As You Were (film)

As You Were
Directed by Bernard Girard
Produced by Hal Roach Jr.
Written by Edward E. Seabrook
Starring William Tracy
Joe Sawyer
Russell Hicks
Music by Leon Klatzkin
Cinematography Benjamin H. Kline
Production
company
R & L Productions
Distributed by Lippert Pictures
Release date
  • October 5, 1951 (1951-10-05)
Running time
57 minutes
Country United States
Language English

As You Were is a 1951 American comedy film directed by Bernard Girard and starring William Tracy, Joe Sawyer and Russell Hicks.[1] It is a Service comedy, released as B movie by the low-budget Lippert Pictures company. It was one of eight films featuring Tracy as Sergeant Dorian 'Dodo' Doubleday and features footage from their first 1941 film Tanks a Million.

Cast

Production

Robert L. Lippert was meant to make a series of films with Hal Roach Jr including twelve films for television. Roach's company was R and J Productions, and As You Were was their first collaboration.[2] However difficulties Lippert had with the Screen Actors Guild saw only this and Tales of Robin Hood made. It was originally known as Present Arms.[3]

References

  1. McCarty p.374
  2. By THOMAS F BRADY Special to THE NEW,YORK TIMES. (1951, Jun 04). POWER'S ROLE GOES TO CONTRACT ACTOR. New York Times (1923-Current File) Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/docview/111786498?accountid=13902
  3. By THOMAS M PRYOR Special to THE NEW,YORK TIMES. (1951, Jul 13). LIPPERT CANCELS MOVIES FOR VIDEO. New York Times (1923-Current File) Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/docview/111961190?accountid=13902

Bibliography

  • Clifford McCarty. Film Composers in America: A Filmography, 1911-1970. Oxford University Press, 2000.
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