Britannia of Billingsgate

Britannia of Billingsgate

7.0/ 10

TMDB Rating

3

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1933

Release Year

80 min

Runtime

Comedy

Music

Drama

Overview

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.

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Cast

Violet Loraine

Bessie Bolton

Gordon Harker

Gordon Harker

Bert Bolton

Kay Hammond

Kay Hammond

Pearl Bolton

John Mills

John Mills

Fred Bolton

Drusilla Wills

Drusilla Wills

Mrs. Wigglesworth

Walter Sondes

Harold Hogarth

Glennis Lorimer

Maud

Anthony Holles

Guidobaldi

Joyce Kirby

Joyce Kirby

Joan

Gibb McLaughlin

Gibb McLaughlin

Westerbrook

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

August 29, 2022

6

6/10

This is actually quite a cheery little feature that sees fish and chip shop owner "Bessie" (established theatre star Violet Loraine) aspire to become a film star. Fat chance thinks you! Well, as it happens she has a decent enough singing voice and when she is "discovered" by a local studio, her life…

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