"Actor: George Formby"

• Ealing Studios Rarities Collection: Volume 14 | DVD | (25/08/2014) from £7.81   |  Saving you £7.18 (91.93%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A global byword for cinematic quality of a quintessentially British nature Ealing Studios made more than 150 films over a three decade period. A cherished and significant part of British film history only selected films from both the Ealing and Associated Talking Pictures strands have previously been made available on home video format - with some remaining unseen since their original theatrical release. The Ealing Rarities Collection redresses this imbalance - featuring new transfers from the best available elements in their correct aspect ratio this multi-volume collection showcases a range of scarce films from both Basil Dean's and Michael Balcon's tenure as studio head making them available once more to the general public. LONELY ROAD (1936) On a drunken drive to the coast an ex-naval officer interrupts what he believes to be a smuggling operation and informs Scotland Yard... Black and White / 70 mins / 1.33:1 / Mono / English THE WATER GIPSIES (1932) A.P. Herbert's famous tale about a girl living on a Thames barge and her love for a local artist. Black and White / 74 mins / 1.33:1 / Mono / English THE SIGN OF FOUR (1932) Arthur Wontner stars in the classic Sherlock Holmes mystery in which an ex-convict seeks revenge on a man who failed to honour his word. Black and White / 74 mins / 1.33:1 / Mono / English FEATHER YOUR NEST (1937) Unseen since its original theatrical release this George Formby vehicle stars George as a gramophone record factory worker who creates a hit song. Black and White / 78 mins / 1.33:1 / Mono / English

• Viking Queen | DVD | (07/05/2007) from £8.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (77.86%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A lively mixture of action and comedy with George Formby starring as a chimney sweep's assistant who has dreams of winning the Isle Of Man TT Races.

• The George Formby Film Collection | DVD | (01/11/2010) from £24.95   |  Saving you £-11.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Rediscover the magic of 'The Ukulele Man' himself - George Formby - with seven of his very finest films! George Formby was Britain's biggest box office star when he moved to Columbia Studios to make these seven fabulous comedy musicals - full of hit songs and packed with daft and inspired comedy in the true Formby style! Finally released from the films vaults and digitally remastered for optimum sound and picture quality, these seven films are now available to own for the very first time in one very special DVD box set! Films: South American George (1941) Much Too Shy (1942) Get Cracking (1943) Bell Bottom George (1944) He Snoops To Conquer (1945) I Didn't Do It (1945) George In Civvy Street (1946)

• George Formby Collection Vol.1 | DVD | (07/05/2007) from £27.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (42.87%)   |  RRP £39.99

  The archetypal cheeky chappie delivers a fabulous box set packed with 5 of his finest films. Films Comprise: 1. No Limit (1936) 2. Keep Fit (1937) 3. I See Ice (1938) 4. Turned Out Nice Again (1941) 5. Let George Do It (1940)

• He Snoops to Conquer | DVD | (24/10/2011) from £3.29   |  Saving you £6.70 (203.65%)   |  RRP £9.99

  George Fomby is joined by Robertson Hare in this fabulous 194s British Musical comedy, available for the very first time on DVD. The war is over and it's time to build a better Britain - but not if the crooks on Tangleton Town Council have their way! Knocking down Tangleton's slums will ruin their business interests. When Council tea boy George Gribble (George Formby) is employed to go door-to-door filing in a council survey, he uncovers just how poor and unhappy the townspeople are - and the Council have to bury the results. He also gets to meet the eccentric and reclusive inventor Sir Timothy Stawbridge (Robertson Hare) - a meeting that results in wanton destruction with a mechanised road sweeper, a spot of house breaking and a furious police chase! When news gets out that the survey has been hushed up, the townspeople want George's blood - and the only way he can set things right is to team up with Sir Timothy's beautiful daughter and take on all the bigwigs from the council!

• Songs That Won The War | DVD | (02/05/2005) from £19.78   |  Saving you £-3.79 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  This DVD goes back to the days of Second World War Britain and - through original artist performance movie and newsreel footage - brings to life the songs that lifted the spirit of a nation. To add to the authenticity Dame Vera Lynn presents this wonderful DVD. Includes the classics: We'll Meet Again / Sally / Wish Me Luck / As You Wave Goodbye / The White Cliffs Of Dover / As Time Goes By / Thanks For The Memory / And many more...

