Our Miss Fred (Original title)Dear Sir or Madam (Working title)
Dates: 1972 (Copyright), 31 December 1972 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Bob Kellett
Synopsis: Farcical comedy, set during world war II. Actor Fred Wimbush is called up and sent to France. When the Germans attack he is dressed as a woman for a camp concert. Under this disguise he manages to escape with a party of school girls.
Genres: Comedy, War
Subjects: World War II, Western Offensive, The (1940)
Releases
Date: 1972not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 96 mins Length: 8640 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: Camping it up with EMI: the politics of the intersection of British film production with the notion of campAuthor: Bradley, PeriArticle type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Discusses the nature of camp and explores the camp sensibility of two films released by EMI: 'Our Miss Fred' (1972), starring Danny La Rue, and the Village People biopic 'Can’t Stop the Music' (1980). Locates the films within their cultural and industrial contexts, and considers their influence on the shifting gender and sexual politics of British society. Part of the special issue 'EMI Films and British Cinema History'.
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v40 n470 March 1973 Page: 64
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v40 n470 March 1973: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v40 n468 January 1973 Page: 13
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v40 n468 January 1973: no known title]Language: English
In: Cinema TV Today n10012 30 Dec 1972 Page: 23
Title: [Cinema TV Today - n10012 30 Dec 1972: no known title]Language: English
In: Cinema TV Today n9983 3 Jun 1972 Page: 19
Title: [Cinema TV Today - n9983 3 Jun 1972: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
In: Cinema TV Today n10010 9 Dec 1972 Pages: 7-11
Title: [Cinema TV Today - n10010 9 Dec 1972: no known title]Language: English
In: Cinema TV Today n9990 22 Jul 1972 Page: 10
Title: [Cinema TV Today - n9990 22 Jul 1972: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Film materials(1)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 8451 FeetBFI identifier: C-233412
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Dates: 1972 (Copyright), 31 December 1972 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Bob Kellett
Synopsis: Farcical comedy, set during world war II. Actor Fred Wimbush is called up and sent to France. When the Germans attack he is dressed as a woman for a camp concert. Under this disguise he manages to escape with a party of school girls.
Genres: Comedy, War
Subjects: World War II, Western Offensive, The (1940)
Releases
Date: 1972not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 96 mins Length: 8640 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(40)
©: Willis World Wide Productions, Production Company: Willis World Wide Productions, Presents: Nat Cohen, For: Anglo-EMI, Executive Producer: Clifford Parris, Produced by: Josephine Douglas, Production Associate: Richard Du Vivier, Production Manager: Christopher Neame, Production Accountant: Bob Blues, Location Manager: Nicholas Gillott, Assistant Director: Ted Morley, Continuity: June Randall, Casting Director: G.B. Walker, Screenplay by: Hugh Leonard, Additional Material by: Terence Feely, From an original story by: Ted Willis, Lighting Cameraman: Dick Bush, Camera Operator: James Devis, Chief Electrician: John Matthews, Stills Cameraman: Douglas Webb, Special Effects: Mike Albrechtsen, Editor: David Campling, Art Director: Don Mingaye, Assistant Art Director: Ken Court, Production Buyer: Geoff Godbold, Construction Manager: Bill Greene, Orig'l Costumes for Danny La Rue Des by: Mark Canter, Wardrobe Mistress: Masada Wilmot, Wardrobe Master: Jimmy Smith, Make-up Supervisor: Wally Schneiderman, Make-up Assistant: Eileen Fletcher, Hairdresser to Mr La Rue: Helen Lennox, Lighting Equipment by: Lee Electric (Lighting), Colour by: Technicolor, Music Composed/Arranged/Conducted by: Peter Greenwell, Location Recordings by: Delta, Sound: Robin Gregory, Dubbing Mixer: Maurice Askew, Sound Editor: Michael Hopkins
Cast
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Danny La Rue (Fred Wimbush), Alfred Marks (General Brincker), Lance Percival (Squadron Leader Smallpiece), Lally Bowers (Miss Flodden), Frances de la Tour (Miss Lockhart), Walter Gotell (Schmidt), Kristin Hatfield (Hilary), Jenny Twigge (Judith), Vanessa Furse (Prunella), Serretta Wilson (Elvira), Sophie Batchelor (Emma), John Barrard (patron), Nancy Nevinson (patron's wife), Cyril Shaps (doctor), Frank Thornton (British colonel), André Maranne (French Resistance fighter), Barrie Gosney (Bertie), David Ellen (Bobby), Toni Palmer (vendeuse), Jennifer Croxton (Jeanette), Anthony Sagar (R.S.M.), Noël Coleman (senior RAF officer), Peter Greenwell (M.C.), Agatha (.), Arnold Diamond ([German C.O.])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(7)
In: Journal of British cinema and television v18 n1 2021 Pages: 77-95Title: Camping it up with EMI: the politics of the intersection of British film production with the notion of campAuthor: Bradley, PeriArticle type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Discusses the nature of camp and explores the camp sensibility of two films released by EMI: 'Our Miss Fred' (1972), starring Danny La Rue, and the Village People biopic 'Can’t Stop the Music' (1980). Locates the films within their cultural and industrial contexts, and considers their influence on the shifting gender and sexual politics of British society. Part of the special issue 'EMI Films and British Cinema History'.
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v40 n470 March 1973 Page: 64
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v40 n470 March 1973: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v40 n468 January 1973 Page: 13
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v40 n468 January 1973: no known title]Language: English
In: Cinema TV Today n10012 30 Dec 1972 Page: 23
Title: [Cinema TV Today - n10012 30 Dec 1972: no known title]Language: English
In: Cinema TV Today n9983 3 Jun 1972 Page: 19
Title: [Cinema TV Today - n9983 3 Jun 1972: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
In: Cinema TV Today n10010 9 Dec 1972 Pages: 7-11
Title: [Cinema TV Today - n10010 9 Dec 1972: no known title]Language: English
In: Cinema TV Today n9990 22 Jul 1972 Page: 10
Title: [Cinema TV Today - n9990 22 Jul 1972: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Film materials(1)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 8451 FeetBFI identifier: C-233412
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film