Keep Your Seats, Please (1936): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1936, Keep Your Seats, Please is a drama and music film directed by Monty Banks, running about 82 minutes. “The picture that made Formby box-office fun favourite No. 1” — that tagline sets the tone.

What it’s about. Despite being on his uppers, George is still prepared to pawn his beloved banjo in order to help his girlfriend save her niece from the orphanage. Help seems to be at hand when George is left a fortune by his old auntie, but unfortunately his inheritance is hidden inside a chair which has already been auctioned off! Can George and his chums track down his rightful due before his grasping solicitor (Alastair Sim, in an early film appearance) snatches the lot? It's hard to say, but he still finds time to perform both the title song and the classic 'When I'm Cleaning Windows'.

Who’s in it. Keep Your Seats, Please stars George Formby as George Withers, Florence Desmond as Florrie, Alastair Sim as A. S. Drayton and May Whitty as Aunt Georgina Withers, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 5.9/10, Keep Your Seats, Please has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on FlixFling and rent or buy it from FlixFling. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Keep Your Seats, Please page.

If you liked it. Fans of Keep Your Seats, Please tend to enjoy The Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather, Schindler's List and The Godfather Part II.