Orders Is Orders Explained

Orders Is Orders
Director:Walter Forde
Producer:Michael Balcon
Starring:Charlotte Greenwood
James Gleason
Cyril Maude
Music:Louis Levy
Cinematography:Glen MacWilliams
Editing:Derek Twist
Studio:Gaumont British Picture Corporation
Distributor:Ideal Films
Runtime: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

Critical reception

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Orders Is Orders (1933). https://web.archive.org/web/20160310140403/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b2485fd. dead. 10 March 2016. BFI Film Forever. 19 August 2016. . This film was released in the United States in May 1934, which some sources follow.
  2. Web site: Orders is Orders. IMDb. 18 July 1933.
  3. Web site: Orders Is Orders | BFI | BFI . https://web.archive.org/web/20120711234707/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6b2485fd . dead . 2012-07-11 . Explore.bfi.org.uk . 2014-04-08.
  4. Web site: Hall . Mordaunt . Movie Review - Orders Is Orders - THE SCREEN; James Gleason, Cyril Maude, Charlotte Greenwood and Others in a British Pictorial Farce. . . 1934-05-07 . 2014-04-08.