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Awix (3310 KP) rated Spare a Copper (1940) in Movies

May 24, 2020

Spare a Copper (1940)

1940 | Comedy, Musical, Thriller

5.3

(3 Ratings)

Movie Rating

All of these George Formby movies from the early 40s are pretty much the same: Formby plays a well-meaning simpleton who manages to prove his worth to the war effort somehow, getting a girl who is really out of his league and performing a song or four along the way. There is inevitably some slapstick and a chase as well.

This one is about par for the course, although the musical numbers are not amongst Formby's best. The plot is a bit more tightly constructed than usual and the final sequence (concluding with Formby on the wall of death in a go-kart) is inventively put together. Passes the time.

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Isotope Geochemistry: The Origin and Formation of Manganese Rocks and Ores

Vladimir Kuleshov and J. Barry Maynard

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Isotope Geochemistry: The Origin and Formation of Manganese Rocks and Ores is a comprehensive...

Awix (3310 KP) rated Stars in Their Eyes in TV

May 31, 2020 (Updated May 31, 2020)

Stars in Their Eyes

1990 | Family, Game Show, Music

6.9

(14 Ratings)

TV Show Rating

Panto karaoke gameshow. Contestants are made up to resemble their favourite singers, whom they then impersonate. I always found that most of the entertainment value came from some of the so-called look-a-likes actually looking-nothing-a-like whoever they were supposed to be. Moments branded into my brain include an Xmas special featuring a group performance by 'George Formby', 'Benny Hill', and 'Rolf Harris', and an early show where someone performed as Janet Jackson in blackface. The horror, the horror.