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Orders Are Orders (play)
''Orders Are Orders'' is a 1932 comedy play by the British writers Ian Hay and Anthony Armstrong. A Hollywood film crew takes over a British Army barracks for a film shoot, with chaotic consequences. It premiered at the King's Theatre in Southsea, before transferring to the Shaftesbury Theatre in London's West End where it ran for 193 performances from 8 August 1932 to 21 January 1933. The cast included Reginald Purdell, Marjorie Corbett, Kathleen Kelly, Olive Blakeney and Michael Shepley.Wearing p.224 Film adaptation In 1933 it was made into a film ''Orders Is Orders'' by Gainsborough Pictures, directed by Walter Forde and starring Charlotte Greenwood, James Gleason James Austin Gleason (May 23, 1882 – April 12, 1959) was an American actor, playwright and screenwriter born in New York City. Gleason often portrayed "tough-talking, world-weary guys with a secret heart-of-gold." Life and career Gleason w ... and Ian Hunter. In 1955 this was remade into the film '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Hay
Major General John Hay Beith, Order of the British Empire, CBE Military Cross, MC (17 April 1876 – 22 September 1952), was a British schoolmaster and soldier, but is best remembered as a novelist, playwright, essayist, and historian who wrote under the pen name Ian Hay. After reading Classics at University of Cambridge, Cambridge University, Beith became a schoolmaster. In 1907 his novel ''Pip (novel), Pip'' was published; its success and that of several more novels enabled him to give up teaching in 1912 to be a full-time writer. During the First World War, Beith served as an officer in the army in France. His good-humoured account of army life, ''The First Hundred Thousand'', published in 1915, was a best-seller. On the strength of this, he was sent to work in the information section of the British War Mission in Washington, D.C. After the war, Beith's novels did not achieve the popularity of his earlier work, but he made a considerable career as a dramatist, writing li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Shepley
Arthur Michael Shepley-Smith (29 September 1907 – 28 September 1961), known professionally as Michael Shepley, was a British actor, appearing in theatre, film and some television between 1929 and 1961. He was born in Plymouth, Devon. Shepley made his screen début in the 1931 Twickenham Studios film '' Black Coffee''. He went on to appear in more than sixty films, the last of which was ''Don't Bother to Knock'' in 1961, the year of his death. Filmography * '' Black Coffee'' (1931) - Raynor * '' A Shot in the Dark'' (1933) - Vivien Waugh * '' Bella Donna'' (1934) - Dr, Baring-Hartley * '' Tangled Evidence'' (1934) - Gilbert Morfield * ''Lord Edgware Dies'' (1934) - Captain Roland Marsh * ''Are You a Mason?'' (1934) - Ernest Monison * ''The Green Pack'' (1934) - Mark Elliott * '' Open All Night'' (1934) - Hilary * '' The Rocks of Valpre'' (1935) - Trevor Mordaunt * '' Lazybones'' (1935) - Hildebrand Pope * ''The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes'' (1935) - Cecil Barker * ''The Lad' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Plays Adapted Into Films
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Plays By Ian Hay
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1932 Plays
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Orders Are Orders (1955 Film)
''Orders Are Orders'' is a 1955 British comedy film directed by David Paltenghi, and featuring Brian Reece, Peter Sellers, Sid James, Tony Hancock, Raymond Huntley, and Bill Fraser. Eric Sykes contributed to the script and appears in a minor role. It was a remake of the film ''Orders Is Orders'' (1933), itself based on the play '' Orders Are Orders'' by Ian Hay and Anthony Armstrong. Plot A film production company decides to make a new space adventure film close to an army barracks, using the soldiers as extras. This does not go down well with the commanding officer, who attempts to make life as difficult as possible for the film crew. Cast * Brian Reece — Captain Harper * Margot Grahame — Wanda Sinclair * Raymond Huntley — Colonel Bellamy * Sid James — Ed Waggermeyer * Tony Hancock — Lt Wilfred Cartroad, the bandmaster * Peter Sellers — Private Goffin * Clive Morton — General Sir Cuthbert Grahame-Fox ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Hunter (actor)
