Britannia of Billingsgate
1933 British film by Sinclair Hill
- May 1933 (1933-05)
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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]
It was shot at the Lime Grove Studios in London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfred Junge.[1]
Cast
- 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
The 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
- ^ 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
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
Britannia of Billingsgate at IMDb
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The films of Sinclair Hill
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- The Place of Honour (1921)
- The Mystery of Mr. Bernard Brown (1921)
- The Lonely Lady of Grosvenor Square (1922)
- Half a Truth (1922)
- The Truants (1922)
- The Experiment (1922)
- Expiation (1922)
- The Nonentity (1922)
- Open Country (1922)
- The Indian Love Lyrics (1923)
- One Arabian Night (1923)
- The Conspirators (1924)
- White Slippers (1924)
- The Presumption of Stanley Hay, MP (1925)
- The Squire of Long Hadley (1925)
- The Secret Kingdom (1925)
- The Qualified Adventurer (1925)
- Sahara Love (1926)
- The Chinese Bungalow (1926)
- A Woman Redeemed (1927)
- Boadicea (1927)
- The King's Highway (1927)
- The Guns of Loos (1928)
- The Price of Divorce (1928)
- The Unwritten Law (1929)
- Dark Red Roses (1930)
- Greek Street (1930)
- Such Is the Law (1930)
- Other People's Sins (1931)
- The Great Gay Road (1931)
- A Gentleman of Paris (1931)
- The First Mrs. Fraser (1932)
- The Man from Toronto (1933)
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- My Old Dutch (1934)
- Hyde Park Corner (1935)
- The Cardinal (1936)
- The Gay Adventure (1936)
- Take a Chance (1937)
- Midnight Menace (1937)
- Command Performance (1937)
- Follow Your Star (1938)
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