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Boots! Boots!. Image shows from L to R: John 'Boots' Willie (George Formby), Snooky the Scullery-maid (Beryl Formby)
Boots! Boots!

Boots! Boots!

  • 1934 film

George Formby's first film, set in an upmarket hotel. Also features Beryl Formby, Arthur Kingsley, Tonie Forde, Lillian Keyes, Donald Reid and more.

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Boots! Boots!. Image shows from L to R: Marie the Chambermaid (Tonie Forde), John 'Boots' Willie (George Formby)

Key details

Genre
Film
Released
1934
Stars
George Formby, Beryl Formby, Arthur Kingsley, Tonie Forde, Lillian Keyes, Donald Reid, Constance Fletcher, Wallace Boscoe and more
Writers
Jack Cotterill and George Formby
Director
Bert Tracey
Producer
John E. Blakeley
Company

At the upmarket Crestonia Hotel, boot-scrubber John Willie is a cheery but error-prone worker.

Under the stern management of his boss, 'Boots' is constantly facing reprimands and ever-more tasks; and although he has quite the soft spot for kitchen worker Snooky, has proved equally constantly unlucky in love and hasn't the nerve to confess his feelings!

With some encouragement from match-making chambermaid Marie, John attempts to make his intentions more plain - and luckily, following a similar chat, it's apparent that Snooky feels the same for him. However, their boss - and the odd colleague - is not going to make life easy; nor are the guests, with a constant stream of demands and drains on their time.

As the Crestonia prepares for one of its gala cabaret nights, things for both John and Snooky take a decided upward turn: one of the regular acts has pushed their fiery artistic temperament to the limit, leaving the hotel manager in the lurch. He's normally on the warpath when he comes into contact with Boots, but upon hearing his amateur ukulele playing and Snooky's accompanying dance, it seems redemption may be in sight!

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Additional details

UK certificate
U
Duration
71 minutes
UK release
Monday 2nd July 1934
Distributors

Butcher's Film Service

Production
Studio
Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Black and white

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Broadcast details

Most recent repeats
  • Tuesday 27th December 2016 at 6:00am on TPTV
  • Tuesday 11th October 2016 at 10:25am on TPTV
  • Wednesday 27th July 2016 at 3:30am on TPTV

Recording details

  • Albany Studios

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