Britannia of Billingsgate
Britannia of Billingsgate – 1933 | 80 mins | Comedy, Drama, Musical | B&W
Plot Synopsis
A musical extravaganza spun around the talents of popular Cockney stars Violet Loraine and Gordon Harker, Miss Loraine plays the owner of a fish-and-chip shop in London’s Billingsgate who yearns to becomea film star. Her fine singing voice brings her to the attention of a film company and the family’s lifestyle is soon to be transformed.
Production Team
Sinclair Hill: Director
Alfred Junge: Art Direction
Mutz Greenbaum: Cinematography
Gordon Conway: Costume Design
Fredrick Y Smith: Editing
George Posford: Original Music
Michael Balcon: Producer
Sewell Stokes): Script
Ralph Stock: Script
WS Salter: Sound Department
Cast
Violet Loraine: Bessie Bolton
Gordon Harker: Bert Bolton
Kay Hammond: Pearl Bolton
Drusilla Wills: Mrs Wigglesworth
Walter Sondes: Harold Hogarth
Glennis Lorimer: Maud
Anthony Holles: Guidobaldi
Gibb McLaughlin: Westerbrook
John Mills: Fred Bolton
