Orders Is Orders

Orders Is Orders
Orders Is Orders
Directed by	Walter Forde
Written by	Leslie Arliss; James Gleason
Based on	Orders Are Orders; by Ian Hay and Anthony 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	Gaumont British Picture Corporation
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 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 is based upon the 1932 play Orders Are Orders by Ian Hay and Anthony Armstrong. It was shot at the Lime Grove Studios in London with sets designed by the art director Alfred Junge.

It was remade in 1954 as Orders Are Orders starring Peter Sellers, Sid James and Tony Hancock.

Cast[edit]

Charlotte Greenwood as Wanda Sinclair
James Gleason as Ed Waggermeyer
Cyril Maude as Col. Bellamy
Finlay Currie as Dave
Percy Parsons as Zingbaum
Cedric Hardwicke as Brigadier
Donald Calthrop as Pavey
Ian Hunter as Capt. Harper
Jane Carr as Patricia Bellamy
Ray Milland as Dashwood
Edwin Lawrence as Quartermaster
Eliot Makeham as Pvt. Slee
Hay Plumb as Pvt. Goffin
Wally Patch as Regimental Sergeant Major
Jane Cornell as Starlet
Glennis Lorimer as Marigold
Sydney Keith as Rosenblatt

Critical reception[edit]

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[edit]

^ "Orders Is Orders (1933)". BFI Film Forever. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.. 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 from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
^ 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. Retrieved 8 April 2014.

External links[edit]

Orders Is Orders at IMDb

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[1] "Orders Is Orders (1933)". BFI Film Forever. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.. This film was released in the United States in May 1934, which some sources follow.

[2] "Orders is Orders". IMDb. 18 July 1933.

[3] "Orders Is Orders | BFI | BFI". Explore.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2014.

[4] 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. Retrieved 8 April 2014.

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