Keep Your Seats, Please
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| Directed by | Monty Banks |
| Produced by | Basil Dean |
| Written by |
Ilya Ilf (novel) Yevgeny Petrov (novel) Anthony Kimmins Thomas J. Geraghty Ian Hay |
| Starring |
George Formby Florence Desmond Alastair Sim Gus McNaughton Binkie Stuart |
| Music by | Ernest Irving |
| Cinematography | John W. Boyle |
| Edited by | Jack Kitchin |
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| Distributed by | Associated British |
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Release date
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1 August 1936 |
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Running time
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82 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Keep Your Seats, Please is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring George Formby, Florence Desmond and Alastair Sim. It marked the film debut of the child star Binkie Stuart. The film was made by Associated Talking Pictures at their Ealing Studios.
The film follows a farcical plot based on the Russian satirical novel The Twelve Chairs by Ilya Ilf and Yevgeni Petrov. The film features Formby's signature tune, "The Window Cleaner".
George Withers learns he is supposed to inherit some valuable jewels from his aunt, and enlists the aid of his dubious lawyer to ensure he gets them. It transpires the stones are hidden in the lining of one of six antique chairs, and his aunt has left instructions for her nephew to purchase the chairs at auction. But unfortunately they are sold separately, as he arrives too late to bid.
Sky Movies wrote, "Formby's on form - especially singing Keep Your Seats, Please and When I'm Cleaning Windows - Florence Desmond's a much stronger leading lady that George usually had, and Alastair Sim made one of his first major impacts in films as the unscrupulous lawyer who also has his beady eye on the hidden fortune."
Keep Your Seats, Please at the Internet Movie Database
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