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Orders Is Orders
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Wikipedia article
'Orders Is Orders' is a 1933 British comedy film. This film was released in the United States in May 1934, which some sources follow. 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. 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
*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
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."
References
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