Look Up and Laugh

Look Up and Laugh

80 mins | Comedy, Music | Aug. 13, 1935

Gutsy lass Gracie rallies fellow stall-holders at Birkenhead Market to prevent its takeover and demolition by a department store chain. She invokes the Market's foundation by Royal Charter just before an inadvertent gas leak provides an explosive climax.

Look Up and Laugh

80 mins | Comedy, Music | Aug. 13, 1935

Look Up and Laugh
Gutsy lass Gracie rallies fellow stall-holders at Birkenhead Market to prevent its takeover and demolition by a department store chain. She invokes the Market's foundation by Royal Charter just before an inadvertent gas leak provides an explosive climax.
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers Associated Talking Pictures (ATP)
Original title Look Up and Laugh
Directors Basil Dean
Writers J. B. Priestley

Cast

Gracie Fields

as Gracie Pearson

Alfred Drayton

as Belfer

Vivien Leigh

as Marjorie Belfer

Douglas Wakefield

as Joe Chirk

Billy Nelson

as Alf Chirk

Harry Tate

as Turnpenny

Huntley Wright

as Ketley

Robb Wilton

as Mayor

Morris Harvey

as Rosenbloom

Maud Gill

as Miss Canvey

Norman Walker

as Brierley

Tommy Fields

as Sidney Pearson

Helen Ferrers

as Lady Buster

Kenneth Kove

as Piano Assistant

Jack Melford

as Journalist

D.J. Williams

as Malpas

Frank Atkinson

as Debt Collector

Florence Gregson

as Mr. Pearson's Housekeeper

James Harcourt

as Mr. Pearson

Anthony Holles

as Store Manager

Mike Johnson

as Man Outside Market

Kenneth More

as Bit Part

Ernest Sefton

as Borough Engineer