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Keep Your Seats, Please!

  • 1936
  • 1h 22m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
280
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George Formby in Keep Your Seats, Please! (1936)
ComedyMusical

A fortune in gems is hidden in one of six chairs, and it's up to the prospective heir to find it.A fortune in gems is hidden in one of six chairs, and it's up to the prospective heir to find it.A fortune in gems is hidden in one of six chairs, and it's up to the prospective heir to find it.

  • Director
    • Monty Banks
  • Writers
    • Thomas J. Geraghty
    • Ian Hay
    • Ilya Ilf
  • Stars
    • George Formby
    • Florence Desmond
    • Gus McNaughton
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    280
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Monty Banks
    • Writers
      • Thomas J. Geraghty
      • Ian Hay
      • Ilya Ilf
    • Stars
      • George Formby
      • Florence Desmond
      • Gus McNaughton
    • 12User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    George Formby
    George Formby
    • George Withers
    Florence Desmond
    Florence Desmond
    • Florrie
    Gus McNaughton
    Gus McNaughton
    • Max
    Alastair Sim
    Alastair Sim
    • A. S. Drayton
    Harry Tate
    Harry Tate
    • Auctioneer
    Enid Stamp-Taylor
    Enid Stamp-Taylor
    • Madame Louise
    Hal Gordon
    Hal Gordon
    • Sailor
    Tom Payne
    • Man from Child Welfare
    Beatrix Fielden-Kaye
    • Woman from Child Welfare
    Clifford Heatherley
    Clifford Heatherley
    • Dr. G. Wilberforce
    Binkie Stuart
    • Binkie
    Mae Bacon
    • Minor role
    • (uncredited)
    Harvey Braban
    Harvey Braban
    • Detective Jones
    • (uncredited)
    Ethel Coleridge
    • Spinster
    • (uncredited)
    Syd Crossley
    Syd Crossley
    • Bus Conductor
    • (uncredited)
    Maud Gill
    Maud Gill
    • Fannie Tidmarsh
    • (uncredited)
    Jimmy Godden
    • X-Ray Doctor
    • (uncredited)
    Mike Johnson
    • Mr. O'Flaherty
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Monty Banks
    • Writers
      • Thomas J. Geraghty
      • Ian Hay
      • Ilya Ilf
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    • Trivia
      Producer Basil Dean argued against Monty Banks using Binkie Stuart for Florrie's niece, thinking her too young and inexperienced (she had come to fame at age two by winning the "Daily Mail"'s "London's Most Beautiful Baby" competition) to be able to carry off the part believably. The director ignored him, setting the child off on a brief run as the UK's answer to Shirley Temple.
    • Goofs
      "Is that the one?" asks Max of a chair at Dr Wilberforce's surgery - despite the fact that he has already seen one of the set at Madame Louise's vocal school.
    • Connections
      Featured in Shepperton Babylon (2005)
    • Soundtracks
      Keep Your Seats, Please!
      (uncredited)
      Written by George Formby, Harry Gifford & Fred E. Cliffe
      Performed by George Formby

    User reviews12

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    5/10

    Early star vehicle

    KEEP YOUR SEATS, PLEASE! Is an early Ealing comedy starring George Formby, and it's most notable for being the one where he sings his most famous ukelele song, 'When I'm Cleaning Windows', in a scene randomly shoehorned into the narrative. That set-piece is indeed the highlight of the movie, but the rest is amiable enough, a typical character-focused comedy about a hidden inheritance and some unscrupulous villains trying to get their hands on it. Formby is certainly an acquired taste but I found him quite likeable in a goofy way in this one, and you do get the treat of an early Alistair Sim role where the actor plays - what else? - a villain.
    • Leofwine_draca
    • Dec 30, 2023
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    • Release date
      • March 15, 1937 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Snurren direkt
    • Filming locations
      • ATP Studios, Ealing, London, England, UK(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Associated Talking Pictures (ATP)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 22 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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