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The George Formby Film Collection [DVD] [2009]

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The Tourist Trophy in Old Photographs Collected by Bill Snelling. pp121 Sutton Publishing ISBN 1-84015-059-9

Leng, Simon (2003). While My Guitar Gently Weeps: The Music of George Harrison. New York: Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 978-1-4234-0609-9.

Further information: George Formby on screen, stage, record and radio Formby in the early 1920s, when still playing John Willie It's in the Air (1938)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009 . Retrieved 10 March 2014. The Times critic wrote in 1940: "the structure of Mr. George Formby's films do not alter very much, and the same blue-print that has done serviceable work in the past was taken out of its drawer for Spare a Copper". [3] Formby appeared on stage in numerous variety and music hall performances, although no full record exists. He appeared in variety shows and concerts for troops with the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) during the Second World War, [4] as well as in regular winter pantomime in the 1950s, Babes in the Wood at the Liverpool Empire Theatre. [50] Stage credits of George Formby 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]

In the summer of 1942 Formby was involved in a controversy with the Lord's Day Observance Society, who had filed law suits against the BBC for playing secular music on Sunday. The society began a campaign against the entertainment industry, claiming all theatrical activity on a Sunday was unethical, and cited a 1667 law which made it illegal. With 60 leading entertainers already avoiding Sunday working, Dean informed Formby that his stance would be crucial in avoiding a spread of the problem. Formby issued a statement, "I'll hang up my uke on Sundays only when our lads stop fighting and getting killed on Sundays... as far as the Lord's Day Observance Society are concerned, they can mind their own bloody business. And in any case, what have they done for the war effort except get on everyone's nerves?" The following day it was announced that the pressure from the society was to be lifted. [105]

Smart, Sue; Bothway Howard, Richard (2011). It's Turned Out Nice Again!: The Authorized Biography of the Two George Formbys, Father and Son. Ely, Cambridgeshire: Melrose Books. ISBN 978-1-907732-59-1. Napper, Lawrence. "Dean, Basil (1888–1978)". Screenonline. British Film Institute . Retrieved 19 June 2014. Keep Fit (1937)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009 . Retrieved 10 March 2014.

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