As You Were (film)

As You Were is a 1951 American comedy film directed by Bernard Girard and starring William Tracy, Joe Sawyer and Russell Hicks.[1] It is a Service comedy, released as B movie by the low-budget Lippert Pictures company. It was one of eight films featuring Tracy as Sergeant Dorian 'Dodo' Doubleday and features footage from their first 1941 film Tanks a Million.

As You Were
Directed byBernard Girard
Produced byHal Roach Jr.
Written byEdward E. Seabrook
StarringWilliam Tracy
Joe Sawyer
Russell Hicks
Music byLeon Klatzkin
CinematographyBenjamin H. Kline
Production
company
R & L Productions
Distributed byLippert Pictures
Release date
  • October 5, 1951 (1951-10-05)
Running time
57 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Cast

Production

Robert L. Lippert was meant to make a series of films with Hal Roach Jr including twelve films for television. Roach's company was R and J Productions, and As You Were was their first collaboration.[2] However difficulties Lippert had with the Screen Actors Guild saw only this and Tales of Robin Hood made. It was originally known as Present Arms.[3]

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References

  1. McCarty p.374
  2. THOMAS F BRADY (June 4, 1951). "POWER'S ROLE GOES TO CONTRACT ACTOR". New York Times. ProQuest 111786498.
  3. THOMAS M PRYOR (July 13, 1951). "LIPPERT CANCELS MOVIES FOR VIDEO". New York Times. ProQuest 111961190.

Bibliography

  • Clifford McCarty. Film Composers in America: A Filmography, 1911–1970. Oxford University Press, 2000.


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