Britannia of Billingsgate

Britannia of Billingsgate

80 mins | Drama, Comedy, Music | Jan. 1, 1933

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.

Britannia of Billingsgate

80 mins | Drama, Comedy, Music | Jan. 1, 1933

Britannia of Billingsgate
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.
Producers Gaumont-British Picture Corporation
Original title Britannia of Billingsgate
Directors Sinclair Hill
Writers Sewell Stokes, Christine Jope-Slade, G.H. Moresby-White, Ralph Stock

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. Wigglesworth

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

Jane Cornell

as Fay

Cecil Ramage

as Producer

Ron Johnson

as Dirt Track Rider

Gus Kuhn

as Dirt Track Rider

Colin Watson

as Dirt Track Rider

Tom Farndon

as Dirt Track Rider

Claude Rye

as Dirt Track Rider

Arthur Warwick

as Dirt Track Rider

Roy Fox

as Bandleader

George Turner

as Pal