Orders Is Orders
| Orders Is Orders | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Walter Forde |
| Produced by | Michael Balcon |
| Written by | Leslie Arliss |
| Starring |
Charlotte Greenwood James Gleason Cyril Maude |
| Cinematography | Glen MacWilliams |
| Edited by | Derek Twist |
| Distributed by | Gaumont Film Company |
Release dates |
1933 (UK) 4 May 1934 (USA) |
Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
Orders Is Orders is a 1933 British comedy film[1] starring Charlotte Greenwood, James Gleason and Cyril Maude about 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 was remade in 1954 as Orders Are Orders starring Peter Sellers, Sid James and Tony Hancock.
Cast
- Wanda – Charlotte Greenwood
- Ed Waggermeyer – James Gleason
- Colonel Arthur Bellows – Cyril Maude
- Jake – Finlay Currie
- Dave Zingbaum – Percy Parsons
- The Brigadier – Cedric Hardwicke
- Chauncey Pavey – Donald Calthrop
- Captain Bill Harper – Ian Hunter
- Patricia Bellows – Jane Carr
- Rupert Dashwood – Ray Milland
- The Quartermaster – Edwin Laurence
- Private Slee – Eliot Makeham
- Private Goffin – Hay Plumb
- Miss Marigold – Glennis Lorimer
- R.S.M. – Wally Patch
- Rosenblatt – Sydney Keith
Critical reception
In The New York Times, Mordaunt Hall called the film, "a tepid farce...It is an adaptation of a minor stage work written by Ian Hay and Anthony 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
- ↑ "Orders Is Orders (1933)". BFI Film Forever. Retrieved 19 August 2016.. This film was released in the United States in May 1934, which some sources follow.
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024419/
- ↑ "Orders Is Orders | BFI | BFI". Explore.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
- ↑ Hall, Mordaunt (1934-05-07). "Movie Review - Orders Is Orders - THE SCREEN; James Gleason, Cyril Maude, Charlotte Greenwood and Others in a British Pictorial Farce.". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2014-04-08.