It's Turned Out Nice Again!: The Authorized Biography of the Two George Formbys, Father and Son

It's Turned Out Nice Again!: The Authorized Biography of the Two George Formbys, Father and Son
ISBN-10
1907732594
ISBN-13
9781907732591
Category
Comedians
Pages
328
Language
English
Published
2011
Publisher
Melrose Book Company
Authors
Sue Smart, Richard Bothway Howard

Description

They were Music Hall aristocracy. George Formby senior was the first Northern comedian to gain a national reputation. The great Marie Lloyd maintained there were only two performers she would turn out to see - and he was one of them. His story of rags to respectability hid a secret he took with him to the grave.

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