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'''''Shipyard Sally''''' is a 1939 British [[musical film|musical]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Monty Banks]] and starring [[Gracie Fields]], [[Sydney Howard]] and [[Norma Varden]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b5bd3e3|title=Shipyard Sally (1939)|publisher=}}</ref> The film is notable for the song "[[Wish Me Luck as You Wave Me Goodbye]]", which became a major hit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/shipyard-sally-v109928|title=Shipyard Sally (1939) - Monty Banks - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie|website=AllMovie}}</ref>
'''''Shipyard Sally''''' is a 1939 British [[musical film|musical]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Monty Banks]] and starring [[Gracie Fields]], [[Sydney Howard]] and [[Norma Varden]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b5bd3e3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826034425/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b5bd3e3|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 August 2017|title=Shipyard Sally (1939)|publisher=}}</ref> The film is notable for the song "[[Wish Me Luck as You Wave Me Goodbye]]", which became a major hit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/shipyard-sally-v109928|title=Shipyard Sally (1939) - Monty Banks - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie|website=AllMovie}}</ref>


==Synopsis==
==Plot==
Sally, a failed [[music hall]] performer, and her father take over a [[public house|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.
Sally, a failed [[music hall]] performer, and her father take over a [[public house|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.


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* [[MacDonald Parke]] as Diggs
* [[MacDonald Parke]] as Diggs
* [[Richard Cooper (actor)|Richard Cooper]] as Sir John Treacher
* [[Richard Cooper (actor)|Richard Cooper]] as Sir John Treacher
* [[Joan Cowick]] as Secretary
* Joan Cowick as Secretary
* [[Monty Banks]] as Marsh’s doctor (uncredited)
* [[Monty Banks]] as Marsh’s doctor (uncredited)


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==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
* Shafer, Stephen C. ''British Popular Films 1929-1939:The Cinema of Reassurance''. Rutledge, 1997.
* 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.
* Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927–1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.


==External links==
==External links==
* {{IMDB title|0033043}}
* {{IMDb title|0033043}}


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Latest revision as of 10:09, 5 December 2024

Shipyard Sally
Directed byMonty Banks
Written byDon Ettlinger
Gracie Fields
Thomas J. Geraghty
Karl Tunberg
Val Valentine
Produced byRobert Kane
StarringGracie Fields
Sydney Howard
Norma Varden
CinematographyOtto Kanturek
Edited byR. E. Dearing
Alfred Roome
Music byLouis Levy
Production
company
Twentieth Century Productions
Distributed byTwentieth Century Fox
Release date
  • 16 October 1939 (1939-10-16) (UK)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
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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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.
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