Britannia of Billingsgate |
Britannia of Billingsgate - 1933 | 80 mins | Comedy, Drama, Musical | B&WThe Production TeamDirector: Sinclair Hill. Producer: Michael Balcon. Script: Ralph Stock. (from the play by Christine Jope-Slade and Sewell Stokes) Cinematography: Mutz Greenbaum. Editing: Fredrick Y. Smith. Art Direction: Alfred Junge. Costume Design: Gordon Conway. Sound Department: W.S. Salter. Original Music: George Posford. |
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The CastViolet Loraine - Bessie Bolton Gordon Harker - Bert Bolton Kay Hammond - Pearl Bolton John Mills - Fred Bolton Drusilla Wills - Mrs. Wigglesworth Walter Sondes - Harold Hogarth Glennis Lorimer - Maud Anthony Holles - Guidobaldi Gibb McLaughlin - Westerbrook |
Plot SynopsisA 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 become a 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. |
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