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Boots! Boots! is a 1934 British comedy film directed by Bert Tracy and starring George Formby, Beryl Formby, and Arthur Kingsley. It was made by Blakeley's Productions, Ltd. (later Mancunian Films) at the Albany Studios in London. The premiere of the film was in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent.




Cast


George Formby as John Willie
Beryl Formby as Snooky
Arthur Kingsley as Hotel Manager
Tonie Forde as Chambermaid
Lilian Keyes as Lady Royston
Donald Read as Sir Alfred Royston
Constance Fletcher as Mrs Clifford
Betty Driver as Betty
Wallace Bosco as Mr Clifford
Myfanwy Southern as Reception Clerk
Bert Tracey as The Chef
Harry Hudson and his Orchestra as Themselves




Outline


Producer John E. Blakeley had no prior experience in film production; he had seen comedian George Formby doing his stage act and approached him to star in a feature film. Blakeley's modest studio was a one-room loft space above a taxi garage. The makeshift stage was not soundproofed, so whenever the crew members wanted to film a scene, they had to signal the garage to stop its noisy work below. The studio also had pictorial limitations, and could not replicate much more than simple room interiors (many scenes were staged in cramped corners). Thus the nightclub scenes in Boots! Boots! were filmed in near-darkness, hiding the absence of set decorations, with a single spotlight trained on the performer being photographed.
The film is a patchwork of songs and jokes tied to the misadventures of bumbling John Willie, played by Formby. ("John Willie" was a character made famous by Formby's father, George Formby Sr., in music halls of the early 1900s.) Despite the crude photography and recording, and the minuscule budget of £3,000, Boots! Boots! became an enormous hit. It was reissued in 1938, in a shortened 55-minute form, to capitalise on Formby's later fame; for six decades this abridged version was the only one in circulation, until an uncut, 80-minute print was located and restored for DVD release.




References






Bibliography


Richards, Jeffrey. The Age of the Dream Palace. Routledge & Kegan, 1984.




External links


Boots! Boots! at IMDb
Boots! Boots! at the George Formby Society

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