Come Up Smiling

Come Up Smiling
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWilliam Freshman
Screenplay byWilliam Freshman
Story byKen G. Hall (as "John Addison Chandler")
Produced byKen G. Hall
Starring
CinematographyGeorge Heath
Edited byWilliam Shepherd
Music byHenry Krips
Production
company
Distributed byBritish Empire Films
Release date
  • 3 November 1939 (1939-11-03) (Tasmania)[1]
Running time
  • 77 minutes (Australia)
  • 65 mins (UK)
  • 71 mins (Aust re-release)
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Budget£22,000[2][3]

Come Up Smiling (also known as Ants in His Pants) is a 1939 Australian comedy film starring popular American stage comedian Will Mahoney and his wife Evie Hayes. It was the only feature from Cinesound Productions not directed by Ken G. Hall.[4]

  1. ^ "Advertising". Voice. Vol. 12, no. 44. Tasmania, Australia. 4 November 1939. p. 2. Retrieved 3 June 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 186.
  3. ^ Pike, Andrew Franklin. "The History of an Australian Film Production Company: Cinesound, 1932-70" (PDF). Australian National University. p. 245.
  4. ^ Pike, Andrew Franklin. "The History of an Australian Film Production Company: Cinesound, 1932-70" (PDF). Australian National University. p. 96.