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Shipyard Sally (1939)

September 30, 19391h 17mEN
5.0

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Overview

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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Status

Released

Original Language

English

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Production Companies

Fox International Productions

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"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 the…

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