Laugh It Off (1940 film)
Laugh It Off is a 1940 British musical comedy film directed by John Baxter and Wallace Orton, and starring Tommy Trinder, Jean Colin, Anthony Hulme and Marjorie Browne.[1] It was filmed at Walton Studios starting in November 1939, just after the outbreak of war.[2]
| Laugh It Off | |
|---|---|
.jpg) | |
| Directed by | John Baxter |
| Produced by | John Corfield |
| Written by | Bridget Boland Austin Melford (dialogue) |
| Story by | Bridget Boland |
| Starring | Tommy Trinder Jean Colin |
| Music by | Marr Mackie Ronnie Munro Kennedy Russell |
| Cinematography | James Wilson |
| Edited by | Michael C. Chorlton |
Production company | British National Films |
| Distributed by | Anglo-American Film Corporation (UK) |
Release date | 9 March 1940 (UK) |
Running time | 78 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot
At the start of World War II, Concert party entertainer Tommy Towers is drafted into service. He immediately gets on the wrong side of commanding officer Sergeant Major Slaughter, but after saving the camp show with his show business expertise Tommy is granted a commission.
Cast
- Tommy Trinder as Tommy Towers
- Jean Colin as Sally
- Anthony Hulme as Somers
- Marjorie Browne as Peggy
- Edward Lexy as Sergeant Major Slaughter
- Ida Barr as Mrs McNab
- Charles Victor as Colonel
- Peter Gawthorne as General
- Wally Patch as Sergeant
- Warren Jenkins as Pat
- John Laurie as Jock
Critical reception
TV Guide called it "a fairly entertaining effort".[3]
gollark: I can, but it would require lots of config difficulty.
gollark: Please set up "update URLs" under the dynamic DNS thing for helloboi.tk and *.helloboi.tk.
gollark: I can't really do anything certwise until helloboi.tk itself works. Or, well, I can, but I don't want to.
gollark: Yes, the HTTPS certs are not set up for this yet.
gollark: It's meant to send "orbital bee strike" or something but the content type is wrong.
References
- "Laugh It Off (1940)". BFI. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009.
- Wood p.100
- "Laugh It Off". TVGuide.com.
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.