The George Formby Film Collection [DVD] [2009]

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Come On George! (1939)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009 . Retrieved 10 March 2014. George Formby Sr, "Standing on the Corner of the Street"; his luxury item was his first ukulele. [153] [154]

Much Too Shy (1942)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009 . Retrieved 10 March 2014. While on leave from the Irish Guards, Harry Parr-Davies was given just ten days to complete the music for the film before returning to service. [106]Riding Around on a Rainbow". Performed by George Formby and Florence Desmond and written by Fred E. Cliffe Beryl called one group of supporting actors "The Five Queens": Charles Farrell, Reginald Purdell, Peter Murray-Hill, Charles Hawtrey and Manning Whiley. [110] I'm just a clown without the make-up, the circus clown who magnifies the reactions of ordinary people to the things that happen around them".

Pratt, Vic. "Let George Do It! (1940)". Screenonline. British Film Institute . Retrieved 19 June 2014. George Perry wrote in "Forever Ealing", "the notion of unsuspected German spies in respectable positions was to recur in more serious Ealing films such as The Foreman Went to France and Went the Day Well? These comedy films were judged as very good for public morale at the time while delivering an important message." [5]In the autumn of 1938 Formby began work on Trouble Brewing, released the following year with 19-year-old Googie Withers as the female lead; Kimmins again directed. [70] Withers later recounted that Formby did not speak to her until, during a break in filming when Beryl was not present, he whispered out of the corner of his mouth "I'm sorry, love, but you know, I'm not allowed to speak to you", something she thought was "very sweet". [71] His second release of 1939—shortly after the outbreak of the Second World War—was Come On George!, which cast Pat Kirkwood in the female lead; the pair disliked each other intensely, and neither of the Formbys liked several of the other senior cast members. [72] [73] Come On George! was screened for troops serving in France before being released in Britain. [67] Second World War: service with ENSA [ edit ] Basil Dean, who produced 11 of Formby's films between 1939 and 1941 An incompetent apprentice sound engineer passes off an established performer's song as his own and becomes an overnight star. No Limit is a 1935 British musical comedy starring George Formby and Florence Desmond. The film, which was directed by Monty Banks, was made on location at the TT motorcycle race on the Isle of Man. It was the first of eleven films that Formby made for Associated Talking Pictures. [1]

Richards considers that Formby "had been able to embody simultaneously Lancashire, the working classes, the people, and the nation"; [1] Geoff King, in his examination of film comedy, also sees Formby as an icon, and writes that "[Gracie] Fields and Formby gained the status of national as well as regional figures, without sacrificing their distinctive regional personality traits". [205] While the national aspect was important for success outside the north, "the Lancashire accent remained to enhance his homely comic appeal". [206] The media historian Brian McFarlane writes that, on film, Formby portrayed "essentially gormless incompetents, aspiring to various kinds of professional success... and even more improbably to a middle-class girlfriend, usually in the clutches of some caddish type with a moustache. Invariably he scored on both counts". [52] Kelner, Martin (13 June 2011). "Isle of Man's TT sure turned out nice again". The Guardian. London. Pratt, Vic. "Let George Do It! (1940)". Screenonline. British Film Institute . Retrieved 27 May 2014.

Keeling, Neil (16 September 2007). "Statue of Formby in place". Manchester Evening News. Manchester. Archived from the original on 30 July 2014.

Banham, Martin (1995). The Cambridge Guide to Theatre. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-43437-9. Waddington, Andrew. " 'George Formby' tram prepares for service". British Trams Online . Retrieved 25 June 2014.The film title is a pun, using the colloquial term "copper" meaning a policeman, with the longer phrase "spare a copper" used by beggars - meaning can you spare a penny (which I might have). It's in the Air (1938)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009 . Retrieved 10 March 2014.