Feather Your Nest
| Feather Your Nest | |
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| Directed by | William Beaudine |
| Written by | Ivar Campbell Sheila Campbell Robert Edmunds Anthony Kimmins Austin Melford Val Valentine |
| Produced by | Basil Dean |
| Starring | George Formby Polly Ward Enid Stamp-Taylor Gilbert Russell |
| Cinematography | Gordon Dines Ronald Neame |
| Edited by | Ernest Aldridge |
| Music by | Ernest Irving |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Associated British |
Release date | March 1937 |
Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Feather Your Nest is a 1937 British musical comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring George Formby, Polly Ward and Enid Stamp-Taylor.[1] It was made at Ealing Studios.
Plot
A worker at a gramophone record factory surprisingly creates a hit song, "Leaning on a Lamp-post".
Cast
- George Formby - Willie Piper
- Polly Ward - Mary Taylor
- Enid Stamp-Taylor - Daphne Randall
- Val Rosing - Rex Randall
- Davy Burnaby - Sir Martin
- Jack Barty - Mr Chester
- Clifford Heatherley - Randall's valet
- Frederick Burtwell - Murgatroyd
- Ethel Coleridge - Mrs Taylor
- Jimmy Godden - Mr Higgins
- Moore Marriott - Mr Jenkins
- Syd Crossley - Police Constable
- Frank Perfitt - Studio manager
- Frederick Piper - Green
- Mike Johnson as Charlie
- Leonard Sharp as Mr. Peabody
- Harry Terry as Furniture Thief
- Hal Walters as Man Outside Furniture Shop
- Edie Martin as Blanche
- Tom Payne as Fortner
Critical reception
- Halliwell's Film Guide observed "the star in less farcical vein than usual" [2]
- TV Guide concluded, "not one of Formby's best films, but mildly enjoyable, nonetheless." [3]
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Perry, George. Forever Ealing. Pavilion Books, 1994.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
References
- ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | FEATHER YOUR NEST (1937)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
- ^ "Feather Your Nest". Georgeformby.co.uk. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
- ^ "Feather Your Nest Review". Movies.tvguide.com. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
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