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. It was based on the play Britannia of Billingsgate by Christine Jope-Slade and Sewell Stokes.
It was shot at the Lime Grove Studios in London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfred Junge.
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