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John Willie (George) arrives at the Labour
Exchange to collect his dole, but he is told that since he doesn't
seem to have made any serious effort to get work, he is "off
the dole". However, his uncle reluctantly entrusts him with the
management of his detective agency. There follows a confused plot
ending with the capture of the 'baddies'. The whole is interspersed
with songs from George of course, a children's choir, and Dan Young
is allowed to sing "The Nearer The Bone, The Sweeter The Meat".
Great efforts are made to introduce the ukulele naturally into the
plot. In one scene George asks his mother, "Did you have the
broken string replaced on my ukulele?" which, of course, is a
cue for a song. George's second film for John E. Blakeley
met with at least the same success as the previous one with queue's
stretching right around the cinemas, certainly in the North of England.
George plays a character totally different to the one he would adopt
for the rest of his film career. Two other big favourites, "I Promised to Be Home By Nine-O-Clock" and "I'm Going To Stick To My Mother" were never recorded to disc but both songs are still very popular at the Formby Society Conventions. This was the last film in which Beryl
played a 'on screen' role although she would never be far from George's
side OFF THE DOLE Leslie Halliwell's Film Guide: Artless comedy shot on a minuscule budget. It helped to make George Formby a star. OFF THE DOLE CAST: SONGS::
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