No Limit (1936 film)

Infobox Film
name = No Limit


caption =
director = Monty Banks
producer = Basil Dean
writer = Tom Geraghty
Fred Thompson
Walter Greenwood
starring = George Formby
Florence Desmond
Edward Rigby
music = Ord Hamilton
cinematography = Robert Martin
editing =
distributor = Associated Talking Pictures
released = 23 March 1936
runtime = 80 min.
country = UK
language = English
budget = £30,000
preceded_by = The Song That Made The Star
followed_by = Keep Your Seats Please
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0026784

"No Limit" is a popular comedy film which was released in 1936 by Associated Talking Pictures. It starred George Formby and Florence Desmond, and it concerned Formby's ambition to win the Isle of Man TT Race, against large odds. He not only succeeds in winning the race, but the girl as well.

Plot

A chimney sweep from Wigan dreams of winning the TT Races in the Isle of Man. With money 'borrowed' from his grandfather, George Shuttleworth builds the 'Shuttleworth Snap' motorcycle after failing to join the Rainbow Motor-Cycle team.

Cast

*George Formby as George Shuttleworth
*Florence Desmond as Florrie Dibney
*Edward Rigby as Grandfather Dibney
*Florence Gleason as Mrs Shuttleworth
*Beatrix Fielden-Kaye as Mrs Horrocks
*Howard Douglas as Turner
*Jack Hobbs as Bert Tyldesley
*Peter Gawthorne as Mr Higgins
*Eva Lister as Rita
*Evelyn Roberts as BBC Commentator
*Ernest Sefton as Mr Hardacre
*Arthur Young as Doctor

Crew

*Producer - Basil Dean
*Director - Monty Banks
*Writers - Tom Geraghty/Fred Thompson from a story by Walter Greenwood
*Art Direction - J.Elder Willis
*Sound - John W.Mitchell
*Supervising Editor - Jack Kitchen
*Music - Ord Hamilton and his Twentieth Century Band

ongs

* "Riding in the TT Races". Performed by George Formby and written by Cliffe & Gifford
* "Riding Around on a Rainbow". Performed by George Formby and Florence Desmond and written by Fred E. Cliffe
* "In a Little Wigan Garden". Performed by George Formby and written by Cliffe & Gifford
* "Your Way is My Way". Performed by George Formby and written by Harry Parr-Davis

Production notes

* No Limit used the 1935 Isle of Man TT as the backdrop to the film production. Many outdoor scenes were used in the Isle of Man including Douglas Beach, White City, Douglas Head Road, the Palace Ballrooms and the Douglas Camera Obscura. ["Isle of Man Weekly Times" dated 25 May 1935]
* Many stunts in the movie are by motor-cycle racers from the Isle of Man including brothers Bertie and Harold Rowell. ["The Tourist Trophy in Old Photographs" Collected by Bill Snelling. pp121 Sutton Publishing ISBN 1 8401 505 99] Members of the Peveril Motor Cycle Club also carried out some of the stunts, including Cyril Standen who crashed into the front-door of the Ballacraine Hotel and the crash into the river at Sulby. ["Centenary of the Borough of Douglas 1896-1996" Gordon N.Kniverton The Manx Experience pp109 ISBN 1 873120 21 4]

ources

External links

Photos

* [http://www.georgeformby.co.uk/films/limit/limit1.jpg"No Limit" film still] (retrieved November 16, 2006)
* [http://www.georgeformby.co.uk/films/limit/limit2.jpg"No Limit" film still] (retrieved November 16, 2006)
* [http://www.georgeformby.co.uk/films/limit/limit6.jpg"No Limit" film still] (retrieved November 16, 2006)

Other

* [http://www.georgeformby.co.uk/films/limit/report.htm www.georgeformby.co.uk] (retrieved November 16, 2006)
* [http://www.iomguide.com/nolimit.php IOM Guide for No Limit] (retrieved November 16, 2006)