Added a Page for UKE in Movies

Just look under the blog header. My wife, Wendy, and enjoy watching old movies. So I made a list quite some time ago on a post. Here it is as a page for quick reference. As usual, I am always glad to hear from you about other movies or to fill in the gapsin my movie watching. Jeff / HU / HB.

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P.S. I would like to include George Formby movies. Perhaps someone knowledgeable can help out or I will research them later. I've seen so many of his clips on YouTube already -- Great fun.

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P.P.S. It seems to me that Doris Day had several movies that had ukulele parts.

George Formby || The Ukulele Man

You would think that I have all day to look at videos and post them. But I work from home and therefore I also seem to work ALL of the time too. Here it is 8:00pm on a Sunday evening and I am doing my drafting work on some stairs and walkways at the Stanford Linear Accelerator. But I am also enjoying the happy sounds and double-entendres of the UK's favorite GEORGE FORMBY.

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I just finished listening to "I'm a Ukulele Man" and thought, "I need to post that." Unfortunately I can't embed it here for you (disabled) but I can give you the YT link... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfdW87Xx1Z0

Here's another...

Fingering Video for George Formby Song

George Formby HQ http://www.youtube.com/user/mkcwebmaster

Many GF Videos are on the YT Channel.

The BELOVED GEORGE FORMBY

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George Formby Jr. (1904-1961) partial Wiki

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Formby endeared himself to his audiences with his cheeky Lancashire humour and folksy North of England persona. In film and on stage, he generally adopted the character of an honest, good-hearted but accident-prone innocent who used the phrases: "It's turned out nice again!" as an opening line; "Ooh, mother!" when escaping from trouble; and a timid "Never touched me!" after losing a fistfight.

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What made him stand out, however, was his unique and often mimicked musical style. He sang comic songs, full of double entendre, to his own accompaniment on the banjolele, for which he developed a catchy musical syncopated style that became his trademark.

HOW TO EXTRACT AN mp3 FROM YOUTUBE

G. Formby Actor och ukulele spelar!

The man with all the answers, Alistair Wood, strikes again with another tid-bit of useful information. I wanted to be able to practice songs that I hear on YouTube and download them to my mp3 player for easy retreival when praticing with others. Go to this site: http://listentoyoutube.com/ The directions are quite easy. HU

Thanks to Al,

http://ukulelehunt.com/

http://howtoplayukulele.com/

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THE LOVABLE GEORGE FORMBY

They Laughed When I Started To Play

Mother, What'll I do now?

When I'm Cleaning Windows

Leaning on a Lamp Post