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Britannia of Billingsgate

1933 film

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]

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

Cast

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. [1]
    "Britannia of Billingsgate (1933)". BFI. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017.
  2. [2]
    Goble p.444
  3. [3]
    "Old Vienna". Nottingham Evening Post. 12 December 1933. Retrieved 29 February 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. [4]
    "Britannia Of Billingsgate (1933)". YouTube. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  5. [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.

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