''Turned Out Nice Again'' is a 1941 British

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directed by

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and starring the

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated ''Lancs'') is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Cumbria to the north, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, and the Irish Sea to ...

-born comedian

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. Made at

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, ''Turned Out Nice Again'' premiered at the London Pavilion Cinema on 29 June 1941. It was adapted from the 1939 play '' As You Are'' by Hugh Mills and Wells Root which had appeared in the West End in early 1940.

Plot

George Pearson, an employee at an underwear factory, is caught between his modern wife and his meddling mother. After buying a special yarn and getting his wife to promote it, he has an argument with his boss, Mr Dawson who insults Pearson's wife and refuses to apologise. Pearson then resigns. After finding out that the yarn is actually worth a fair amount, Mr Dawson tries to buy it from Pearson but he has some competition.

Cast

as George Pearson *

Peggy Bryan Margaret Eileen Bryan (3 January 1916 – 12 January 1996) was an English film and stage actress, born in Birmingham, England. She appeared in many films, including most notably as the screen wife of George Formby, Jr., George Formby in the ...

as Lydia Pearson * Edward Chapman as Uncle Arnold * Elliott Mason as Mrs Pearson * Mackenzie Ward as Gerald Dawson * O. B. Clarence as Mr Dawson * Ronald Ward as Nelson *

John Salew John Rylett Salew (28 February 1902 (some sources state 1 January 1897)14 September 1961) was an English stage film and TV actor. Salew made the transition from stage to films in 1939, and according to Allmovie, "the manpower shortage during W ...

as Largon *

Wilfrid Hyde-White Wilfrid Hyde-White (né Hyde White; 12 May 1903 – 6 May 1991) was an English actor. Described by Philip French as a "classic British film archetype", Hyde-White often portrayed droll and urbane upper-class characters. He had an extensive stage ...

as Removal man *

Hay Petrie David Hay Petrie (16 July 1895 – 30 July 1948) was a Scottish actor noted for playing eccentric characters, among them Quilp in ''The Old Curiosity Shop'' (1934), the McLaggen in '' The Ghost Goes West'' (1935) and Uncle Pumblechook in ''Grea ...

as Drunk * Michael Rennie as Diner

Songs

The songs performed by Formby in the film are: *"Auntie Maggies Remedy" (Formby/Latta) *"You Can't Go Wrong In These" (MacDougal) *" The Emperor Of Lancashire" (MacDougal) *"You're Everything To Me" (MacDougal)

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* 1941 films 1941 comedy films 1940s British films 1940s English-language films Associated Talking Pictures British black-and-white films British comedy films Ealing Studios films English-language comedy films Films directed by Marcel Varnel Films produced by Michael Balcon Films scored by Bretton Byrd Films scored by Ernest Irving Films set in England Films set in Lancashire Films set in London Films with screenplays by Basil Dearden {{1940s-UK-comedy-film-stub