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Let George Do It (1926) - 1
"Let George do it" is an English idiom of the 20th century, recommending that some (unspecified) person rather than oneself should perform a given task. An occasional comic variant is to let "Jack" - the supposed brother of George - do it instead. Let George Do It can also refer to: *Let George Do It (radio), ''Let George Do It'' (radio), American radio drama 1946 – 1954 *''Let George Do It!'', 1940 British film (American title: ''To Hell With Hitler'') *Let George Do It (1938 film), ''Let George Do It'' (1938 film), Australian comedy (British title: ''In the Nick of Time'') *Let George Do It (film series), ''Let George Do It'' (film series), American comedy short series of the 1920s *Faciat Georgius (English: "Let George do it"), an informal American medal of World War II See also *Georges d'Amboise, referent of the French idiom "Laissez faire à Georges" (English: "Let George do it") {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let George Do It (radio)
''Let George Do It'' is an American radio drama series produced from 1946 to 1954 by Owen and Pauline Vinson. Bob Bailey (actor), Bob Bailey starred as private investigator George Valentine; Olan Soule voiced the role in 1954. Don Clark directed the scripts by David Victor and Jackson Gillis. History and description The few earliest episodes were more sitcom than private investigator, private eye shows, with a studio audience providing scattered laughter. The program then changed into a suspenseful tough guy private eye series. Sponsored by Standard Oil of California, now known as Chevron Corporation, Chevron, the program was broadcast on the West Coast Don Lee Network, Don Lee network of the Mutual Broadcasting System from October 18, 1946, to September 27, 1954, first on Friday evenings and then on Mondays. In its last season, transcriptions were aired in New York Wednesdays at 9:30 p.m. from January 20, 1954 to January 12, 1955. Clients came to Valentine's office after r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let George Do It!
''Let George Do It!'' (US: ''To Hell With Hitler'') is a 1940 British black-and-white comedy musical war film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring George Formby. It was produced by Michael Balcon for Associated Talking Pictures and its successor, Ealing Studios, and distributed in the UK by ABFD. This was the first comedy from this studio to deal directly with the Second World War. Plot At the beginning of the Second World War, before Germany invaded Norway, a ukulele player in a British dance band playing at a Bergen hotel, is found shot dead during a radio broadcast of the band's show. It turns out he was a British agent keeping an eye on the band leader, Mark Mendes (Garry Marsh), who is suspected of being a German agent passing on information about British shipping to German U-boats, using a code concealed in the radio broadcasts. When Mendes calls a musician's agent in London for a replacement, British Intelligence tries to send another agent in his place. However, throu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let George Do It (1938 Film)
''Let George Do It'' is a 1938 comedy starring popular stage comedian George Wallace. It was the first of two films Wallace made for Ken G. Hall at Cinesound Productions, the other one being '' Gone to the Dogs'' (1939). Hall later called Wallace "in my opinion, easily the best comedian that this country has produced." Synopsis The plot concerns a man, Joe Blake, who works as a stage hand in a vaudeville theatre headlined by Mysto the magician. When he finds out that the girl he is in love with, Molly, is getting married, he gets drunk with his friend Happy Morgan and decides to commit suicide. Joe offers to leave all his possessions to a gangster, Zilch, if Zilch will arrange a painless death for Joe. The next day Joe finds out he has received an inheritance and wants to live, but Zilch and his men, including Unk, abduct Joe and demand half his money. Joe escapes with the help of Clara, a woman who has a crush on him, resulting in a wild speedboat chase across Sydney harbour. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let George Do It (film Series)
''Let George Do It'' was a series of two-reeler American silent comedy films produced in the latter half of the 1920s. The films (40 in all) were based on the comic strip ''Let George Do It'', which was written and drawn by George McManus (who later created the more famous strip ''Bringing Up Father''). The series was produced by the Stern Brothers ( Julius Stern and Abe Stern) and was one of many silent comedy series issued by Universal Pictures. Syd Saylor starred as George in all of the films. His supporting players included Thelma Daniels, Jean Doree, Dorothy Gulliver, Colin Chase, Dorothy Coburn, Harry Martell, Derelys Perdue, Marie D'Arcy, Betty Walsh, and Lorima Clark. The ''New York Times'', in a 1927 review of one of the shorts (on the bill with the feature '' The Callahans and the Murphys'' at the Capitol Theatre), described it as a "comedy of the conventional kind" which "gets its share of laughs". Raymond Ganly, in '' Motion Picture News'', wrote that ''Tele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faciat Georgius
The ''Faciat Georgius'' (“Let George Do It” in English) is an unofficial medal given during World War II to United States Marine Corps (USMC) officers, senior NCOs of the 1st Marine Division and a British coastwatcher who served during the Guadalcanal campaign. History After the initial success of the landings on Guadalcanal on 7 August 1942 by the Marines of the 1st Marine Division, the Imperial Japanese forces rallied. On D+3 Japanese naval and air forces joined the battle. On 10 August, the US naval forces supporting the Marines were withdrawn after their defeat at the battle of Savo Island, having unloaded only half the supplies needed by the Marines ashore. Several weeks would pass before the ships and supplies returned, leaving the Marines on their own, subsisting on their meager supplies and captured enemy rations. As the division was resting and refitting in Melbourne, Australia after the campaign, Colonel (later Major General) Merrill B. Twining suggested that a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