• Funny Up North: The History Of Northern Comedy | DVD | (31/10/2011) from £6.77   |  Saving you £6.22 (91.88%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The North of England has always enjoyed it's own very particular brand of comedy, best seen today in Coronation Street.80 years ago however Mancunian Studios produced feature films for the northern masses. Funny Up North tells the story of the Mancunian Studios, it's eccentric owner John E Blakely and it's cavalcade of stars including such household names as Arthur Askey, Jimmy Jewell, George Formby and the legendary Frank Randle. Hosted by Professor Chris Lee, the authority on Northern Cinema, Funny Up North takes you on a journey from it's humble beginnings to it's sad demise in the 1960's. It's reet good!

• Trouble Brewing | DVD | (27/04/2009) from £12.98   |  Saving you £6.00 (60.06%)   |  RRP £15.99

  George Formby plays a newspaper compositor with dreams of becoming a detective. He unmasks a gang of counterfeiters after a big win on the horses unfortunately he is paid off in counterfeit bills. To avoid the long arm of the law Formby sets about collaring the crooks himself whose leader also happens to be the newspapers editor.

• Keep Fit | Blu Ray | (16/03/2020) from £15.00   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  One of the successful run of pre-war Ealing comedies that secured George Formby's enduring popularity with the British public, Keep Fit sees everyone's favourite gawp trying, once again, to win the girl of his dreams! It is presented here as a brand-new High Definition remaster from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. Gormless George, a feeble department store barber's assistant, has a thing for attractive manicurist Joan. Hector, his rival for Joan's attention, is a handsome, moustache-sporting man-about-town who is no stranger to playing dirty tricks. When scrawny George becomes mistakenly involved in a local fitness campaign, he finds himself competing against the caddish Hector for his true love's affections! Special Feature: Extensive image gallery

• Keep Your Seats, Please | DVD | (22/06/2009) from £10.35   |  Saving you £5.64 (54.49%)   |  RRP £15.99

  An eccentric old lady decides the best way to pass on her fortune to her idiot nephew and keep it safe from her rapacious relatives is to hide it in a chair and get the nephew to buy it at auction. How could such a simple plan go wrong?

• It's in the Air | Blu Ray | (15/02/2021) from £9.41   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  One of the successful run of pre-war Ealing comedies that secured George Formby's enduring popularity with the British public, It's in the Air finds everyone's favourite gawp fulfilling his dream of joining the RAF though, of course, he does it the hard way! Partly filmed at the famous London Air Park, it co-stars Polly Ward, Jack Hobbs, Garry Marsh and Hal Gordon and is presented here as a brand-new High Definition transfer from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. Hapless George's dreams of flying are continually thwarted, and when he's even rejected for a job as an Air Raid Warden he sneakily tries on his brother-in-law's RAF despatch rider uniform. Finding an urgent communiqué in its pockets he decides to deliver it himself... and ends up with his head in the clouds though not in the way he'd expected!

• Golden Years Of British Comedy | DVD | (06/06/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A hilarious collection of the best of British comedy from the 1940s to the 1960s. Highlighting the classic moments in comedy these DVD's include rare concert footage extended television clips renowed comedy scenes and seldom seen sitcoms. From the days of radio stars and music hall performers such as Arthur Askey and George Formby to the television era and stars such as John Cleese Benny Hill and Peter Cook and Dudley Moore this series has it all. A must for any fan of British c

• Trouble Brewing | Blu Ray | (19/10/2020) from £8.05   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  One of the successful run of pre-war Ealing comedies that secured George Formby's enduring popularity with the British public, Trouble Brewing sees everyone's favourite gawp turn amateur detective when he's swindled out of his racing winnings! Co-starring Googie Withers, Gus McNaughton, Martita Hunt and Ronald Shiner, it is presented here as a High Definition remaster from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. Feeble George, a newspaper compositor with delusions of being a detective, wins big at the races. But when he changes his three tenners down to more manageable fivers he's slipped counterfeit notes. Suitably annoyed, George puts his sleuthing skills to the test and goes undercover!

