Britannia of Billingsgate

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]

Britannia of Billingsgate
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
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Distributed byGaumont British Distributors
Release date
  • May 1933 (1933-05)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

It was shot at the Lime Grove Studios in London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfred Junge.[1]

Cast

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Speedway scenes

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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

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  1. ^ a b "Britannia of Billingsgate (1933)". BFI. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017.
  2. ^ Goble p.444
  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

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  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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Britannia of Billingsgate at IMDb