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{{Short description|1942 British film by Maclean Rogers}}
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| name = Gert and Daisy's Weekend
| name = Gert and Daisy's Weekend
| image = DVD_cover_for_film_Gert_and_Daisy's_Weekend_(1942).png
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| caption = DVD cover
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| director = {{ubl|[[Maclean Rogers]]| Reg Taylor}}
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| producer = E. S. Laurie
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| director ={{ubl|[[Maclean Rogers]]| Reg Taylor}}
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| writer = {{ubl|[[Kathleen Butler (screenwriter)|Kathleen Butler]]| [[H. F. Maltby]]| Maclean Rogers}}
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| producer = E. S. Laurie
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| narrator =
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| writer = {{ubl|[[Kathleen Butler (screenwriter)|Kathleen Butler]]| [[H. F. Maltby]]| Maclean Rogers}}
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| starring = {{ubl|[[Elsie Waters]]| [[Doris Waters]]| [[Iris Vandeleur]]}}
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| music = [[Percival Mackey]]
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| starring = {{ubl|[[Elsie Waters]]| [[Doris Waters]]| [[Iris Vandeleur]]}}
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| music = [[Percival Mackey]]
| cinematography = [[Stephen Dade]]
| cinematography = [[Stephen Dade]]
| editing = Charles Knott
| editing = Charles Knott
| studio = [[Welwyn Studios]]<br />{{small|Butcher &nbsp; Empire}}
| studio = [[Welwyn Studios]]<br />{{small|Butcher &nbsp; Empire}}
| distributor = [[Butcher's Film Service]]
| distributor = [[Butcher's Film Service]]
| released = 16 February 1942
| released = {{Film date|1942|02|16|df=yes}}
| runtime = 79 minutes
| runtime = 79 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| country = United Kingdom
| language = [[English language|English]]
| language = [[English language|English]]
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'''''Gert and Daisy{{'}}s Weekend''''' is a 1942 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Maclean Rogers]] and starring [[Elsie Waters]], [[Doris Waters]] and [[Iris Vandeleur]].{{sfn|Murphy|1992|p=174}}
'''''Gert and Daisy{{'}}s Weekend''''' is a 1942 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Maclean Rogers]] and starring [[Elsie Waters]], [[Doris Waters]] and [[Iris Vandeleur]].<ref name="BFIsearch">{{Cite web |title=Gert and Daisy's Weekend |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150029457 |access-date=29 January 2024 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref> It was written by [[Kathleen Butler (screenwriter)|Kathleen Butler]], [[H. F. Maltby]] and Rogers.


It was shot at [[Welwyn Studios]] with sets designed by the [[art director]] William Hemsley. It was followed by a sequel ''[[Gert and Daisy Clean Up]]''
It was shot at [[Welwyn Studios]] with sets designed by the [[art director]] William Hemsley. It was followed by a sequel ''[[Gert and Daisy Clean Up]]'' (1942).


==Cast==
==Cast==
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* [[Annie Esmond]] as Lady Plumtree
* [[Annie Esmond]] as Lady Plumtree
* [[Aubrey Mallalieu]] as Barnes
* [[Aubrey Mallalieu]] as Barnes
* [[O. B. Clarence]] as Vicar
* [[O. B. Clarence]] as vicar
* [[Noel Dainton]] as Detective Inspector
* [[Noel Dainton]] as Detective Inspector
* [[Arthur Denton (actor)|Arthur Denton]] as Village Policeman
* [[Arthur Denton (actor)|Arthur Denton]] as village policeman
* [[Vi Kaley]] as Old Lady Whose Son Is to Be Evacuated
* [[Vi Kaley]] as old lady whose son is to be evacuated
* [[David Keir]] as Magistrates Clerk
* [[David Keir]] as magistrates clerk
* [[Jack May]] as Old Man Dancing on Tube Station
* [[Jack May]] as old man dancing on Tube station
* [[Gerald Moore (actor)|Gerald Moore]] as Tommy
* [[Gerald Moore (actor)|Gerald Moore]] as Tommy
* [[Johnnie Schofield]] as Policeman at Town Hall
* [[Johnnie Schofield]] as Policeman at Town Hall
* [[Leonard Sharp (actor)|Leonard Sharp]] as Small Boys Father
* [[Leonard Sharp (actor)|Leonard Sharp]] as small boy's father
* [[Jack Vyvyan]] as Village Policeman
* [[Jack Vyvyan]] as village policeman
* [[Ben Williams (actor)|Ben Williams]] as Sam the Fishmonger
* [[Ben Williams (actor)|Ben Williams]] as sam the fishmonger