• Keep Fit | DVD | (05/04/2010) from £16.18   |  Saving you £-0.19 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Keep Fit

• World War II - The British Movietone Newsreel Years | DVD | (21/09/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Hungry for news during World War II people flocked to cinemas to watch British Movietone News cover both the home front and overseas. For the first time many of these news reels have been remastered for this special Collector’s Edition - with some unseen since the war. Sometimes heroic sad or hilarious; this collection is a testament of British spirit and humour that will delight those who lived through it and also younger generations learning about this major event in British history.

• Golden Years Of British Comedy - 40s/50s/60s | DVD | (09/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A hilarious collection of the best of British comedy from the 1940s to the 1960s. Highlighting the classic moments in comedy these DVD's include rare concert footage extended television clips renowed comedy scenes and seldom seen sitcoms. From the days of radio stars and music hall performers such as Arthur Askey and George Formby to the television era and stars such as John Cleese Benny Hill and Peter Cook and Dudley Moore this series has it all. A must for any fan of British comedy. 1940's:Comedians featured include: Tommy Trinder Jimmy Jewell Jack Warner Sandy Powell Max Miller George Formby Terry-Thomas Arthur Askey Arthur Lucan & Kitty McShane Flanagan & Allen The Crazy Gang Nauton Wayne & Basil Radford and Stanley Holloway. 1950's:Features comedy greats: Dick Emery Thora Hird Frankie Howerd Sid James Spike Milligan Bob Monkhouse Eric Morecambe Peter Sellers Terry-Thomas and many many more... 1960's:Starring much loved comedians: Bob Monkhouse The Two Ronnies John Cleese Tommy Cooper Norman Wisdom Wilfred Brambell Harry H. Corbett Peter Cook Dudley Moore Marty Feldman Tony Hancock Sid James Eric Morecambe Eric Sykes and Ernie Wise to name but a few!

• Much Too Shy | DVD | (24/10/2011) from £2.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (70.10%)   |  RRP £9.99

  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 for him.

• I Didn't Do It | DVD | (24/10/2011) from £2.76   |  Saving you £7.23 (261.96%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Gormless George Trotter (George Formby) moves down from Manchester to the bright lights of London in search of fame and fortune on the stage - only to find himself the prime suspect in a bizarre murder mystery! While staying at Ma Tubbs' theatrical boarding house, a man is murdered in the room right next door to George. When George tries to solve the mystery, he ends up presenting the police with a whole load of clues - all of which point to him as the culprit! Now George must uncover the real murderer himself, which the help of his showbiz friends, his little Ukulele and a fiendishly cunning song! This delightful comedy musical includes three full-length musical numbers - The Darling Young Man, She's Got Two of Everything and I'd Like a Dream Like That.

• You Must Remember This: Classic Songs from World War Two | DVD | (05/10/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  You Must Remember This is a musical journey through wartime Britain. Remembering songs from the radio from dance bands and music halls from the popular films of the period and from ENSA tours that took British entertainers to the troops this film aims to recapture the spirit of the World War II years through their music and songs. It includes information about the legendary entertainers of the era told through a subtitled narrative along with extracts from the songs they made famous. These songs moving and inspiring in equal measure allow a glimpse into a world at war and the heroic effort of the British people that eventually brought victory and peace.

• Bell-bottom George | DVD | (24/10/2011) from £5.00   |  Saving you £4.99 (49.90%)   |  RRP £9.99

  George Formby joins the Royal Navy and tackles a devious Nazi spy ring in this classic wartime comedy musical! George Blake (George Formby) is desperate to join the navy and to do his bit in fighting against Hitler. The trouble is, the navy doesn't want him! It looks like George will see out the war as a steward at the Senior Service Club - until fate takes a hand! During an air raid blackout, he accidentally puts on the naval uniform of one of his chums - and before he knows it, everyone thinks he's a fully-fledged matelot. New, George must keep up the pretence, because he's terrified of being considered a German spy! Meanwhile, real German spies are desperate to sink a new U-boat hunting warship and when George blunders across their cunning plans he finds himself in even hotter water!