British Comedy Guide
Feather Your Nest. Image shows from L to R: Willie Piper (George Formby), Mary Taylor (Polly Ward). Copyright: Associated Talking Pictures
Feather Your Nest

Feather Your Nest

  • 1937 film

Romantic comedy following an assistant at a record factory who needs just a small rise to afford to marry his fiancée. Stars George Formby, Polly Ward, Ethel Coleridge, Davy Burnaby, Jack Barty and more.

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Feather Your Nest trivia

Film censorship board the BBFC records the original 1937 duration of the film as 87 minutes and 1 second; although no edits are recorded, the 2014 DVD release runs to 78 minutes and 16 seconds. Allowing for the discrepancy of frame rate between film and video, this would suggest a screen duration of 81 and a half minutes, leaving 5-and-a-half minutes unaccounted for.

Feather Your Nest saw the debut of the song Leaning On A Lamp Post. Written by Noel Gay, it would become one of Formby's most popular and iconic songs.

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