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Wikipedia article




'Feather Your Nest' is a 1937 British musical comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring George Formby, Polly Ward and Enid Stamp-Taylor.

Plot



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

Cast



* George Formby - Willie Piper

* Polly Ward - Mary Taylor

* Enid Stamp-Taylor - Daphne Randall

* Val Rosing - Rex Randall

* Davy Burnaby - Sir Martin

* Jack Barty - Mr Chester

* Clifford Heatherley - Randall's valet

* Frederick Burtwell - Murgatroyd

* Ethel Coleridge - Mrs Taylor

* Jimmy Godden - Mr Higgins

* Moore Marriott - Mr Jenkins

* Syd Crossley - Police Constable

* Frank Perfitt - Studio manager

* Frederick Piper - 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"

*'TV Guide' concluded, "not one of Formby's best films, but mildly enjoyable, nonetheless".

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.


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