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{{Infobox film
| name = Laugh It Off
| image = "Laugh_It_Off"_(1940_film).jpg
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| director = [[John Baxter (director)|John Baxter]]
| producer = [[John Corfield]]
| writer = {{ubl|[[Bridget Boland]]|[[Austin Melford]] (dialogue)}}
| story = Bridget Boland
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|[[Tommy Trinder]]|[[Jean Colin]]}}
| music = {{ubl|Marr Mackie|Ronnie Munro|[[Kennedy Russell]]}}
| cinematography = [[James Wilson (cinematographer)|James Wilson]]
| editing = [[Michael C. Chorlton]]
| studio = [[British National Films]]
| distributor = Anglo-American Film Corporation (UK)
| released = {{Film date|1940|03|9|UK|df=yes}}
| runtime = 78 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
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'''''Laugh It Off''''' is a 1940 British [[musical film|musical]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[John Baxter (director)|John Baxter]] and Wallace Orton, and starring [[Tommy Trinder]], [[Jean Colin]], [[Anthony Hulme]] and [[Marjorie Browne]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/39836|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116033329/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/39836|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-01-16|title=Laugh It Off (1940)|work=BFI}}</ref> It was filmed at [[Walton Studios]] starting in November 1939, just after the outbreak of war.<ref>Wood p.100</ref>

==Plot==
At the start of [[World War II]], [[Concert party (entertainment)|Concert party]] entertainer Tommy Towers is drafted into service. He immediately gets on the wrong side of commanding officer Sergeant Major Slaughter, but after saving the camp show with his show business expertise Tommy is granted a [[Commission (document)|commission]].

==Cast==
* [[Tommy Trinder]] as Tommy Towers
* [[Jean Colin]] as Sally
* [[Anthony Hulme]] as Somers
* [[Marjorie Browne]] as Peggy
* [[Edward Lexy]] as Sergeant Major Slaughter
* [[Ida Barr (music hall)|Ida Barr]] as Mrs McNab
* [[Charles Victor]] as Colonel
* [[Peter Gawthorne]] as General
* [[Wally Patch]] as Sergeant
* Warren Jenkins as Pat
* [[John Laurie]] as Jock
* [[Henry Lytton, Jr.]] as George

==Critical reception==
''[[TV Guide]]'' called it "a fairly entertaining effort".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/movies/laugh-it-off/review/103920/|title=Laugh It Off|work=TVGuide.com}}</ref>

Contains the mortal line: “Well if I were you, I wouldn’t start from here!” when a private is giving directions to a General in a car trying to find the HQ.

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
* Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0236413}}
{{John Baxter}}

[[Category:1940 films]]
[[Category:British musical comedy films]]
[[Category:1940 musical comedy films]]
[[Category:1940s English-language films]]
[[Category:Films shot at Nettlefold Studios]]
[[Category:Films directed by John Baxter]]
[[Category:Military humor in film]]
[[Category:World War II films made in wartime]]
[[Category:British black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Kennedy Russell]]
[[Category:English-language musical comedy films]]

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