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Formby in a dual role, impersonating an operatic tenor,
and fighting the required mad bull.
"The demand for dual characterization limits the star's opportunities
to be himself and he is less effective as somebody else" - Kimatograph
Weekly.
Brendan Ryan
Leslie Halliwell's Film Guide
An unsuccessful singer poses as a South American opera star.
Not among the star's best.
I can never accept George Formby with a moustache
and a "modern" haircut. And he just doesn't look right behind
that big ukulele/guitar. Enid Stamp-Taylor makes her second appearance
in a Formby production.
This was George's first release for the Columbia label and it isn't
a patch on the ATP productions.
Peter Pollard
SOUTH AMERICAN GEORGE
Columbia
Produced by: Marcel Varnel & Ben Henry
Writers: Leslie Arliss, Norman Lee and Austin Melford
Director: Marcel Varnel
Trade Show: November 28 1941; Released on: December 29 1941
CAST
George Formby, Linden Travers, Enid Stamp-Taylor, Jaques Brown,
Ronald Shiner, Felix Aylmer, Beatrice Varley, Herbert Lomas.
SONGS:
The Barmaid At The Rose & Crown (Formby/Arthurs)
Swing Mama (MacDougal)
I Played On My Spanish Guitar (Lyons)
La Donna E Mobile ("Rigoletto")
I'd Do It With A Smile (MacDougal)
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