AUSTRALIAN COMEDY
GEORGE WALLACE IN “LET GEORGE DO IT” The popular comedian George Wallace gives an outstanding performance in the Australian comedy "Let George Do It.” Supporting roles are taken by Letty -Craydon, Joe Valli, Alec Kellaway, Gwen Munro and George Lloyd. The film opens with George in a humble position as a backstage sceneshifter, moving furniture and getting in everyone’s way. George has often declared that a fortune was to be left
to him, and it is revealed one day that it has come true, and that £30.000 is left to him on the condition that he signs for it before 4 p.m. on a certain date. Some men of bad repute spirit George away with the intention of preventing him signing the document. After many adventures and perils the scene-shifter comes to a wharf, where a speedboat is being prepared for a run With the gang close on his heels George speeds across the water in a desperate race to reach Darling Point, where he will sign for the fortune. One of the highlights of the film is aj scene in which Wallace and Valli appear as drunks in a bar, with three equally intoxicated singers at a nearby table joining in for a chorus.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 31 December 1938, Page 6
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207AUSTRALIAN COMEDY Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 31 December 1938, Page 6
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