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{{Infobox film
| name = Gert and Daisy Clean Up
| name = Gert and Daisy Clean Up
| image = Gert_and_Daisy_Clean_Up_film_Opening_titles_(1942).png
| image =
| caption =
| caption =
| director =[[Maclean Rogers]]
| director = [[Maclean Rogers]]
| producer = [[F.W. Baker]]
| producer = [[F.W. Baker]]
| writer = [[Kathleen Butler (screenwriter)|Kathleen Butler]] <br /> [[H. F. Maltby]] <br /> Elsie Waters <br /> Doris Waters <br /> Harry Gibbs
| writer = [[Kathleen Butler (screenwriter)|Kathleen Butler]] <br /> [[H. F. Maltby]] <br /> Elsie Waters <br /> Doris Waters <br /> Harry Gibbs
| starring = [[Elsie Waters]] <br /> [[Doris Waters]] <br /> [[Iris Vandeleur]]
| starring = [[Elsie Waters]] <br /> [[Doris Waters]] <br /> [[Iris Vandeleur]]
| music = [[Percival Mackey]]
| music = [[Percival Mackey]]
| cinematography = [[Jack Parker (cinematographer)|Jack Parker]] <br /> [[Stephen Dade]]
| cinematography = [[Jack Parker (cinematographer)|Jack Parker]] <br /> [[Stephen Dade]]
| editing = [[Charles Knott (editor)|Charles Knott]]
| editing = [[Charles Knott (editor)|Charles Knott]]
| studio = Butcher's Film Service
| studio = Butcher's Film Service
| distributor = [[Butcher's Film Service]]
| distributor = [[Butcher's Film Service]]
| released = August 1942
| released = {{Film date|1942|08}}
| runtime = 85 minutes
| runtime = 85 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| country = United Kingdom
| language = [[English language|English]]
| language = [[English language|English]]
| budget =
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'''''Gert and Daisy Clean Up''''' is a 1942 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Maclean Rogers]] and starring [[Elsie Waters]], [[Doris Waters]] and [[Iris Vandeleur]].<ref>Murphy p.174</ref>
'''''Gert and Daisy Clean Up''''' 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 Clean Up |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150005965 |access-date=18 November 2024 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Murphy |first=Robert |title=Realism and Tinsel: Cinema and Society in Britain 1939-48 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |year=1992 |isbn=978-0415076845 |pages=174}}</ref> It was written by [[Kathleen Butler (screenwriter)|Kathleen Butler]] and [[H. F. Maltby]], with additional dialogue by Elsie and Doris Waters and Harry Gibbs.


==Plot==
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The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]] [[Andrew Mazzei]]. It was shot at the [[Riverside Studios]] in [[Hammersmith]].
Gert and Daisy are working in a restaurant but are sacked when the mayor is served yellow soap instead of cheese. They subsequently expose the black-marketing activities of local grocer Mr Perry.


==Cast==
==Cast==
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* [[Uriel Porter]] as Snow White
* [[Uriel Porter]] as Snow White
* [[Harry Herbert (actor)|Harry Herbert]] as Old Cheerful
* [[Harry Herbert (actor)|Harry Herbert]] as Old Cheerful
* [[Angela Glynne]] as Girl
* [[Angela Glynne]] as girl
* [[Arthur Hambling]] as PC Albert Green
* [[Arthur Hambling]] as PC Albert Green
* [[Johnnie Schofield]] as Policeman on Night Duty
* [[Johnnie Schofield]] as policeman on night duty
* [[Douglas Stewart (actor)|Douglas Stewart]] as Mayor
* [[Douglas Stewart (actor)|Douglas Stewart]] as mayor
* [[David Trickett]] as Boy
* [[David Trickett]] as boy

== Production ==
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The film's sets were designed by the art director [[Andrew Mazzei]]. It was shot at the [[Riverside Studios]] in [[Hammersmith]].

