ComedyMusicDrama

Britannia of Billingsgate

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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.

Release Date : 1933-01-01

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Gaumont-British Picture Corporation

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Violet Loraine

Character Name : Bessie Bolton

Original Name : Violet Loraine

Gender : Female

Gordon Harker

Character Name : Bert Bolton

Original Name : Gordon Harker

Gender : Male

Kay Hammond

Character Name : Pearl Bolton

Original Name : Kay Hammond

Gender : Male

John Mills

Character Name : Fred Bolton

Original Name : John Mills

Gender : Male

Drusilla Wills

Character Name : Mrs. Wigglesworth

Original Name : Drusilla Wills

Gender : Female

Walter Sondes

Character Name : Harold Hogarth

Original Name : Walter Sondes

Gender : Male

Glennis Lorimer

Character Name : Maud

Original Name : Glennis Lorimer

Gender : Female

Anthony Holles

Character Name : Guidobaldi

Original Name : Anthony Holles

Gender : Male

Joyce Kirby

Character Name : Joan

Original Name : Joyce Kirby

Gender : Female

Gibb McLaughlin

Character Name : Westerbrook

Original Name : Gibb McLaughlin

Gender : Male

Grethe Hansen

Character Name : Gwen

Original Name : Grethe Hansen

Gender : Male

Wally Patch

Character Name : Harry

Original Name : Wally Patch

Gender : Male

Ernest Sefton

Character Name : Publicity Man

Original Name : Ernest Sefton

Gender : Male

Jane Cornell

Character Name : Fay

Original Name : Jane Cornell

Gender : Male

Cecil Ramage

Character Name : Producer

Original Name : Cecil Ramage

Gender : Male

Ron Johnson

Character Name : Dirt Track Rider

Original Name : Ron Johnson

Gender : Male

Gus Kuhn

Character Name : Dirt Track Rider

Original Name : Gus Kuhn

Gender : Male

Colin Watson

Character Name : Dirt Track Rider

Original Name : Colin Watson

Gender : Male

Tom Farndon

Character Name : Dirt Track Rider

Original Name : Tom Farndon

Gender : Male

Claude Rye

Character Name : Dirt Track Rider

Original Name : Claude Rye

Gender : Male

Arthur Warwick

Character Name : Dirt Track Rider

Original Name : Arthur Warwick

Gender : Male

Roy Fox

Character Name : Bandleader

Original Name : Roy Fox

Gender : Male

Ian Wilson

Character Name :

Original Name : Ian Wilson

Gender : Male

George Turner

Character Name : Pal

Original Name : George Turner

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-08-29

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.