| Much Too Shy | |
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| Directed by | Marcel Varnel |
| Written by | Walter Greenwood (screen adaptation) Michael Vaughan (additional scenes) John L. Arthur Jack S. Marks |
| Based on | original story by Ronald Frankau |
| Produced by | Marcel Varnel Ben Henry (associate producer) |
| Starring | George Formby Kathleen Harrison |
| Cinematography | Arthur Crabtree |
| Edited by | Max Brenner Kitty Spreckley |
| Music by | Harry Bidgood (uncredited) |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures Corporation (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | £140,919 (UK)[1] |
Much Too Shy is a 1942 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring George Formby, Kathleen Harrison, Hilda Bayley and Eileen Bennett.[2] The cast includes radio star Jimmy Clitheroe (as George's brother), later "Carry On'" star Charles Hawtrey, Peter Gawthorne and Joss Ambler.
Formby's featured songs are They Laughed When I Started to Play (Formby/Cliffe), Talking to the Moon About You (Day), Delivering the Morning Milk (Formby/Gifford/Cliffe) and Andy the Handy Man, written by Eddie Latta.[3]
- ^ James Chapman ‘The Billings verdict’: Kine Weekly and the British Box Office, 1936–62' Journal of British Cinema and Television, Volume 20 Issue 2, Page 200-238, p 211
- ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | MUCH TOO SHY (1942)". Archived from the original on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
- ^ "Much Too Shy".