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George Formby
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Filmography
George Formby - what members say
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George Formby - filmography
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George Formby - Formby's Farewell
on DVD
(1960)
Starring: George Formby
Certificate: 
Filmed in 1960, just 10 weeks before he died, this is George's last recorded concert. With a full orchestra, he sings his greatest hits and gives us the inside details of a 40-year career which encompassed no less 26 feature films and 200 records. It is a lasting testament to the great Lancashire ..read more »
 
67%
from 37 members
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I Didn't Do It
on DVD
(1945)
Starring: George Formby, Billy Caryll, Hilda Mundy
Director: Marcel Varnel
Certificate: 
George Formby, a Londoner with the urge to get in front of the footlights, is boarding in a hotel with a number of theatrical personalities. Soon after he unpacks his bags, an Australian acrobat is killed. Blame is placed at Formby's doorstep when the corpse is found in the room next to his.
60%
from 17 members
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He Snoops To Conquer
on DVD
(1944)
Starring: George Formby, Robertson Hare, Elizabeth Allan
Director: Marcel Varnel
Certificate: 
A pair of reporters from London come to investigate possible corruption in a town's postwar plans and are helped out by the unwitting handyman who is ordered to destroy some important housing forms to cover up the political scheming. An accident sends these forms flying in the wind.
50%
from 17 members
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Bell-Bottom George
on DVD
(1943)
Starring: George Formby, Anne Firth, Reginald Purdell
Director: Marcel Varnel
Certificate:
Navy club steward with low medical grade is turned down by the navy, but gets in by mistake when a sailor friend borrows his only suit of clothes and he is obliged to wear the sailor's uniform. Following a case of mistaken identity he becomes involved with enemy agents based in a taxidermists shop, ..read more »
67%
from 36 members
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Much Too Shy
on DVD
(1942)
Starring: George Formby, Joss Ambler, Kathleen Harrison
Director: Marcel Varnel
Certificate:
George Formby plays a handyman with a knack for handling the paint brush, a talent he pursues by painting portraits of heads minus the body because he lacks the boldness to have his models pose nude. In a commercial art class, fellow students add bodies to three of Formby's heads, creating trouble ..read more »
40%
from 11 members
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South American George
on DVD
(1941)
Starring: George Formby, Linden Travers, Felix Aylmer
Director: Marcel Varnel
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To help out his exact double, George Formby (in a dual role) takes the place of a noted South American tenor. This way he can help the opera star fulfill contract obligations and also win the heart of the man's lovely press agent, Linden Travers.
47%
from 15 members
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Trouble Brewing
on DVD
(1939)
Starring: George Formby, Googie Withers, Gus McNaughton
Director: Anthony Kimmins
Certificate:
From the late 1930s to the early 1940s George Formby was one of Britain’s best loved entertainers. An all singing, all dancing, slapstick comedy genius. Thanks to his far fetched plots and perfect comic timing in such films as Come On George, Let George Do It, Bell Bottom George, South American ..read more »
70%
from 79 members
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Keep Fit
on DVD
(1937)
Starring: George Formby, Kay Walsh, Guy Middleton
Director: Anthony Kimmins
Certificate:
Regal Stores is a hotbed of passion. A lonely barber, George, is secretly in love with pretty manicurist Joan. However, Joan only has eyes for the caddish Hector from the sports department. When a local newspaper decides to sponsor a Keep Fit competition, George tries to duck out - but Hector has ..read more »
60%
from 44 members
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Off The Dole
on DVD
(1935)
Starring: George Formby, Beryl Formby, Constance Shotter
Director: Arthur Mertz
Certificate:
In Off The Dole George Formby plays John Willie, a young, work shy smart alec who has spent four glorious years on the dole because he can't get a job in his own trade - selling calendars during leap years! Now, however, the Dole Office have had enough - and kick him out into the street!
58%
from 64 members
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No Limit
on DVD
(1935)
Starring: George Formby, Florence Desmond, Howard Douglas
Director: Anthony Kimmins, Monty Banks, Marcel Varnel
Certificate:
George Shuttleworth (Formby) is convinced that he has the talent to win the Isle of Man TT races, despite what his neighbours back home in Wigan may think. During the trials, the brakes go on George's bike, 'The Shuttleworth Snap', which he made himself. As a result, he breaks the TT lap record, ..read more »
73%
from 261 members
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George Formby - Ukulele Man
on DVD
Starring: George Formby
Certificate:
This terrific 1971 compilation is introduced by Eddie Waring and features George's most requested film clips and songs. 14 classic tunes, with motorbikes, cars and planes also show Gary Marsh, Ronald Shiner & cast members in hilarious escapades from his big hit films
62%
from 30 members
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Songs That Won The War
Starring: Bing Crosby, Glenn Miller, Judy Garland
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Offers a compilation of wartime musical moments. Tracks include: 'We'll Meet Again', 'Sally', 'Wish Me Luck', 'The White Cliffs Of Dover', 'As Time Goes By', 'Thanks For The Memory', and much more.
58%
from 108 members
Not currently released
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Boots! Boots!
on DVD
Starring: George Formby
Director: Bert Tracy
Certificate:
George Formby stars together with his wife Beryl in his very first feature film, a musical comedy that helped to launch him to stardom! George plays John Willie, the shoeshine boy at the posh Crestonian Hotel. He's a cheeky little man with no time for authority, a head full of dreams, a pocketful ..read more »
59%
from 134 members
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George Formby facts
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...Its been a long time coming but George Formby has finally arrived on dvd, and its been worth the wait.
No extras but thats to be expected for a source of its age. But what...
