As You Were (film)

As You Were
Directed byBernard Girard
Fred Guiol
Written byEdward E. Seabrook
Produced byHal Roach Jr.
StarringWilliam Tracy
Joe Sawyer
Russell Hicks
CinematographyBenjamin H. Kline
Music byLeon Klatzkin
Production
company
R & L Productions
Distributed byLippert Pictures
Release date
  • October 5, 1951 (1951-10-05)
Running time
57 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

As You Were is a 1951 American service comedy film directed by Bernard Girard and Fred Guiol and starring William Tracy, Joe Sawyer and Russell Hicks.[1] Released by the low-budget Lippert Pictures, it is considered a B movie. It was one of eight films featuring Tracy as Sergeant Dorian "Dodo" Doubleday, and features footage from the production team's previous 1941 film Tanks a Million.

Plot

An infusion of WAC beauties adds to the fun when ex-G.I. "Dodo" Doubleday (William Tracy), now a hotel clerk, impresses Army brass with his memory and considers going back into the military. But recruiting station sergeant Bill Ames (Joe Sawyer), remembering how Tracy jinxed him back in WWII days, begs him not to re-enlist.

Cast

Production

Robert L. Lippert intended to make a series of films with Hal Roach Jr.'s R and J Productions, including 12 films for television, and As You Were was their first collaboration.[2] However, because of Lippert's difficulties with the Screen Actors Guild, only this film and Tales of Robin Hood were made.

The film was originally titled Present Arms.[3]

References

  1. ^ McCarty p.374
  2. ^ THOMAS F BRADY (June 4, 1951). "POWER'S ROLE GOES TO CONTRACT ACTOR". New York Times. ProQuest 111786498.
  3. ^ THOMAS M PRYOR (July 13, 1951). "LIPPERT CANCELS MOVIES FOR VIDEO". New York Times. ProQuest 111961190.

Bibliography

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


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