| 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 |
Shipyard Sally is a 1939 British musical comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Gracie Fields, Sydney Howard and Norma Varden. The film is notable for the song "Wish Me Luck as You Wave Me Goodbye", which became a major hit.
Plot
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
Made shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, it was Fields' last British film. It was shot at Islington Studios with sets designed by Alex Vetchinsky.
Cast
- 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
- 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
- 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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