Keep Your Seats, Please (1936)
Despite being on his uppers, George is still prepared to pawn his beloved banjo in order to help his girlfriend save her niece from the orphanage. Help seems to be at hand when George is left a fortune by his old auntie, but unfortunately his inheritance is hidden inside a chair which has already been auctioned off! Can George and his chums track down his rightful due before his grasping solicitor (Alastair Sim, in an early film appearance) snatches the lot? It's hard to say, but he still finds time to perform both the title song and the classic 'When I'm Cleaning Windows'.
Director:
Monty Banks
Writers:
Thomas J. Geraghty, Anthony Kimmins.
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George Formby as George Withers |
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Florence Desmond as Florrie |
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Alastair Sim as A. S. Drayton |
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May Whitty as Aunt Georgina Withers |
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Enid Stamp-Taylor as Madame Louise |
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Gus McNaughton as Max |
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Harry Tate as Auctioneer |
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Tom Payne as Man from Child Welfare |
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Beatrix Fielden-Kaye as Woman from Child Welfare |
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Clifford Heatherley as Dr. G. Wilberforce |
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Binkie Stuart as Binkie |
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Hal Gordon as Sailor |
| Directing | Monty Banks | Director |
| Editing | Jack Kitchin | Supervising Editor |
| Sound | Paul F. Wiser | Sound Engineer |
| Writing | Yevgeni Petrov | Novel |
| Writing | Ilya Ilf | Novel |
| Camera | John W. Boyle | Director of Photography |
| Art | R. Holmes Paul | Art Direction |
| Writing | Thomas J. Geraghty | Screenplay |
| Production | Basil Dean | Producer |
| Writing | Anthony Kimmins | Screenplay |