== Critical reception ==
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==References==
''[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]]'' wrote: "The story is naturally outrageous and simply serves as an extravagant setting in which the well-known comediennes Elsie and Doris Waters can perform. This they do excellently and bring to the screen all the verve of their music-hall and radio turns. The supporting players are very much inferior in ability to the stars. On the other hand, the authenticity of real English backgrounds and manners is refreshing after seeing so many Hollywood imaginative attempts to show England to the English."<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1 January 1941 |title=Gert and Daisy's Weekend |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1305802692/592466478AC64AB4PQ/1 |journal=[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]] |volume=8 |issue=85 |pages=130 |via=ProQuest}}</ref>
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''The [[Radio Times]] Guide to Films'' gave the film 2/5 stars, writing: "Elsie and Doris Waters had been radio stars for some 15 years before they made this rare sortie in front of the movie camera. Starring as the cockney tittle-tattles Gert and Daisy, they escort some East End evacuees to a country house, where the kids end up as chief suspects in a jewel robbery. The sisters usually wrote their own material and took great pains to be original. Consequently, they look distinctly unhappy with the rehashed gags on offer here."<ref>{{Cite book |title=Radio Times Guide to Films |publisher=[[Immediate Media Company]] |year=2017 |isbn=9780992936440 |edition=18th |location=London |pages=359}}</ref>
==Bibliography==

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In ''British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959'' [[David Quinlan (film critic)|David Quinlan]] rated the film as "average", writing: "Pretty wild comedy goes at a fair old pace; material is broad but the stars play it with gusto."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Quinlan |first=David |title=British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 |publisher=[[Batsford Books|B.T. Batsford Ltd.]] |year=1984 |isbn=0-7134-1874-5 |location=London |pages=212}}</ref>
*{{cite book| first1=Robert| last1=Murphy| title=Realism and Tinsel: Cinema and Society in Britain 1939-48| publisher=Routledge| date=1992| isbn=978-0415076845}}

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==References==
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==External links==
==External links==

Latest revision as of 15:27, 8 September 2024

Gert and Daisy's Weekend
DVD cover
Directed by
Written by
Produced byE. S. Laurie
Starring
CinematographyStephen Dade
Edited byCharles Knott
Music byPercival Mackey
Production
companies
Welwyn Studios
Butcher   Empire
Distributed byButcher's Film Service
Release date
  • 16 February 1942 (1942-02-16)
Running time
79 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Gert and Daisy's Weekend is a 1942 British comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Elsie Waters, Doris Waters and Iris Vandeleur.[1] It was written by Kathleen Butler, H. F. Maltby and Rogers.

It was shot at Welwyn Studios with sets designed by the art director William Hemsley. It was followed by a sequel Gert and Daisy Clean Up (1942).

Cast

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Critical reception

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The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "The story is naturally outrageous and simply serves as an extravagant setting in which the well-known comediennes Elsie and Doris Waters can perform. This they do excellently and bring to the screen all the verve of their music-hall and radio turns. The supporting players are very much inferior in ability to the stars. On the other hand, the authenticity of real English backgrounds and manners is refreshing after seeing so many Hollywood imaginative attempts to show England to the English."[2]

The Radio Times Guide to Films gave the film 2/5 stars, writing: "Elsie and Doris Waters had been radio stars for some 15 years before they made this rare sortie in front of the movie camera. Starring as the cockney tittle-tattles Gert and Daisy, they escort some East End evacuees to a country house, where the kids end up as chief suspects in a jewel robbery. The sisters usually wrote their own material and took great pains to be original. Consequently, they look distinctly unhappy with the rehashed gags on offer here."[3]

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "average", writing: "Pretty wild comedy goes at a fair old pace; material is broad but the stars play it with gusto."[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Gert and Daisy's Weekend". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Gert and Daisy's Weekend". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 8 (85): 130. 1 January 1941 – via ProQuest.
  3. ^ Radio Times Guide to Films (18th ed.). London: Immediate Media Company. 2017. p. 359. ISBN 9780992936440.
  4. ^ Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 212. ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.
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