"Actor: George Formby"

• Boots! Boots!/Off The Dole | DVD | (03/03/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  This unique DVD includes George Formbys first two films. Packed with songs in the inimitable Formby fashion (including the controversial Little Ukulele) and guest appearances by his wife Beryl this collection is essential viewing for all fans of Formby and British musicals!

• George in Civvy Street | DVD | (24/10/2011) from £2.89   |  Saving you £7.10 (245.68%)   |  RRP £9.99

  George Formby leaves us laughing in this, his final feature film now available on DVD for the very first time. A packed troopship pulls into port. George Harper (George Formby) is back in Blighty and just itching to get on with his life. After being de-mobbed, he and his dodgy pal Fingers (Ronald Shiner) head for George's family pub, The Unicorn, in the idyllic country Village of Tumbleford. The Unicorn has seen better days. The other pub in the village, The Lion, has stolen all the trade and now an unscrupulous banker and his crony are out to get George to sell up - by far means or foul. Worse still, The Lion's landlord wants to force George out too - because he's got designs on George's childhood sweetheart Mary (Rosalyn Boulter). Can George save his beloved pub... and will it 'all turn out nice again' one last time? A firm favourite with Formby fans and featuring the legendary Alice In Wonderland dream sequence.

• Get Cracking | DVD | (24/10/2011) from £3.39   |  Saving you £6.60 (194.69%)   |  RRP £9.99

  George Formby signs up for the Home Guard in this cracking wartime musical comedy which also starts Dinah Sheridan and Ronald Shiner! Watch out Adolf! George has signed up to so his patriotic duty with the Minor Wallop village Home Guard - and he's ready for you and your goose-steppers! There's only one minor problem - the Minor Wallop Home Guard are busy waging their own private war against the unit based in Major Wallop! When the rival Home Guard units are sent on battle manoeuvres, George launches his own unique style of commando raid against Major Wallop to steal a vital Vickers machine gun. The raid fails and so George and a little evacuee girl named Irene decide to fall back on 'Plan B' - to build their very own tank! One of George Formby's most popular film for Columbia studios.

• Remember The Stirling | DVD | (14/04/2008) from £21.02   |  Saving you £-8.03 (-61.80%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Eighteen feet longer than the Lancaster the Short Stirling was the first and largest of the RAF's wartime four-engine bombers. Although well over 2 000 Sterlings were built not one remains today! Throughout Europe the search is on for a wreck that might conceivably be restored. Unitl then Remeber The Sterling is the only way to really experience this important British Bomber! This DVD features rare and exclusive wartime footage as well as interviews with Surviving Stirling aircrew members!

• George Formby - Ukulele Man | DVD | (20/04/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  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.

• George Formby - Boots! Boots! | DVD | (15/01/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

  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 of songs and a heart full of love for the hotel's scullery maid (Beryl Formby). After causing more than his fair share of chaos at the hotel he finally gets the chance to redeem himself - and show off his hidden musical talents - when he finds himself topping the bill at the hotel's Gala Cabaret Night! For Formby fans this early performance features a host of moments to treasure including rare song performances - Why Don't Women Like Me? Sitting on the Ice in the Ice Rink and I Could Make a Good Living at That - George accompanying wife Beryl's tap routines on mouth organ and ukulele and a duet with Beryl on Baby. This special DVD edition has been extensively restored to include a number of 'lost' scenes originally cut from the film on its re-release in 1938. Among these is the musical number performed by a young Betty Driver (Coronation Street's Betty Turpin).

• South American George | DVD | (24/10/2011) from £5.38   |  Saving you £4.61 (46.10%)   |  RRP £9.99

  George Formby was Britain's biggest box office star when he signed on with Columbia to make this smashing musical comedy! Would you believe it - humble little George Butters (George Formby) is a dead ringer for the famous South American Tenor and opera star Gilli Vannetti! When Vannetti runs off, George boldly steps into his shoes and pretends to be the great man to save the day! There's just one snag - George can't sing opera... Adding to George's problems, he's being followed by two inept hit men - Swiftly and Slappy (Ronald Shiner and Alf Goddard) - and his falling hopelessly in love with Vannetti's personal assistant Miss Carole (Linden Travers)! George may not be able to sing opera - but he can certainly belt out a top comedy novelty number and South American George includes four great songs from Formby repertoire - Barmaid of the Rose & Crown, Swing Mama, My Spanish guitar and I'll Do It With A Smile.

• George Formby - Formby's Farewell | DVD | (30/03/2009) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-5.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  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 comic who brought laughter to millions of people around the world.

• There'll Always Be An England - All The Greatest Songs From The War Years | DVD | (07/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  This documentary combines snippets of tunes from the likes of Vera Lynn George Formby and Gracie Fields with newsreel footage of the Second World War. Relive the spirit of the Blitz and enjoy once again the songs that helped to lift British spirits when the chips were down.

• Capture Enigma - The True Story | DVD | (14/04/2008) from £13.05   |  Saving you £-0.06 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  During World War Two Britain's survival depended upon her Atlantic convoys. Stalking the convoys were 'Wulf Packs' of German U-boats engaged in a deadly game of cat and mouse with the convoy escorts and exacting a devastating toll on the defenceless merchantmen. The outcome of the entire war hung in the balance...

• Bell-Bottom George | DVD | (17/09/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Bell Bottom George