What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
is a 1966 comedy DeLuxe Color film written by William Peter Blatty and directed by Blake Edwards for the Mirisch Company in Panavision.
It stars James Coburn and Dick Shawn.
Filming was at Lake Sherwood Ranch in Thousand Hills, northwest of Hollywood.
In what had been a cow pasture, designer Fernando Carrere fabricated a storybook Sicilian village which added $800,000 to the production's already elevated $5.5 million budget.
Tom Clare
Tom Clare( 26 September
1876 – 5 December 1946) was a British music hall singer from the early twentieth century, born in London.
He was best known for singing humorous songs which he accompanied on the piano.
He made his first stage appearance when he was eight years old, with the Mohawk Minstrels.
He was particularly well known, in the First World War era, for his ironic, humorous songs," The Fine Old English Gentleman"( a song which gently mocked the arrival of modernity," Who Bashed Bill Kaiser?" and" What did You do in the Great War, Daddy?"
This last song( based on a 1915 Savile Lumley propaganda poster) criticized those who claimed to be war heroes but in fact had been busy on the black market, or avoiding work, throughout the war.
In another of his songs he poked fun at certain civilian decorations which had been( in the opinion of" The Times") too generously bestowed.
Songs of social criticism are rare at this time in the Music Hall, and Tom Clare's stand out.
He can be found on both the 1901& 1911 census as an entertainer he was also involved with the Bohemia Theatre at Broadstairs, Kent.
He was also involved in a large number of charity concerts in aid of wounded soldiers.
Although, like most singers of his time, it was in live shows that he gained his reputation, he began recording his songs on cylinder as early as 1906, with his hit" The Girl in the Big Black Hat".
Maurice Richlin
Maurice Richlin( February 23, 1920 – November 13, 1990) was an American screenwriter.
He received two Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay nominations for" Pillow Talk" and" Operation Petticoat" in the same year.
For the first of which he won along with Russell Rouse, Stanley Shapiro and Clarence Greene.
He cowrote the original treatment, story and screenplay, The Pink Panther.
He wrote All in a Night's Work Come September A Soldier in the Rain For Pete's Sake
He wrote the story for What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
He had an extensive career writing in radio and later, television, before his film career.
His son is the famous artist Lance Richlin.
Blake Edwards
William Blake Crump( July 26, 1922 – December 15, 2010), better known by his stage name, Blake Edwards, was an American filmmaker.
Edwards began his career in the 1940s as an actor, but he soon began writing screenplays and radio scripts before turning to producing and directing in television and films.
His best- known films include" Breakfast at Tiffany' s Days of Wine and Roses10Victor/ Victoria", and the hugely successful Pink Panther film series with British actor Peter Sellers.
Often thought of as primarily a director of comedies, he also directed several drama, musical, and detective films.
Late in his career, he transitioned to writing, producing, and directing for theater.
In 2004, he received an Honorary Academy Award in recognition of his writing, directing, and producing an extraordinary body of work for the screen.
The Ugly Truth
The Ugly Truth is a 2009 American romantic comedy film directed by Robert Luketic, written by Nicole Eastman, Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, and starring Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler.
The film was released in North America on July 24, 2009 by Columbia Pictures.
Robert Luketic
Robert Luketic( born 1 November 1973) is an Australian film director.
His films include" Monster- in- LawLegally Blonde21", and" Paranoia".
What Did You Do in the War, Thanasi?
What did you do in the war, Thanasi?
( Greek:" Τι έκανες στον πόλεμο, Θανάση;") is a 1971 Greek satirical drama film.
It starred Thanasis Veggos as Thanasis, a poor labourer trying to survive during the Axis occupation of Greece.
With references to the Great Famine( Greece) and the Greek resistance, the film was also a political allegory for the Greek military junta of 1967 – 74.
It won the Best Film Award at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival.
Robert Paul Smith
Robert Paul Smith( April 16, 1915 – January 30, 1977) was an American author, most famous for his classic evocation of childhood," Where Did You Go? Out. What Did You Do? Nothing".
W. Augustus Barratt
W. Augustus Barratt( 1873- 1947) was a Scottish- born, later American, songwriter and musician.
John Brason
John Brason is a British script writer and script editor, best known for the series made in collaboration with television producer Gerard Glaister," Colditz" and" Secret Army", both set during World War II.
Brason was well known for his anti-communism, reflected in the later series which is one reason given for the scrapping of his final script for" Secret Army What Did You Do During the War, Daddy?".

Question: Which film has the director born later, The Ugly Truth or What Did You Do In The War, Daddy??
Answer: The Ugly Truth