Turned Out Nice Again

1941 film by Marcel Varnel

Ernest Irving
Eddie Latta
Bretton Byrd

Production
companies

Associated Talking Pictures
Ealing Studios

Distributed by

Ealing Distribution (UK)
United Artists (UK)

Release date

29 June 1941 (1941-06-29)

Running time

81 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

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

Made at Ealing Studios, Turned Out Nice Again premiered at the London Pavilion Cinema on 29 June 1941.^[1]

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

George Formby as George Pearson
Peggy Bryan as Lydia Pearson
Edward Chapman as Uncle Arnold
Elliott Mason as Mrs Pearson
Mackenzie Ward as Gerald Dawson
O. B. Clarence as Mr Dawson
Ronald Ward as Nelson
John Salew as Largon
Wilfrid Hyde-White as Removal man
Hay Petrie as Drunk
Michael Rennie as Diner

Songs

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

"Auntie Maggies Remedy" (Formby/Latta)
"You Can't Go Wrong In These" (MacDougal)
"The Emperor Of Lancashire" (MacDougal)
"You're Everything To Me" (MacDougal)

References

Notes

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

Citations

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

External links

Turned Out Nice Again at IMDb

Films directed by Marcel Varnel

The Silent Witness (1932)
Chandu the Magician (1932)
Infernal Machine (1933)
Freedom of the Seas (1934)
Girls Will Be Boys (1934)
Royal Cavalcade (1935)
Dance Band (1935)
The Loves of Madame Dubarry (1935)
No Monkey Business (1935)
Public Nuisance No. 1 (1936)
All In (1936)
Good Morning, Boys (1937)
O-Kay for Sound (1937)
Oh, Mr Porter! (1937)
Convict 99 (1938)
Alf's Button Afloat (1938)
Hey! Hey! USA (1938)
Old Bones of the River (1938)
Ask a Policeman (1939)
Where's That Fire? (1939)
The Frozen Limits (1939)
Band Waggon (1940)
Let George Do It! (1940)
Neutral Port (1940)
Gasbags (1941)
The Ghost of St. Michael's (1941)
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I Thank You (1941)
South American George (1941)
Hi Gang! (1941)
Much Too Shy (1942)
King Arthur Was a Gentleman (1942)
Get Cracking (1943)
Bell-Bottom George (1944)
He Snoops to Conquer (1944)
I Didn't Do It (1945)
George in Civvy Street (1946)
This Man Is Mine (1946)

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