Thumbs Up (film)
Thumbs Up is a 1943 American musical drama film directed by Joseph Santley and starring Brenda Joyce, Richard Fraser and Elsa Lanchester.
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| Directed by | Joseph Santley |
| Produced by | Albert J. Cohen |
| Written by | Frank Gill Jr. Ray Golden Henry K. Moritz Paul Gerard Smith |
| Starring | Brenda Joyce Richard Fraser Elsa Lanchester Arthur Margetson |
| Music by | Walter Scharf Marlin Skiles |
| Cinematography | Ernest Miller |
| Edited by | Thomas Richards |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
Release date | July 5, 1943 |
Running time | 67 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Premise
For a publicity stunt to boost her career, an American nightclub singer volunteers for a stint in a British munitions factory. She is so impressed by the spirit of her fellow workers that she decides to stay on.[1]
Main cast
- Brenda Joyce as Louise Latimer
- Richard Fraser as Douglas Heath
- Elsa Lanchester as Emma Finch
- Arthur Margetson as Bert Lawrence
- J. Pat O'Malley as Sam Keats
- Queenie Leonard as Janie Brooke
- Molly Lamont as Welfare Supervisor
- Gertrude Niesen as Herself
- George Byron as Foreman
- Charles Irwin as Ray Irwin - Orchestra Leader
- André Charlot as E.E. Cartwright
Reception
The United States Office of War Information strongly approved of the film which they felt showed a more realistic, democratic version of modern Britain than most other Hollywood films of the period.[2]
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References
- Glancy p.127
- Glancy p.206
Bibliography
- Glancy, H. Mark. When Hollywood Loved Britain: The Hollywood 'British' Film 1939-1945. Manchester University Press, 1999.
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