Feather Your Nest

Feather Your Nest
Directed by	William Beaudine
Produced by	Basil Dean
Written by	Ivar Campbell Sheila Campbell Robert Edmunds Anthony Kimmins Austin Melford Val Valentine
Starring	George Formby Polly Ward Enid Stamp-Taylor Gilbert Russell
Music by	Ernest Irving
Cinematography	Gordon Dines Ronald Neame
Edited by	Ernest Aldridge
Production company	Associated Talking Pictures
Distributed by	Associated British
Release dates	March 1937
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Feather Your Nest is a 1937 British musical comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring George Formby, Polly Ward and Enid Stamp-Taylor. It was made at Ealing Studios.

Plot

A worker at a gramophone record factory surprisingly creates a hit song, "Leaning on a Lamp-post".

Cast

• George Formby - Willie Piper
• Polly Ward - Mary Taylor
• Enid Stamp-Taylor - Daphne Randall
• Val Rosing - Rex Randall
• Davy Burnaby - Sir Martin
• Jack Barty - Mr Chester
• Clifford Heatherley - Randall's valet
• Frederick Burtwell - Murgatroyd
• Ethel Coleridge - Mrs Taylor
• Jimmy Godden - Mr Higgins
• Moore Marriott - Mr Jenkins
• Syd Crossley - Police Constable
• Frank Perfitt - Studio manager
• Frederick Piper - Green
• Mike Johnson as Charlie
• Leonard Sharp as Mr. Peabody
• Harry Terry as Furniture Thief
• Hal Walters as Man Outside Furniture Shop
• Edie Martin as Blanche
• Tom Payne as Fortner

Critical reception

• Halliwell's Film Guide observed "the star in less farcical vein than usual"
• TV Guide concluded, "not one of Formby's best films, but mildly enjoyable, nonetheless."

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Perry, George. Forever Ealing. Pavilion Books, 1994.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

• Feather Your Nest at IMDb
• Feather Your Nest at GeorgeFormby.co.uk