1940 British film
| Laugh It Off | |
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| Directed by | John Baxter |
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| Story by | Bridget Boland |
| Produced by | John Corfield |
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| Cinematography | James Wilson |
| Edited by | Michael C. Chorlton |
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| Production company | British National Films |
| Distributed by | Anglo-American Film Corporation (UK) |
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| Running time | 78 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Laugh It Off is a 1940 British musical comedy film directed by John Baxter and Wallace Orton, and starring Tommy Trinder, Jean Colin, Anthony Hulme and Marjorie Browne. It was filmed at Walton Studios starting in November 1939, just after the outbreak of war.
Plot
At the start of World War II, Concert party entertainer Tommy Towers is drafted into service. He immediately gets on the wrong side of commanding officer Sergeant Major Slaughter, but after saving the camp show with his show business expertise Tommy is granted a commission.
Cast
- Tommy Trinder as Tommy Towers
- Jean Colin as Sally
- Anthony Hulme as Somers
- Marjorie Browne as Peggy
- Edward Lexy as Sergeant Major Slaughter
- Ida Barr as Mrs McNab
- Charles Victor as Colonel
- Peter Gawthorne as General
- Wally Patch as Sergeant
- Warren Jenkins as Pat
- John Laurie as Jock
- Henry Lytton, Jr. as George
Critical reception
TV Guide called it "a fairly entertaining effort".
Contains the mortal line: “Well if I were you, I wouldn’t start from here!” when a private is giving directions to a General in a car trying to find the HQ.
References
- "Laugh It Off (1940)". BFI. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009.
- Wood p.100
- "Laugh It Off". TVGuide.com.
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
- Laugh It Off at IMDb
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- 1940 films
- British musical comedy films
- 1940 musical comedy films
- 1940s English-language films
- Films shot at Nettlefold Studios
- Films directed by John Baxter
- Military comedy films
- World War II films made in wartime
- British black-and-white films
- Films scored by Kennedy Russell
- English-language musical comedy films
- 1940s British film stubs
- Musical comedy film stubs