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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]
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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 |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £255,057[1] |
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.[4] It was shot at Islington Studios with sets designed by Alex Vetchinsky.[5]
- 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)
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