==Reception==
''[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]]'' wrote: "A good rollicking farce into which a very topical message has been adroitly sandwiched. Elsie and Doris Waters give a characteristically buoyant performance as Gert and Daisy and they are supported by a cast who are at the same time very amusing and most naturally human. The film is efficiently directed and produced and the inclusion of several boisterous songs from Gert and Daisy and a negro spiritual, sung in a truly Robesonesque fashion by Uriel Porter, adds to its general appeal."<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1 January 1942 |title=Gert and Daisy Clean Up |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1305803768 |journal=[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]] |volume=9 |issue=97 |pages=69 |url-access=subscription |via=ProQuest}}</ref>

''[[Picture Show (magazine)|Picture Show]]'' wrote: "Good, clean fun is provided by the latest adventures of Gert and Daisy which provide a comical commentary on war-time domestic life&nbsp;... Elsie and Doris Waters are the life and soul of the film, and there is no lack of comedy situations and.typical repartee, and one or two catchy songs."<ref>{{Cite journal |date=26 September 1942 |title=Gert and Daisy Clean Up |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1879621141 |journal=[[Picture Show (magazine)|Picture Show]] |volume=46 |issue=1194 |pages=15 |url-access=subscription |via=ProQuest}}</ref>

In ''British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959'' [[David Quinlan (film critic)|David Quinlan]] rated the film as "average", writing: "Rumbustuous farce with ebullient performances from the stars."<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=211}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==Bibliography==
* Murphy, Robert. ''Realism and Tinsel: Cinema and Society in Britain 1939-48''. Routledge, 1992.


==External links==
==External links==
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[[Category:1940s English-language films]]
[[Category:1940s English-language films]]
[[Category:1940s British films]]
[[Category:1940s British films]]
[[Category:English-language comedy films]]


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Latest revision as of 10:29, 18 November 2024

Gert and Daisy Clean Up
Directed byMaclean Rogers
Written byKathleen Butler
H. F. Maltby
Elsie Waters
Doris Waters
Harry Gibbs
Produced byF.W. Baker
StarringElsie Waters
Doris Waters
Iris Vandeleur
CinematographyJack Parker
Stephen Dade
Edited byCharles Knott
Music byPercival Mackey
Production
company
Butcher's Film Service
Distributed byButcher's Film Service
Release date
  • August 1942 (1942-08)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Gert and Daisy Clean Up is a 1942 British comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Elsie Waters, Doris Waters and Iris Vandeleur.[1][2] It was written by Kathleen Butler and H. F. Maltby, with additional dialogue by Elsie and Doris Waters and Harry Gibbs.

Plot

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Gert and Daisy are working in a restaurant but are sacked when the mayor is served yellow soap instead of cheese. They subsequently expose the black-marketing activities of local grocer Mr Perry.

Cast

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Production

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The film's sets were designed by the art director Andrew Mazzei. It was shot at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith.

Reception

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The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A good rollicking farce into which a very topical message has been adroitly sandwiched. Elsie and Doris Waters give a characteristically buoyant performance as Gert and Daisy and they are supported by a cast who are at the same time very amusing and most naturally human. The film is efficiently directed and produced and the inclusion of several boisterous songs from Gert and Daisy and a negro spiritual, sung in a truly Robesonesque fashion by Uriel Porter, adds to its general appeal."[3]

Picture Show wrote: "Good, clean fun is provided by the latest adventures of Gert and Daisy which provide a comical commentary on war-time domestic life ... Elsie and Doris Waters are the life and soul of the film, and there is no lack of comedy situations and.typical repartee, and one or two catchy songs."[4]

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "average", writing: "Rumbustuous farce with ebullient performances from the stars."[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Gert and Daisy Clean Up". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  2. ^ Murphy, Robert (1992). Realism and Tinsel: Cinema and Society in Britain 1939-48. Routledge. p. 174. ISBN 978-0415076845.
  3. ^ "Gert and Daisy Clean Up". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 9 (97): 69. 1 January 1942 – via ProQuest.
  4. ^ "Gert and Daisy Clean Up". Picture Show. 46 (1194): 15. 26 September 1942 – via ProQuest.
  5. ^ Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 211. ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.
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