Pratt, Vic. "Let George Do It! (1940)". Screenonline. British Film Institute . Retrieved 19 June 2014. Turned Out Nice Again (1941)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009 . Retrieved 10 March 2014. As of 2014 there are two public statues of Formby. The first, by the Manx artist Amanda Barton, is in Douglas, Isle of Man, and shows him leaning on a lamp-post and dressed in the motorcycle leathers of a TT racer. Barton was also commissioned to provide a second statue for the Lancashire town of Wigan, which was unveiled in September 2007 in the town's Grand Arcade shopping centre. [221] This article is about the ukulele player, singer and comedian. For his father (1875–1921), see George Formby Sr.

Centenary of the Borough of Douglas 1896-1996 Gordon N.Kniverton The Manx Experience pp109 ISBN 1-873120-21-4 Formby and Desmond disliked each other, with Formby calling her a "snotty-nosed little minx"; she thought he was a "dreadful, slobbering little oaf". [40] Kershaw, Baz (2007). Theatre Ecology: Environments and Performance Events. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-87716-9. George Formby Discography". The George Formby Society. Archived from the original on 30 May 2014 . Retrieved 28 May 2014.A ukulele player is mistaken for a British spy and unwittingly foils a plot by German intelligence agents. Richards considers that Formby "had been able to embody simultaneously Lancashire, the working classes, the people, and the nation"; [1] Geoff King, in his examination of film comedy, also sees Formby as an icon, and writes that "[Gracie] Fields and Formby gained the status of national as well as regional figures, without sacrificing their distinctive regional personality traits". [205] While the national aspect was important for success outside the north, "the Lancashire accent remained to enhance his homely comic appeal". [206] The media historian Brian McFarlane writes that, on film, Formby portrayed "essentially gormless incompetents, aspiring to various kinds of professional success... and even more improbably to a middle-class girlfriend, usually in the clutches of some caddish type with a moustache. Invariably he scored on both counts". [52] Other bikes that were used include a 350cc Ariel that had been flown to the Isle of Man, partly dismantled, in a de Havilland Dragon Rapide. [5] Stunts [ edit ]

Spare a Copper (1940)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009 . Retrieved 10 March 2014. The Times critic wrote in 1940: "the structure of Mr. George Formby's films do not alter very much, and the same blue-print that has done serviceable work in the past was taken out of its drawer for Spare a Copper". [3] Keep Fit (1937)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009 . Retrieved 10 March 2014. Beryl called one group of supporting actors "The Five Queens": Charles Farrell, Reginald Purdell, Peter Murray-Hill, Charles Hawtrey and Manning Whiley. [110]Formby's biographer, Jeffrey Richards, considers that the actor "had been able to embody simultaneously Lancashire, the working classes, the people, and the nation". [1] Formby was considered Britain's first properly home-grown screen comedian. He was an influence on future comedians—particularly Charlie Drake and Norman Wisdom—and, culturally, on entertainers such as the Beatles, who referred to him in their music. Since his death Formby has been the subject of five biographies, two television specials and two works of public sculpture.