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    • Source: Laugh It Off (1940 film)

      • 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




      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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