Thumbs Up (1943)
1h 7m
Running Time
July 5, 1943Release Date
Thumbs Up (1943)
1h 7m
Running Time
July 5, 1943Release Date
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Plot.
In this wartime musical, a feisty singer working in a London dive swears that she will become a star. She gets a job in an airplane plant when she learns that her fiance, a producer, and his partner are looking for new talent at the war factories. While working there, the woman meets a handsome RAF officer and falls in love. This causes some trouble.
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Cast & Crew.
Brenda Joyce
Louise Latimer
Richard Fraser
Douglas Heath
Elsa Lanchester
Emma Finch
J. Pat O'Malley
Sam Keats
Arthur Margetson
Bert Lawrence
Joseph Santley
Director
Queenie Leonard
Janie Brooke
Frank Gill Jr.
Writer
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Thumbs Up is a 1943 American musical drama film producted by Albert J. Cohen for Republic Pictures and directed by Joseph Santley. The film stars Brenda Joyce, Richard Fraser and Elsa Lanchester. The screenplay was written by Frank Gill Jr. based on a story idea by Ray Golden and Henry K. Moritz. Musical direction was by Walter Scharf, words and music by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne respectively. The film was released on July 5, 1943.
For a publicity stunt to boost her career, an American nightclub singer volunteers for a stint in a British munitions factory. She is so impressed by the spirit of her fellow workers that she decides to stay on.