Bellamy
- Finlay Currieas Dave
- Percy Parsonsas Zingbaum
- Cedric Hardwickeas Brigadier
- Donald Calthropas Pavey
- Ian Hunteras Capt. Harper
- Jane Carras Patricia Bellamy
- Ray Millandas Dashwood
- Edwin Lawrence as Quartermaster
- Eliot Makehamas Pvt. Slee
- Hay Plumbas Pvt. Goffin
- Wally Patchas Regimental Sergeant Major
- Jane Cornell as Starlet
- Glennis Lorimeras Marigold
- Sydney Keith as Rosenblatt
Critical reception
[edit]InThe New York Times,Mordaunt Hallcalled the film, "a tepid farce...It is an adaptation of a minor stage work written byIan HayandAnthony Armstrong,and the wonder is that the producers,Gaumont-British,thought it worthy of such an excellent company of players. On the credit side of this piece of buffoonery and punning there are the interesting glimpses in a military barracks, splendid photography and sound recording and good-natured work by the cast. "[4]
References
[edit]- ^"Orders Is Orders (1933)".BFI Film Forever.Archived fromthe originalon 10 March 2016.Retrieved19 August2016..This film was released in the United States in May 1934, which some sources follow.
- ^"Orders is Orders".IMDb.18 July 1933.
- ^"Orders Is Orders | BFI | BFI".Explore.bfi.org.uk. Archived fromthe originalon 11 July 2012.Retrieved8 April2014.
- ^Hall, Mordaunt (7 May 1934)."Movie Review - Orders Is Orders - THE SCREEN; James Gleason, Cyril Maude, Charlotte Greenwood and Others in a British Pictorial Farce".The New York Times.Retrieved8 April2014.
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- Gainsborough Pictures films
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