Kiss Me Sergeant

1930 film

  • Syd Courtenay (play)
  • Lola Harvey (play)
  • Val Valentine
Produced byJohn MaxwellStarring
  • Leslie Fuller
  • Gladys Cruickshank
  • Gladys Frazin
Production
company
British International Pictures
Distributed byWardour Films
Release date
  • 7 August 1930 (1930-08-07)
Running time
56 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

Kiss Me Sergeant is a 1930 British comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Leslie Fuller, Gladys Cruickshank and Gladys Frazin.[1] It was based on a play by Syd Courtenay and was sometimes released under the alternative title Idol of Moolah.

It was shot at Elstree Studios as a quota quickie.[2]

Plot summary

In India, a British soldier saves the jewelled eye of a sacred idol.

Cast

  • Leslie Fuller as Bill Biggles
  • Gladys Cruickshank as Kitty
  • Gladys Frazin as Burahami
  • Syd Courtenay as Lieutenant
  • Mamie Holland as Fanny Adams
  • Frank Melroyd as Colonel
  • Lola Harvey as Colonel's Wife
  • Roy Travers as Sergeant

References

  1. ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | KISS ME SERGEANT (1930)". Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
  2. ^ Chibnall p.261

Bibliography

  • Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

  • Kiss Me Sergeant at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
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