''Doctor's Orders'' is a 1934 British
comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...
directed by
Norman Lee
Norman Lee (10 October 1898 – 2 June 1964) was a British screenwriter and film director.
Selected filmography
* ''The Lure of the Atlantic'' (1929)
* '' The Streets of London'' (1929)
* ''Night Patrol'' (1930, documentary)
* '' Doctor Joss ...
and starring
Leslie Fuller
Leslie Fuller (9 October 1888 – 24 April 1948) was a British comedy film actor.
Early life
Albert Leslie Fuller was born in 1888 at 14 Pollard Row, Bethnal Green, London.Some sources wrongly give his birthplace as Margate, as he had a lifelo ...
,
John Mills
Sir John Mills (born Lewis Ernest Watts Mills; 22 February 190823 April 2005) was an English actor who appeared in more than 120 films in a career spanning seven decades. He excelled on camera as an appealing British everyman who often portray ...
Marguerite Allan
Helen Marguerite Allan (30 August 1905 – 29 January 1994) was a Russian-born British actress, who appeared in film roles between 1928 and 1942 Allan was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia before moving to the United Kingdom, where she married Ken ...
. It was
produced by
British International Pictures
Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC), originally British International Pictures (BIP), was a British film production, distribution and exhibition company active from 1927 until 1970 when it was absorbed into EMI. ABPC also owned appro ...
at the company's
Elstree Studios
Elstree Studios is a generic term which can refer to several current and demolished British film studios and television studios based in or around the town of Borehamwood and village of Elstree in Hertfordshire, England. Production studios ha ...
.
[Wood p.81] The film's sets were designed by the
art director
Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games.
It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
Cedric Dawe
Cedric Dawe (1906–1996) was a British art director. He worked on the set design of over sixty films during his career, spending many years working for ABPC at the company's Elstree and Welwyn Studios. He was praised for his realistic designs f ...
.
Plot
A respectable doctor discovers that his father has set up a less than reputable medical firm.
Cast
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Leslie Fuller
Leslie Fuller (9 October 1888 – 24 April 1948) was a British comedy film actor.
Early life
Albert Leslie Fuller was born in 1888 at 14 Pollard Row, Bethnal Green, London.Some sources wrongly give his birthplace as Margate, as he had a lifelo ...
as Bill Blake
*
John Mills
Sir John Mills (born Lewis Ernest Watts Mills; 22 February 190823 April 2005) was an English actor who appeared in more than 120 films in a career spanning seven decades. He excelled on camera as an appealing British everyman who often portray ...
as Ronnie Blake
*
Marguerite Allan
Helen Marguerite Allan (30 August 1905 – 29 January 1994) was a Russian-born British actress, who appeared in film roles between 1928 and 1942 Allan was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia before moving to the United Kingdom, where she married Ken ...
as Gwen Summerfield
*
Mary Jerrold
Mary Jerrold (4 December 1877 – 3 March 1955) was an English actress. She was married to actor Hubert Harben, and mother of actress Joan Harben and celebrity chef Philip Harben.
She made her London stage debut as Prudence Dering in ''Mary Penn ...
as Mary Blake
*
Ronald Shiner
Ronald Alfred Shiner (8 June 1903 – 29 June 1966) was a British stand-up comedian and comedy actor whose career encompassed film, West End theatre and music hall.
Career Early life and career
When he was seventeen, Shiner joined the Royal Nort ...
as Miggs
*
Felix Aylmer
Sir Felix Edward Aylmer Jones, OBE (21 February 1889 – 2 September 1979) was an English stage actor who also appeared in the cinema and on television. Aylmer made appearances in films with comedians such as Will Hay and George Formby.
Early ...
as Sir Daniel Summerfield
*
Georgie Harris
Georgie Harris (1898–1986) was a British film actor.
Selected filmography
* ''Don't Be a Dummy'' (1932)
* '' Doctor's Orders'' (1934)
* ''Radio Parade of 1935'' (1934)
* '' The Stoker'' (1935)
* '' Strictly Illegal'' (1935)
* '' One Good Turn'' ...
as Duffin
*
William Kendall as Jackson
*
D. J. Williams as Napoleon
*
Ronald Shiner
Ronald Alfred Shiner (8 June 1903 – 29 June 1966) was a British stand-up comedian and comedy actor whose career encompassed film, West End theatre and music hall.
Career Early life and career
When he was seventeen, Shiner joined the Royal Nort ...
as Miggs
References
Bibliography
* Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
* Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.
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1934 films
1934 comedy films
British black-and-white films
Films shot at British International Pictures Studios
Films directed by Norman Lee
British comedy films
1930s English-language films
1930s British films
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