Ian Hunter (13 June 1900 – 22 September 1975) was a Cape Colony-born British actor of stage, film and television. Biography Hunter was born in the Kenilworth area of Cape Town, Cape Colony where he spent his childhood. In his teen years, he and his parents returned to the family in England to live. Sometime between that arrival and the early years of World War I, Hunter began exploring acting. But in 1917, aged 17, he joined the army to serve in France for the remainder of the First World War. On his return Hunter studied under Elsie Fogerty at the Central School of Speech and Drama, then based in the Royal Albert Hall, London. Within two years he did indeed make his stage debut. He decided to work in British silent films taking a part in '' Not for Sale'' (1924) directed by W.P. Kellino for Stoll Pictures. Hunter made his first trip to the U.S. because Basil Dean, the British actor and director, was producing Richard Brinsley Sheridan's ''The School for Scandal'' at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Gleason
James Austin Gleason (May 23, 1882 – April 12, 1959) was an American actor, playwright and screenwriter born in New York City. Gleason often portrayed "tough-talking, world-weary guys with a secret heart-of-gold." Life and career Gleason was born in New York City, the son of Mina (née Crolius) and William L. Gleason. Coming from theatrical stock, as a schoolboy he made stage appearances while on holiday. He began earning his living at the age of thirteen, being a messenger boy, printer's devil, assistant in an electrical store and a lift boy. He enlisted in the United States Army at age 16 and served three years in the Philippines. On discharge, he began his stage career, later taking it up professionally. He played in London for two years and following his return to the United States, he began in films by writing dialogue for comedies. He wrote a number of plays, several of which were performed on Broadway. He also acted on Broadway, including in a couple of his own play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Greenwood
Frances Charlotte Greenwood (June 25, 1890 – December 28, 1977) was an American actress and dancer. Born in Philadelphia, Greenwood started in vaudeville, and starred on Broadway, movies and radio. Standing almost six feet tall (some sources say 5'10"), she was best known for her long legs and high kicks. She earned the unique praise of being, in her words, the "...only woman in the world who could kick a giraffe in the eye." Theatre In 1913, Oliver Morosco cast her as Queen Ann Soforth of Oogaboo late in the run of L. Frank Baum and Louis F. Gottschalk's ''The Tik-Tok Man of Oz'' (better known in its novelization as ''Tik-Tok of Oz''). In 1916, Morosco commissioned a successful star vehicle stage play titled ''So Long Letty''. In 1919 Morosco brought her back in the sequel ''Linger Longer Letty''. This role made her a star; she reprised it in the 1929 movie of the same name. She appeared with actors including Charles Ruggles, Betty Grable, Jimmy Durante, Eddie Cantor, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Forde
Walter Forde (born Thomas Seymour Woolford, 21 April 1898 – 7 January 1984) was a British actor, screenwriter and Film director, director. Born in Lambeth, south London in 1898, he directed over fifty films between 1919 from the silent era through to 1949 in the sound film, sound era. He died in Los Angeles, California in 1984. Forde was the son of the music hall comedian Tom Seymour. During the 1920s, he was a silent film comedian, acting in a series of shorts before shifting into directing feature films. Emerging as an established film director in the 1930s, he directed films for Gainsborough Pictures and Ealing Studios. Filmography Actor *''Walter Finds a Father'', extant *''Walter Wants Work'', extant in the Huntley Archives *''Walter's Day Out'' Actor *''Walter The Sleuth 1926'', Director * ''What Next?'' (1928) * ''Wait and See (1928 film), Wait and See'' (1929) * ''The Silent House (1929 film), The Silent House'' (1929) * ''Would You Believe It?'' (1929) * ''Red P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gainsborough Pictures
Gainsborough Pictures was a British film studio based on the south bank of the Regent's Canal, in Poole Street, Hoxton in the former Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch, north London. Gainsborough Studios was active between 1924 and 1951. The company was initially based at Islington Studios, which were built as a power station for the Northern City Line, Great Northern & City Railway and later converted to studios. Other films were made at Lime Grove Studios, Lime Grove and Pinewood Studios. The former Islington studio was converted to flats in 2004 and a London Borough of Hackney historical plaque is attached to the building. The studio is best remembered for the Gainsborough melodramas it produced in the 1940s. Gainsborough Pictures is now owned by Gregory Motton. History Gainsborough was founded in 1924 by Michael Balcon and, from 1927, was a sister company to the Gaumont British, with Balcon as Director of Production for both studios. Whilst Gaumont-British, based at Lime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orders Is Orders
''Orders Is Orders'' is a 1933 British comedy film 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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