Shipyard Sally

1939 British film

Shipyard Sally

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

* 16 October 1939 (1939-10-16) (UK)

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

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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

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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

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* 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

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1. ^ 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.
2. ^ "Shipyard Sally (1939)". Archived from the original on 26 August 2017.
3. ^ "Shipyard Sally (1939) - Monty Banks - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
4. ^ Shafer p.186
5. ^ Wood p.101

## Bibliography

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* Shafer, Stephen C. British Popular Films 1929–1939:The Cinema of Reassurance. Rutledge, 1997. ISBN 978-0-415-00282-0.
* Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

## External links

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* Shipyard Sally at IMDb

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The films of Monty Banks

* Cocktails (1928)
* The Compulsory Husband (1930)
* Not So Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
* Kiss Me Sergeant (1930)
* Almost a Honeymoon (1930)
* Why Sailors Leave Home (1930)
* The Black Hand Gang (1930)
* Old Soldiers Never Die (1931)
* The Wife's Family (1931)
* Poor Old Bill (1931)
* Tonight's the Night (1931)
* What a Night! (1931)
* Money for Nothing (1932)
* For the Love of Mike (1932)
* Love and Luck (1932)
* Leave It to Me (1933)
* Heads We Go (1933)
* You Made Me Love You (1933)
* Your Smile (1934)
* The Girl in Possession (1934)
* The Church Mouse (1934)
* Falling in Love (1934)
* Father and Son (1934)
* 18 Minutes (1935)
* Hello, Sweetheart (1935)
* Man of the Moment (1935)
* No Limit (1935)
* Queen of Hearts (1936)
* Keep Your Seats, Please (1936)
* We're Going to Be Rich (1938)
* Keep Smiling (1938)
* Shipyard Sally (1939)
* Great Guns (1941)

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