Feather Your Nest

Feather Your Nest
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	Associated Talking Pictures
Distributed by	Associated British Film Distributors
Release date	March 1937 (1937-03)
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. It contains Formby's signature tune, Leaning on a Lamp-post. ^[1]

Plot

A worker at a gramophone record factory surprisingly creates a hit song, "Leaning on a Lamp-post".

Cast

• George Formby as Willie Piper
• Polly Ward as Mary Taylor
• Enid Stamp-Taylor as Daphne Randall
• Val Rosing as Rex Randall
• Davy Burnaby as Sir Martin
• Jack Barty as Mr Chester
• Clifford Heatherley as Randall's valet
• Frederick Burtwell as Murgatroyd
• Ethel Coleridge as Mrs Taylor
• Jimmy Godden as Mr Higgins
• Moore Marriott as Mr Jenkins
• Syd Crossley as Police Constable
• Frank Perfitt as Studio manager
• Frederick Piper as 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

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

• Feather Your Nest at IMDb
• Feather Your Nest at GeorgeFormby.co.uk

References

1. "FEATHER YOUR NEST (1937)". BFI Film & TV Database. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
2. "Feather Your Nest". Georgeformby.co.uk. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
3. "Feather Your Nest Review". Movies.tvguide.com. Retrieved 22 February 2014.