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Shipyard Sally
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Wikipedia article
'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.Shafer p.186 It was shot at Islington Studios with sets designed by Alex Vetchinsky.Wood p.101
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 Marshs doctor (uncredited)
References
Bibliography
* Shafer, Stephen C. 'British Popular Films 19291939:The Cinema of Reassurance'. Rutledge, 1997.
* Wood, Linda. 'British Films, 19271939'. British Film Institute, 1986.
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