| Gert and Daisy Clean Up | |
| Director: | Maclean Rogers |
| Producer: | F.W. Baker |
| Starring: | Elsie Waters Doris Waters Iris Vandeleur |
| Music: | Percival Mackey |
| Cinematography: | Jack Parker Stephen Dade |
| Editing: | Charles Knott |
| Studio: | Butcher's Film Service |
| Distributor: | Butcher's Film Service |
| Runtime: | 85 minutes |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
Gert and Daisy Clean Up is a 1942 British comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Elsie Waters, Doris Waters and Iris Vandeleur.[1] [2] It was written by Kathleen Butler and H. F. Maltby, with additional dialogue by Elsie and Doris Waters and Harry Gibbs.
Gert and Daisy are working in a restaurant but are sacked when the mayor is served yellow soap instead of cheese. They subsequently expose the black-marketing activities of local grocer Mr Perry.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Andrew Mazzei. It was shot at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith.
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A good rollicking farce into which a very topical message has been adroitly sandwiched. Elsie and Doris Waters give a characteristically buoyant performance as Gert and Daisy and they are supported by a cast who are at the same time very amusing and most naturally human. The film is efficiently directed and produced and the inclusion of several boisterous songs from Gert and Daisy and a negro spiritual, sung in a truly Robesonesque fashion by Uriel Porter, adds to its general appeal."[3]
Picture Show wrote: "Good, clean fun is provided by the latest adventures of Gert and Daisy which provide a comical commentary on war-time domestic life ... Elsie and Doris Waters are the life and soul of the film, and there is no lack of comedy situations and.typical repartee, and one or two catchy songs."[4]
In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "average", writing: "Rumbustuous farce with ebullient performances from the stars."[5]