Britannia of Billingsgate

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Britannia of Billingsgate
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Directed bySinclair Hill
Written byGeorge Moresby-White
Ralph Stock
Based onBritannia of Billingsgate by Sewell Stokes and Christine Jope-Slade
Produced byMichael Balcon
StarringViolet Loraine
Gordon Harker
Kay Hammond
John Mills
CinematographyMutz Greenbaum
Edited byFrederick Y. Smith
Music byBretton Byrd
Jack Beaver
Production
company
Gaumount British Pictures
Distributed byGaumont 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. 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[]

Speedway scenes[]

The motorcycle speedway scenes from the film were shot at Hackney Wick Stadium and featured some of the leading riders in Britain at the time; Colin Watson, , Gus Kuhn, Tom Farndon, Claude Rye and Ron Johnson.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Britannia of Billingsgate (1933)". BFI.
  2. ^ Goble p.444
  3. ^ "Britannia Of Billingsgate (1933)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.

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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