Britannia of Billingsgate is a 1933 British musical comedy film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Violet Loraine, Gordon Harker, Kay Hammond and John Mills. A family who work in the fish trade at Billingsgate Market encounter a film crew who are shooting there.[1] It was based on the play Britannia of Billingsgate by Christine Jope-Slade and Sewell Stokes.[2]
| Britannia of Billingsgate | |
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| Directed by | Sinclair Hill |
| Written by | George Moresby-White Ralph Stock |
| Based on | Britannia of Billingsgate by Sewell Stokes and Christine Jope-Slade |
| Produced by | Michael Balcon |
| Starring | Violet Loraine Gordon Harker Kay Hammond John Mills |
| Cinematography | Mutz Greenbaum |
| Edited by | Frederick Y. Smith |
| Music by | Bretton Byrd Jack Beaver |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Gaumont British Distributors |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
It was shot at the Lime Grove Studios in London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfred Junge.[1]
Cast
edit- Violet Loraine as Bessie Bolton
- Gordon Harker as Bert Bolton
- Kay Hammond as Pearl Bolton
- John Mills as Fred Bolton
- Drusilla Wills as Mrs Wrigley
- Walter Sondes as Harold Hogarth
- Glennis Lorimer as Maud
- Anthony Holles as Guidobaldi
- Joyce Kirby as Joan
- Gibb McLaughlin as Westerbrook
- Grethe Hansen as Gwen
- Wally Patch as Harry
- Ernest Sefton as Publicity man
Speedway scenes
editThe motorcycle speedway scenes from the film were shot at Lea Bridge Stadium.[3] It featured some of the leading riders in Britain at the time; Colin Watson, Arthur Warwick, Gus Kuhn, Tom Farndon, Claude Rye and Ron Johnson.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ a b "Britannia of Billingsgate (1933)". BFI. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017.
- ^ Goble p.444
- ^ "Old Vienna". Nottingham Evening Post. 12 December 1933. Retrieved 29 February 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Britannia Of Billingsgate (1933)". YouTube. 15 November 2023. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ "Britannia Of Billingsgate". Speedway Plus. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
Bibliography
edit- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
editBritannia of Billingsgate at IMDb
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