Britannia of Billingsgate | |
Director: | Sinclair Hill |
Producer: | Michael Balcon |
Based On: | Britannia of Billingsgate by Sewell Stokes and Christine Jope-Slade |
Starring: | Violet Loraine Gordon Harker Kay Hammond John Mills |
Music: | Bretton Byrd Jack Beaver |
Cinematography: | Mutz Greenbaum |
Editing: | Frederick Y. Smith |
Studio: | Gaumount British Pictures |
Distributor: | Gaumont British Distributors |
Runtime: | 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]
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]