Britannia of Billingsgate

Britannia of Billingsgate
Directed by	Sinclair Hill
Written by	George Moresby-White Ralph Stock
Based on	Britannia of Billingsgate by Sewell Stokes and Christine Jope-Slade
Produced by	Michael Balcon
Starring	Violet Loraine Gordon Harker Kay Hammond John Mills
Cinematography	Mutz Greenbaum
Edited by	Frederick Y. Smith
Music by	Bretton Byrd Jack Beaver
Production company	Gaumount British Pictures
Distributed by	Gaumont British Distributors
Release date	May 1933 (1933-05)
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.[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

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

Speedway scenes

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

1. "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

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

Britannia of Billingsgate at IMDb