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Shipyard Sally

1939-09-30 1hr 17m

A lancashire singer buys a pub in Clydebank and hits money troubles when the shipbyards are closed. She takes a petition to London to try to get them reopened.

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A lancashire singer buys a pub in Clydebank and hits money troubles when the shipbyards are closed. She takes a petition to London to try to get them reopened.

  • Released
    1939-09-30
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    1hr 17m
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Monty Banks
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Cast

Gracie Fields

Gracie Fields
Sally Fitzgerald
Sydney Howard

Sydney Howard
Major Fitzgerald
Morton Selten

Morton Selten
Lord Alfred Randall
Norma Varden

Norma Varden
Lady Patricia Randall
Oliver Wakefield

Oliver Wakefield
Forsyth
Tucker McGuire

Tucker McGuire
Linda Marsh
MacDonald Parke

MacDonald Parke
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Richard Cooper

Richard Cooper
Sir John Treacher
Monty Banks

Monty Banks
Joan Cowick

Joan Cowick

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A Review by Geronimo1967 6

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2025-01-05

"Sally" (Gracie Fields) finds herself the owner of a pub on the banks of the Clyde just as HM Queen Mary has launched her namesake ocean lin... read more

"Sally" (Gracie Fields) finds herself the owner of a pub on the banks of the Clyde just as HM Queen Mary has launched her namesake ocean liner - a testament to the huge industry thriving on the banks of that river at the time. Well, that was the theory anyway. Next thing, the jobs have dried up and everyone is flat broke. "Sally" tries her best to support her out-of-work population, but eventually even she runs out of cash and bankruptcy beckons. Then a newspaper headline announces that the government is to review the future of shipbuilding there and so the workers unanimously elect her as their spokesperson to head to London and persuade "Lord Randall" (Morton Selten) and just as importantly, his wife (Norma Varden) of the merits of saving the yards and the jobs. The fact that she's a Lancastrian lass might make her an unlikely ambassador for a bunch of Scottish welders, but can she up her game enough to swing it? This is quite a jolly vehicle for a star who joins in wholeheartedly, gels amiably with Sydney Howard's theatrical "Fitzgerald" and belts out a couple of toe-tappers like "Wish Me Luck..." as well a few traditional Scots songs. On the downside, someone ought to have told Monty Banks that Scotch is whisky, no person ever refers to themselves as Scotch but that's a guid auld bit of pedantry as this hit the screens just as WWII started to gather menace. The audio doesn't really do her any favours, but it's still quite enjoyable.

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A Review by CinemaSerf

"Sally" (Gracie Fields) finds herself the owner of a pub on the banks of the Clyde just as HM Queen Mary has launched her namesake ocean liner - a testament to the huge industry thriving on the banks of that river at the time. Well, that wa...

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A Review by Geronimo1967 6

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2025-01-05

"Sally" (Gracie Fields) finds herself the owner of a pub on the banks of the Clyde just as HM Queen Mary has launched her namesake ocean liner - a testament to the huge industry thriving on the banks ...

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