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Monday, 30 January 2012

The Great Ealing Film Challenge 40: Let George Do It (1940)

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Way back at film 10 on this challenge ( Trouble Brewing ) I made the comment that it felt like ‘a live action Wallace & Gromit’ film ...
Wednesday, 25 January 2012

The Great Ealing Film Challenge 39: Whisky Galore! (1949)

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Apologies to those expecting the final George Formby film Let George Do It (1940), but that has been briefly postponed so that the blog ca...
Monday, 23 January 2012

The Great Ealing Film Challenge 38: Come on George (1939)

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Back to more traditional Formby fare here, with a tale of mistaken identity, innocent farcical characters, an underwritten female foil, a...
Friday, 20 January 2012

The Great Ealing Film Challenge 37: Turned Out Nice Again (1941)

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Okay, so I was a bit quick to say that all Formby films were the same. There are obvious similarities between them, but in Turned Out Nic...
Monday, 16 January 2012

The Great Ealing Film Challenge 36: Spare a Copper (1940)

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Reviewing George Formby films is a tricky business, not least because the ones I have seen have a strong familiarity and repetition to th...
Thursday, 12 January 2012

The Great Ealing Film Challenge 35: Touch and Go (1955)

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Never destined to be among Ealing’s more famous comedies, this light-hearted comic tale of the Fletcher family and the two days before th...
Monday, 9 January 2012

The Great Ealing Film Challenge 34: Davy (1957)

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Obviously designed as a showcase for 1950s British television and radio star Harry Secombe, Davy is a difficult film to love, with an of...
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