Much Too Shy
Much Too Shy is a 1942 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring George Formby, Kathleen Harrison, Hilda Bayley and Eileen Bennett.[1] A simple handyman, who also is an amateur artist, gets into trouble when the head and shoulders portraits of some prominent local females are sold without his knowledge to an advertising agency and are published with nude bodies added to them. This is a rather talkative farce which somewhat restricts the star. However, there is an excellent supporting cast including radio star Jimmy Clitheroe (as George's brother), later "Carry On'" star Charles Hawtrey in an early role, stalwarts of British comedy Peter Gawthorne, and Kathleen Harrison and also featuring Joss Ambler, who is not quite his delightful irascible norm. The plot does not quite match Formby's earlier work.
The song "Andy the Handy Man" was written by Eddie Latta.
Cast
- George Formby – George Andy
- Kathleen Harrison – Amelia Peabody
- Hilda Bayley – Lady Driscoll
- Eileen Bennett – Jackie Somers
- Joss Ambler – Sir George Driscoll
- Jimmy Clitheroe – Jimmy
- Frederick Burtwell – Harefield
- Brefni O'Rorke – Somers
- Eric Clavering – Robert Latimer
- Gibb McLaughlin – Reverend Sheepshanks
- Peter Gawthorne – Counsel
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