With perhaps his nicest co-star Peggy Bryan (playing his wife,for once),a sweet ballad or two,and a fun story.Echos of Hindle Wakes in its setting. George is upwardly-mobile,and ambitious,so invests in a new super-yarn.Soon,the bailiffs arrive.Meanwhile,his wife has become a bottle-blond (looking like a you-know-what),but its up to her to save the day by becoming a travelling sales-lady. To my mind,this could well be Formby's best movie-forget Let George Do It! I know he wasn't the world's greatest actor,but he did a sight better than I would have done! Can be watched with Love on the Dole,Grapes of Wrath,and Gold-Diggers of 1933 for an evocation of the 1930s.
Review of Turned Out Nice Again
Turned Out Nice Again
(1941)
One of his best;to be watched again and again.
27 May 2005
Warning: Spoilers