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{{Short description|1972 British film by Robert Hartford-Davis}}
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| caption = Still from the film
|director = Robert Hartford-Davis
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|producer = Robert Hartford-Davis
| producer = Robert Hartford-Davis
|writer = Robert Shearer
| writer = Robert Shearer
|starring = [[Ingrid Pitt]]<br>[[Judy Huxtable]]<br>[[John Ronane]]
| starring = [[Ingrid Pitt]]<br>[[Judy Huxtable]]<br>[[John Ronane]]
|music = Tony Osborne
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'''''Nobody Ordered Love''''' is a 1972 British drama film directed by [[Robert Hartford-Davis]] and starring [[Ingrid Pitt]], [[Judy Huxtable]] and [[Tony Selby]]. It is now a [[lost film]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/44333 |title=Nobody Ordered Love (1971) |publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref>
'''''Nobody Ordered Love''''' is a lost 1972 British comedy drama film directed by [[Robert Hartford-Davis]] and starring [[Ingrid Pitt]], [[Judy Huxtable]] and [[Tony Selby]].<ref name="BFIsearch">{{Cite web |title=Nobody Ordered Love |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150035391 |access-date=2 December 2023 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref>


==Plot summary==
==Plot==
During the shooting of a [[First World War]] film entitled ''The Somme'' a tragic series of events unfolds for the cast and crew.
After film director Paul Medbury attempts to replace Alice Allison, the alcoholic star of his new [[First World War]] movie entitled ''The Somme'', with up-and-coming starlet Caroline Johnson, a series of tragic events begins to unfold.


==Cast==
==Cast==
* [[Ingrid Pitt]] – Alice Allison
* [[Ingrid Pitt]] as Alice Allison
* [[Judy Huxtable]] – Caroline Johnson
* [[Judy Huxtable]] as Caroline Johnson
* [[John Ronane]] – Paul Medbury
* [[John Ronane]] as Paul Medbury
* [[Tony Selby]] – Peter Triman
* [[Peter Arne]] as Leo Richardstone
* [[Peter Arne]] – Leo Richardstone
* [[Tony Selby]] as Peter Triman
* [[Mark Eden]] – Charles
* [[Mark Eden]] as Charles
* [[David Weston (actor)|David Weston]] – Jacques Legrand
* [[David Weston (actor)|David Weston]] as Jacques Legrand
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* [[John Glyn-Jones]] as Harry
* Janet Lynn – Valerie
* Janet Lynn as Valerie
* [[David Lodge (actor)|David Lodge]] – Sergeant
* [[Frank Jarvis (actor)|Frank Jarvis]] – Corporal
* [[David Lodge (actor)|David Lodge]] as Sergeant
* [[Frank Jarvis (actor)|Frank Jarvis]] as Corporal
* Barry Meteyard – Lieutenant
* Barry Meteyard as Lieutenant
* [[Larry Taylor (actor)|Larry Taylor]] – Camera operator
* [[Larry Taylor (actor)|Larry Taylor]] as camera operator
* Heather Barbour – Janet
* Heather Barbour as Janet
* Tricia Barnes – Continuity Girl
* Tricia Barnes as continuity girl
* Charles Houston – Assistant
* Charles Houston as assistant
* Carolyn Wilde – Virginia
* Carolyn Wilde as Virginia
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* [[John Glyn-Jones]] – Harry


==Preservation status==
==Preservation status==
According to the [[British Film Institute]] (BFI), which holds an annotated shooting script in its collection, ''Nobody Ordered Love'' is considered a [[lost film]] and is on its [[BFI 75 Most Wanted|75 Most Wanted]] list. Kevin Lyons of the BFI National Library Filmographic Unit writes:<blockquote>[[The Rank Organisation|Rank]] released ''Nobody Ordered Love'' in 1972 and it certainly played the New Victoria in London, regular home to low-budget exploitation fare. Star Ingrid Pitt has suggested – in an interview with the ''Celluloid Slammer'' blog as well as in one of her on-going series of columns for the ''Den of Geek'' website that Hartford-Davis had a falling out with Rank over the lack of promotion they were giving the film and stormed off with the prints, decamping to the States, where he continued to work. After his death, Pitt claims, his widow arranged for his belongings to be disposed of and the cans of film were among those items thrown out.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nobody Ordered Love / BFI Most Wanted |url=http://old.bfi.org.uk/nationalarchive/news/mostwanted/nobody-ordered-love.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803092419/http://old.bfi.org.uk/nationalarchive/news/mostwanted/nobody-ordered-love.html |archive-date=3 August 2012 |access-date=2 December 2023 |publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref></blockquote>
This is now considered a [[lost film]] and is on the [[BFI 75 Most Wanted]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://old.bfi.org.uk/nationalarchive/news/mostwanted/nobody-ordered-love.html |title=Nobody Ordered Love / BFI Most Wanted |publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref>

According to Ingrid Pitt, the film suffered such a fallout{{clarify|date=April 2018}} that Robert Hartford-Davis himself took the film out of circulation and relocated to the US. He would then have ordered its destruction at his death in 1977.

No moving pictures remain, only black and white stills.


==See also==
==See also==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://old.bfi.org.uk/nationalarchive/news/mostwanted/nobody-ordered-love.html BFI 75 Most Wanted entry], with extensive notes
* {{IMDb title|0067499}}
* {{IMDb title|0067499}}


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Revision as of 10:21, 1 July 2024

Nobody Ordered Love
Still from the film
Directed byRobert Hartford-Davis
Written byRobert Shearer
Produced byRobert Hartford-Davis
StarringIngrid Pitt
Judy Huxtable
John Ronane
Music byTony Osborne
Release date
  • 5 November 1972 (1972-11-05)
Running time
87 minutes
LandVereinigtes Königreich
SpracheEnglisch

Nobody Ordered Love is a lost 1972 British comedy drama film directed by Robert Hartford-Davis and starring Ingrid Pitt, Judy Huxtable and Tony Selby.[1]

Plot

After film director Paul Medbury attempts to replace Alice Allison, the alcoholic star of his new First World War movie entitled The Somme, with up-and-coming starlet Caroline Johnson, a series of tragic events begins to unfold.

Cast

Preservation status

According to the British Film Institute (BFI), which holds an annotated shooting script in its collection, Nobody Ordered Love is considered a lost film and is on its 75 Most Wanted list. Kevin Lyons of the BFI National Library Filmographic Unit writes:

Rank released Nobody Ordered Love in 1972 and it certainly played the New Victoria in London, regular home to low-budget exploitation fare. Star Ingrid Pitt has suggested – in an interview with the Celluloid Slammer blog as well as in one of her on-going series of columns for the Den of Geek website that Hartford-Davis had a falling out with Rank over the lack of promotion they were giving the film and stormed off with the prints, decamping to the States, where he continued to work. After his death, Pitt claims, his widow arranged for his belongings to be disposed of and the cans of film were among those items thrown out.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Nobody Ordered Love". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Nobody Ordered Love / BFI Most Wanted". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2023.


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