Gert and Daisy Clean Up
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| Directed by | Maclean Rogers |
| Written by | Kathleen Butler H. F. Maltby Elsie Waters Doris Waters Harry Gibbs |
| Produced by | F.W. Baker |
| Starring | Elsie Waters Doris Waters Iris Vandeleur |
| Cinematography | Jack Parker Stephen Dade |
| Edited by | Charles Knott |
| Music by | Percival Mackey |
Production company | Butcher's Film Service |
| Distributed by | Butcher's Film Service |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
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, H. F. Maltby, Elsie and Doris Waters and Harry Gibbs.
Cast
- Elsie Waters as Gert
- Doris Waters as Daisy
- Iris Vandeleur as Ma Butler
- Elizabeth Hunt as Hettie
- Toni Edgar-Bruce as Mrs. Wilberforce
- Joss Ambler as Mr. Perry
- Ralph Michael as Jack Gregory
- Uriel Porter as Snow White
- Harry Herbert as Old Cheerful
- Angela Glynne as girl
- Arthur Hambling as PC Albert Green
- Johnnie Schofield as policeman on night duty
- Douglas Stewart as mayor
- David Trickett as boy
Production
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: "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]
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."[4]
References
- ^ "Gert and Daisy Clean Up". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
- ^ Murphy, Robert (1992). Realism and Tinsel: Cinema and Society in Britain 1939-48. Routledge. p. 174. ISBN 978-0415076845.
- ^ "Gert and Daisy Clean Up". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 9 (97): 69. 1 January 1942 – via ProQuest.
- ^ 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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- Films set in London
- Butcher's Film Service films
- Films directed by Maclean Rogers
- Films scored by Percival Mackey
- 1940s English-language films
- 1940s British films
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