Marcel Varnel — Director (13)
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Turned Out Nice Again (1941)
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Marcel Varnel actor: George Formby / Peggy Bryan …
other title: Georges roi de la mode / Glück muß man haben
George Pearson, an employee at an underwear factory, is caught between his modern wife and his meddling mother. After buying a special yarn and getting his wife to promote it, he has an argument with his boss, Mr Dawson who insults Pearson's wife and refuses to apologise. Pearson then resigns. After finding out that the yarn is actually worth a fair amount, Mr Dawson tries to buy it from Pearson but he has some competition.
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All In! (1936)
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马塞尔·瓦内尔 actor: Ralph Lynn / Sydney Fairbrother …
other title: All In
Archie Slott inherits a successful racing stable from his dissolute uncle, but his sanctimonious aunt tries to convince him to sell it off. In an attempt to avoid doing so, he accidentally buys a failing all-in wrestling stadium as well. Now Archie is faced with the tasks of ensuring success for his stable's Derby entry, paying the salaries of his newly-acquired wrestlers, and avoiding a plot to convert the stables into a holiday home.
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Oh, Mr. Porter! (1937)
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Marcel Varnel actor: Will Hay / Moore Marriott …
other title: Otto, zieh die Bremse an! / Oh, Mr Porter! …
Comedy in which a bungling railway worker is given the job of stationmaster at a rundown station in rural Ireland, where his sidekicks are a toothless old gaffer and a portly young loudmouth. Hilarious adventures ensue, including a locomotive chase after gunrunners make off with a train.
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乔治大间谍 (1940)
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Marcel Varnel actor: George Formby / Phyllis Calvert …
other title: Let George Do It
At the start of World War II, musician George Hepplewhite (George Formby) gets on a boat thinking he is on his way to Blackpool, but arrives in Bergen, Norway instead, where he is mistaken for another ukelele player. He then meets the desk girl at the hotel, Mary Wilson (Phyllis Calvert), who is a British undercover agent and thinks he is one too. The duo manage to find and break a code that the Nazis are using to sink allied shipping. (wiki)
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The Ghost of St. Michael's (1941)
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Marcel Varnel
Will Hay, back in his role as a hapless teacher, is hired by a grim school in remotest Scotland. The school soon starts to be haunted by a legendary ghost, whose spectral bagpipes signal the death of one of the staff. Hay, assisted by Claude Hulbert and Charles Hawtrey, has to unravel the mystery before he becomes the next victim.