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Shipyard Sally
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| Directed by | Monty Banks |
| Written by | Don Ettlinger Gracie Fields Thomas J. Geraghty Karl Tunberg Val Valentine |
| Produced by | Robert Kane |
| Starring | Gracie Fields Sydney Howard Norma Varden |
| Cinematography | Otto Kanturek |
| Edited by | R. E. Dearing Alfred Roome |
| Music by | Louis Levy |
Production company | Twentieth Century Productions |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox |
Release date |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £255,057[1] |
Shipyard Sally is a 1939 British musical comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Gracie Fields, Sydney Howard and Norma Varden.[2] The film is notable for the song "Wish Me Luck as You Wave Me Goodbye", which became a major hit.[3]
Plot
[edit]Sally, a failed music hall performer, and her father take over a pub near the John Brown & Company shipyard at Clydebank. When the closure of the yard threatens to put many out of work she leads a campaign to persuade the government to reconsider the decision.
Production
[edit]Made shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, it was Fields' last British film.[4] It was shot at Islington Studios with sets designed by Alex Vetchinsky.[5]
Cast
[edit]- Gracie Fields as Sally Fitzgerald
- Sydney Howard as Major Fitzgerald
- Morton Selten as Lord Alfred Randall
- Norma Varden as Lady Patricia Randall
- Oliver Wakefield as Forsyth
- Tucker McGuire as Linda Marsh
- MacDonald Parke as Diggs
- Richard Cooper as Sir John Treacher
- Joan Cowick as Secretary
- Monty Banks as Marsh’s doctor (uncredited)
References
[edit]- ^ Chapman, Llewella. "'The highest salary ever paid to a human being': Creating a Database of Film Costs from the Bank of England". Journal of British cinema and television, 2022-10. Vol. 19, no. 4. Edinburgh University Press. p. 470-494 at 487.
- ^ "Shipyard Sally (1939)". Archived from the original on 26 August 2017.
- ^ "Shipyard Sally (1939) - Monty Banks - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
- ^ Shafer p.186
- ^ Wood p.101
Bibliography
[edit]- Shafer, Stephen C. British Popular Films 1929–1939:The Cinema of Reassurance. Rutledge, 1997.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
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