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 | |
Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox |
Release date |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Shipyard Sally is a 1939 British musical comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Gracie Fields, Sydney Howard and Norma Varden. [1] The film is notable for the song " Wish Me Luck as You Wave Me Goodbye", which became a major hit. [2]
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.
Made shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, it was Fields' last British film. [3] It was shot at Islington Studios with sets designed by Alex Vetchinsky. [4]
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 | |
Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox |
Release date |
|
Running time | 77 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Shipyard Sally is a 1939 British musical comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Gracie Fields, Sydney Howard and Norma Varden. [1] The film is notable for the song " Wish Me Luck as You Wave Me Goodbye", which became a major hit. [2]
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.
Made shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, it was Fields' last British film. [3] It was shot at Islington Studios with sets designed by Alex Vetchinsky. [4]