Bell Bottom George

BellBottom George is a 1943 black and white British comedy musical film, directed by Marcel Varnel, starring George Formby and Anne Firth. Another wartime flagwaver for Formby, it features the songs, Swim Little Fish, It Serves You Right, If I Had A Girl Like You and Bell Bottom George. Future Carry On star Charles Hawtrey appears in a small role.

George Blake Formby is a waiter with ambitions to join the Navy, although hes been rejected several times, because of a weak heart. But during an air raid hes mistaken for a sailor because hes wearing the clothes of a navy friend whos borrowed his to go to a Lockin at a pub. George is spotted by military police who think he is AWOL and escort him back to Naval barracks. He impresses the sailors there with his songs and ukulele playing, and is recruited to play at the Spick and Span troop radio concert in London. Somehow, along the way, he stumbles on a group of Nazi spies using a taxidermists shop as a front, and foils their plot to blow up a British submarine, The Firefly. He also impresses and wins the heart of Pat Anne Firth, the Wren hes fallen for. Halliwells Film Guide called it a formula star comedy, too long and too familiar TV Guide said, an overlong launching for an unseaworthy production while The Spinning Image said, there are a few laughs to be had. ........

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