Pack Up Your Troubles (1940 film)

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{{Infobox film

| name = Pack Up Your Troubles

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| director = Oswald Mitchell

| producer = F.W. Baker

| writer = {{ubl|Milton Hayward|Reginald Purdell|Con West}}

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| starring = {{ubl|Reginald Purdell|Wylie Watson|Patricia Roc}}

| music = Percival Mackey

| cinematography = Geoffrey Faithfull

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| studio = Butcher's Film Service

| distributor = Butcher's Film Service (UK)

| released = {{Film date|df=y|1940|02||UK}}

| runtime = 75 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

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Pack Up Your Troubles is a 1940 British comedy film directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring Reginald Purdell, Wylie Watson and Patricia Roc.Chibnall & McFarlane p.8{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b2771e3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170531053933/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b2771e3|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 May 2017|title=Pack up Your Troubles (1940)|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/pack-up-your-troubles-v105363|title=Pack up Your Troubles (1940) - Oswald Mitchell - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie|website=AllMovie}} It takes its name from the First World War marching song "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag".{{cite web|url=http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/1940s-top-songs/pack-up-your-troubles-in-your-old-kit-bag.htm|title=1940s Top Songs: lyrics for Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag|website=www.traditionalmusic.co.uk}}

Plot

Garage owner Tommy (Reginald Purdell) and ventriloquist friend Eric (Wylie Watson) join the army and travel to France, where they are captured by the Nazis. However, Eric's voice-throwing skills come in handy in engineering their escape and in obtaining top secret information.

Cast

Critical reception

TV Guide called it a "Lightweight comedy worth watching for Purdell's and Watson's nice comic performances."{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/movies/pack-up-your-troubles/108710/|title=Pack Up Your Troubles|website=TVGuide.com}} and Sky Cinema similarly approved of the pair, "They're pretty funny together," though considered the plot "routine," but found compensation in "a very young and pretty Patricia Roc and some good old music-hall songs include Roll Out the Barrel, Pack Up Your Troubles and Goodbye Sally," concluding that the film was "Cheerful nonsense."{{cite web|url=http://www.sky.com/tv/movie/pack-up-your-troubles-1940|title=Pack Up Your Troubles|publisher=}}

References

Bibliography

  • Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. The British 'B' Film. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.