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Britannia of Billingsgate

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6.0/10 • 1

1933-01-011h 20m

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The owner of a fish-and-chips shop in the Billingsgate area of London harbors a secret ambition: to become a movie star. It turns out that she has a beautiful singing voice, and when that fact comes to the attention of a movie studio, it begins to turn her and her family's lives upside down.

Directors
Sinclair Hill
Writters
G.H. Moresby-White, Ralph Stock
Editors
G.H. Moresby-White, Ralph Stock, Fredrick Y. Smith

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  1. Violet Loraine

    Violet Loraine

    Bessie Bolton

  2. Gordon Harker

    Gordon Harker

    Bert Bolton

  3. Kay Hammond

    Kay Hammond

    Pearl Bolton

  4. John Mills

    John Mills

    Fred Bolton

  5. Drusilla Wills

    Drusilla Wills

    Mrs. Wigglesworth

  6. Walter Sondes

    Walter Sondes

    Harold Hogarth

  7. Glennis Lorimer

    Glennis Lorimer

    Maud

  8. Anthony Holles

    Anthony Holles

    Guidobaldi

  9. Joyce Kirby

    Joyce Kirby

    Joan

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CinemaSerf

Aug 29, 2022

6/10

This is actually quite a cheery little feature that sees fish and chip shop owner "Bessie" (established theatre star Violet Loraine) aspire to become a film star. Fat chance thinks you! Well, as it happens she has a decent enough singing voice and when she is "discovered" by a local studio, her life with family "Bert" (Gordon Harker), "Pearl" (Kay Hammond) and "Fred" (John Mills) is suddenly all topsy-turvy. What makes this a little more memorable is that it demonstrates to an audience just how films were put together then - the filming, audio, lighting - and film was expensive stuff so much of this was live! Harker and Loraine have a conviviality to their characters that lends well to the gentle comedy very much of it's time: an amiable English combination of stoicism and opportunity - with a solid supporting cast. It has a charm to it this. That doesn't make it memorable or really even very good, but it had a job to do in 1930s Britain and I suspect it did it well enough to pack out the houses for eighty minutes on a Saturday afternoon.

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    Status
    Released
    Original Language
    English
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