Two soldier friends vie for the affections of the Sergeant Major's daughter, against a background of military pomp and adventure.Two soldier friends vie for the affections of the Sergeant Major's daughter, against a background of military pomp and adventure.Two soldier friends vie for the affections of the Sergeant Major's daughter, against a background of military pomp and adventure.
Arnold Bell
- Matthews
- (uncredited)
Arthur Chesney
- Suger Daddy
- (uncredited)
Atholl Fleming
- Military Instructor
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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- TriviaFilmed in 1936.
- Quotes
Schoolmaster: Dean. Tell us what you know about the Western Hemisphere.
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- SoundtracksTurning the Town Upside Down
Written by Samuel Lerner, Al Goodhart and Al Hoffman
Featured review
Wallace Ford is a small-time crook in New York who has to flee to Great Britain. Once there, through a series of misunderstandings, he finds himself a recruit in the British Army, vying for the affection of Sergeant-Major Frank Cellier's daughter, Anna Lee, with John Mills. Mills was near the start of his long career in which he played many any army man, starting as a raw recruit in the previous year's REGAL CAVALCADE. He would be promoted out of the ranks during the Second World War and reach the rank of Field Marshall in 1969's OH WHAT A LOVELY WAR, amidst nearly three quarters of a century in which he was a bulwark of British film actors.
This service comedy is a fairly standard affair, although a good deal of pleasure is available. Ford sings and dances, as does gorgeous Grace Bradley as a show girl. There's an exciting battle sequence and editor Charles Saunders offers some fine montage work of British soldiers training and on parade. Director Raoul Walsh, on a working vacation from the U.S. knew how to mix comedy and savagery and, within the limits of late-1930s delicacy, he does so ably.
This service comedy is a fairly standard affair, although a good deal of pleasure is available. Ford sings and dances, as does gorgeous Grace Bradley as a show girl. There's an exciting battle sequence and editor Charles Saunders offers some fine montage work of British soldiers training and on parade. Director Raoul Walsh, on a working vacation from the U.S. knew how to mix comedy and savagery and, within the limits of late-1930s delicacy, he does so ably.
Details
- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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