Thumbs Up (film)

Thumbs Up
Directed by	Joseph Santley
Written by	Frank Gill Jr. Ray Golden Henry K. Moritz Paul Gerard Smith
Produced by	Albert J. Cohen
Starring	Brenda Joyce Richard Fraser Elsa Lanchester Arthur Margetson
Cinematography	Ernest Miller
Edited by	Thomas Richards
Music by	Walter Scharf Marlin Skiles
Production company	Republic Pictures
Distributed by	Republic Pictures
Release date	July 5, 1943
Running time	67 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Thumbs Up is a 1943 American musical drama film directed by Joseph Santley and starring Brenda Joyce, Richard Fraser and Elsa Lanchester.

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.

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.

Bibliography

• Glancy, H. Mark. When Hollywood Loved Britain: The Hollywood 'British' Film 1939-1945. Manchester University Press, 1999.

External links

• Thumbs Up at the American Film Institute Catalog
• Thumbs Up at IMDb