Kiss Me Sergeant Explained

Kiss Me Sergeant
Producer:	John Maxwell
Studio:	British International Pictures
Distributor:	Wardour Films
Runtime:	56 minutes
Country:	United Kingdom

Kiss Me Sergeant is a 1930 British comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Leslie Fuller, Gladys Cruickshank and Gladys Frazin.^[1] It was based on a play by Syd Courtenay and was sometimes released under the alternative title Idol of Moolah.

It was shot at Elstree Studios as a quota quickie.^[2]

Plot summary

In India, a British soldier saves the jewelled eye of a sacred idol.

Cast

• Leslie Fuller as Bill Biggles
• Gladys Cruickshank as Kitty
• Gladys Frazin as Burahami
• Syd Courtenay as Lieutenant
• Mamie Holland as Fanny Adams
• Frank Melroyd as Colonel
• Lola Harvey as Colonel's Wife
• Roy Travers as Sergeant

Bibliography

• Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

Notes and References

1. Web site: BFI | Film & TV Database | KISS ME SERGEANT (1930) . 13 August 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121021075243/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/39150 . 21 October 2012 . dead .
2. Chibnall p.261