Turned Out Nice Again

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Turned Out Nice Again
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Screenshot of George Formby, Peggy Bryan and Elliott Mason
Directed by Marcel Varnel
Written by(screenplay) Basil Dearden, John Dighton, Austin Melford
Based on As You Are
by Hugh Mills and Wells Root
Produced by Michael Balcon & Basil Dearden
Starring George Formby
Music by
Production
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Distributed by
Release date
  • 29 June 1941 (1941-06-29)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Turned Out Nice Again is a 1941 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring the Lancashire-born comedian George Formby.

Contents

Made at Ealing Studios, Turned Out Nice Again premiered at the London Pavilion Cinema on 29 June 1941. [1] It was adapted from the 1939 play As You Are by Hugh Mills and Wells Root which had appeared in the West End in early 1940.

Plot

George Pearson, an employee at an underwear factory, is caught between his modern wife and his meddling mother. After buying a special yarn and getting his wife to promote it, he has an argument with his boss, Mr Dawson who insults Pearson's wife and refuses to apologise. Pearson then resigns. After finding out that the yarn is actually worth a fair amount, Mr Dawson tries to buy it from Pearson but he has some competition. [2]

Cast

Songs

The songs performed by Formby in the film are: [3] [a]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Formby's song "Turned Out Nice Again" does not feature in the film.

Citations

  1. ↑ "A New Formby Film". The Guardian. 26 June 1941. p. 6.
  2. ↑ "Turned Out Nice Again (1941)". BFI screenonline. British Film Institute. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Turned Out Nice Again". The George Formby Society. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
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