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| director = [[Peter Coe (director)|Peter Coe]]
| director = [[Peter Coe (director)|Peter Coe]]
| producer = [[David Deutsch (producer)|David Deutsch]]
| producer = [[David Deutsch (producer)|David Deutsch]]
| writer = [[Henry Fielding]] (play) <br> [[John Vanbrugh]] (play) <br> [[Lionel Bart]] (play) <br> [[Willis Hall]] <br> [[Bernard Miles]] <br> [[Keith Waterhouse]]
| writer = [[Bernard Miles]]<br> [[Willis Hall]]<br> [[Keith Waterhouse]]
|based on = musical ''[[Lock Up Your Daughters (musical)|Lock Up Your Daughters]]''<br>based on play ''[[Rape upon Rape]]''by [[Henry Fielding]]<br>adapted by [[Bernard Miles]]<br>music by [[Laurie Johnson]] lyrics by [[Lionel Bart]]
| starring = [[Christopher Plummer]] <br> [[Susannah York]] <br> [[Glynis Johns]] <br> [[Ian Bannen]]
| starring = [[Christopher Plummer]] <br> [[Susannah York]] <br> [[Glynis Johns]] <br> [[Ian Bannen]]
| music = [[Ron Grainer]]
| music = [[Ron Grainer]]
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'''''Lock Up Your Daughters!''''' is a 1969 British [[historical film|historical]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Peter Coe (director)|Peter Coe]], and starring [[Christopher Plummer]], [[Susannah York]] and [[Glynis Johns]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b73a74510|title=Lock up Your Daughters!|work=BFI}}</ref> It is an adaptation of the [[Lock Up Your Daughters (musical)|stage musical of the same name]] set in 18th-century Britain. It lacks all the songs from the original stage production. It was one of a number of British [[costume film]]s released in the wake of the success of the 1963 film ''[[Tom Jones (1963 film)|Tom Jones]]''.<ref>Murphy p.6</ref>
'''''Lock Up Your Daughters!''''' is a 1969 British [[historical film|historical]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Peter Coe (director)|Peter Coe]], and starring [[Christopher Plummer]], [[Susannah York]] and [[Glynis Johns]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b73a74510|title=Lock up Your Daughters!|work=BFI}}</ref> It is an adaptation of the [[Lock Up Your Daughters (musical)|stage musical of the same name]] set in 18th-century Britain. It lacks all the songs from the original stage production. It was one of a number of British [[costume film]]s released in the wake of the success of the 1963 film ''[[Tom Jones (1963 film)|Tom Jones]]''.<ref>Murphy p.6</ref><ref>LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS!
Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 36, Iss. 420, (Jan 1, 1969): 93. </ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
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* [[Clive Morton]] as ''Bowsell''
* [[Clive Morton]] as ''Bowsell''
* [[Roger Hammond (actor)|Roger Hammond]] as ''Johnsonian Figure''
* [[Roger Hammond (actor)|Roger Hammond]] as ''Johnsonian Figure''
==Production==
The musical ran for four years in England but never had a major production in the US. It had a run at the Pasadena Playhouse in 1967.<ref>'Father' to Be Revived
Smith, Cecil. Los Angeles Times 13 Sep 1967: e16. </ref>


Christopher Plummer agreed to star, in what would be his first musical since ''The Sound of Music''. Filming started in Ireland in March 1968.<ref>MOVIE CALL SHEET: Plummer Gets Musical Lead
Martin, Betty. Los Angeles Times2 Mar 1968: 19. </ref>
==Reception==
==Reception==
In his review in the ''New York Times'', Roger Greenspun wrote: "...a three-strand plot that has been so smothered in atmosphere, activity and authenticity that even the great traditions of theatrical untruth cannot breathe life into it. The production values of "Lock Up Your Daughters!" are ambitious enough to fill three movies, but they are not sufficient to substitute for one."<ref>[https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9803E7DA1F30E73BBC4E52DFB6678382679EDE "Lock Up Your Daughters! A Comic Resolution",] ''New York Times'', October 16, 1969</ref>
In his review in the ''New York Times'', Roger Greenspun wrote: "...a three-strand plot that has been so smothered in atmosphere, activity and authenticity that even the great traditions of theatrical untruth cannot breathe life into it. The production values of "Lock Up Your Daughters!" are ambitious enough to fill three movies, but they are not sufficient to substitute for one."<ref>[https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9803E7DA1F30E73BBC4E52DFB6678382679EDE "Lock Up Your Daughters! A Comic Resolution",] ''New York Times'', October 16, 1969</ref>

Revision as of 20:28, 9 August 2019

Lock Up Your Daughters
Original British quad poster
Directed byPeter Coe
Written byBernard Miles
Willis Hall
Keith Waterhouse
Produced byDavid Deutsch
StarringChristopher Plummer
Susannah York
Glynis Johns
Ian Bannen
CinematographyPeter Suschitzky
Edited byFrank Clarke
Music byRon Grainer
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures (UK & US)
Release date
1969
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Lock Up Your Daughters! is a 1969 British historical comedy film directed by Peter Coe, and starring Christopher Plummer, Susannah York and Glynis Johns.[1] It is an adaptation of the stage musical of the same name set in 18th-century Britain. It lacks all the songs from the original stage production. It was one of a number of British costume films released in the wake of the success of the 1963 film Tom Jones.[2][3]

Plot

A bawdy yarn concerning three sex-starved sailors on leave and on the rampage in a British town.[4]

Cast (credited)[5]

Production

The musical ran for four years in England but never had a major production in the US. It had a run at the Pasadena Playhouse in 1967.[6]

Christopher Plummer agreed to star, in what would be his first musical since The Sound of Music. Filming started in Ireland in March 1968.[7]

Reception

In his review in the New York Times, Roger Greenspun wrote: "...a three-strand plot that has been so smothered in atmosphere, activity and authenticity that even the great traditions of theatrical untruth cannot breathe life into it. The production values of "Lock Up Your Daughters!" are ambitious enough to fill three movies, but they are not sufficient to substitute for one."[8]

References

  1. ^ "Lock up Your Daughters!". BFI.
  2. ^ Murphy p.6
  3. ^ LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS! Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 36, Iss. 420, (Jan 1, 1969): 93.
  4. ^ "Advertisement". Variety.
  5. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064597/fullcredits#cast
  6. ^ 'Father' to Be Revived Smith, Cecil. Los Angeles Times 13 Sep 1967: e16.
  7. ^ MOVIE CALL SHEET: Plummer Gets Musical Lead Martin, Betty. Los Angeles Times2 Mar 1968: 19.
  8. ^ "Lock Up Your Daughters! A Comic Resolution", New York Times, October 16, 1969

Bibliography

  • Murphy, Robert. Sixties British Cinema. British Film Institute, 1992.


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