Britannia of Billingsgate

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Britannia of Billingsgate
Directed by	Sinclair Hill
Produced by	Michael Balcon
Written by	G.H. Moresby-White Ralph Stock Sewell Stokes (play) Christine Jope-Slade (play)
Starring	Violet Loraine Gordon Harker Kay Hammond John Mills
Distributed by	Gaumont British Distributors
Release date(s)	1933
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

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.

[edit] Cast

Violet Loraine - Bessie Bolton
Gordon Harker - Bert Bolton
Kay Hammond - Pearl Bolton
John Mills - Fred Bolton
Drusilla Wills - Mrs Wrigley
Walter Sondes - Harold Hogarth
Glennis Lorimer - Maud
Anthony Holles - Guidobaldi
Joyce Kirby - Joan
Gibb McLaughlin - Westerbrook
Grethe Hansen - Gwen
Wally Patch - Harry
Ernest Sefton - Publicity man

[edit] References

^ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/27764/?availableLicense=yes

[edit] External links

Britannia of Billingsgate at the Internet Movie Database

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1930s	Greek Street (1930) Dark Red Roses (1930) Such Is the Law (1930) The Great Gay Road (1931) Other People's Sins (1931) A Gentleman of Paris (1931) The First Mrs. Fraser (1932) The Man from Toronto (1933) Britannia of Billingsgate (1933) 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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