Britannia of Billingsgate

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Britannia of Billingsgate
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Directed by Sinclair Hill
Written by George Moresby-White
Ralph Stock
Based onBritannia 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
Release date
  • May 1933 (1933-05)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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. It was based on the play Britannia of Billingsgate by Christine Jope-Slade and Sewell Stokes. [1]

Contents

It was shot at the Lime Grove Studios in London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfred Junge. [2]

Plot

A family who work in the fish trade at Billingsgate Market encounter a film crew who are shooting there. [2]

Cast

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

  1. ↑ Goble p.444
  2. 1 2 "Britannia of Billingsgate (1933)". BFI. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "Old Vienna" . Nottingham Evening Post. 12 December 1933. Retrieved 29 February 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Britannia Of Billingsgate (1933)". YouTube. 15 November 2023. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  5. ↑ "Britannia Of Billingsgate". Speedway Plus. Retrieved 29 February 2024.

Bibliography

Britannia of Billingsgate at IMDb

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