Come on George (1939)
British Writer/director Anthony Kimmins was willing to expand his range from drawing room comedy to the "low" humors of the provincial music halls. Kimmins' Come on George is an unadorned vehicle for toothy, ukelele-strumming North Country comedian George Formby. Formby plays a somewhat overage stableboy who is the only person able to calm a jittery race horse. In the foregone conclusion, Formby rides the horse to victory. Come on George was a product of George Formby's peak movie years; after the war he suffered a professional eclipse and was back making the cheap programmers (vide George in Civvy Street) whence he had started his cinematic career. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Director(s):
- Anthony Kimmins
Synopsis of Come on George
British Writer/director Anthony Kimmins was willing to expand his range from drawing room comedy to the "low" humors of the provincial music halls. Kimmins' Come on George is an unadorned vehicle for toothy, ukelele-strumming North Country comedian George Formby. Formby plays a somewhat overage stableboy who is the only person able to calm a jittery race horse. In the foregone conclusion, Formby rides the horse to victory. Come on George was a product of George Formby's peak movie years; after the war he suffered a professional eclipse and was back making the cheap programmers (vide George in Civvy Street) whence he had started his cinematic career. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Come on George
- Joss Ambler - Sir Charles Bailey
- Syd Crossley - Police Constable
- Hal Gordon - Stableboy
- James Hayter - Banker
- Gibb McLaughlin - Dr. MacGregor
- Ronald Shiner - Nat
- George Formby - George
- George Carney - Sgt. Johnson
- Meriel Forbes - Monica Bailey
- George "Gabby" Hayes - Bannerman
- Patricia Kirkwood - Ann Johnson
- Cyril Raymond - Jimmy Taylor
- C. Denier Warren - Barker
- Davy Burnaby - Col. Bollinger
- Director(s):
- Anthony Kimmins
- Writer(s):
- Anthony Kimmins, Val Valentine, Leslie Arliss
- Producer(s):
- Jack Kitchin
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