Film
Look Up and Laugh
United Kingdom- Director
- Basil Dean
- Year
- 1935
A gay musical comedy!
Gutsy lass Gracie rallies fellow stall-holders at Birkenhead Market to prevent its takeover and demolition by a department store chain. She invokes the Market's foundation by Royal Charter just before an inadvertent gas leak provides an explosive climax.
Top cast
Gracie Fields
Gracie Pearson
Alfred Drayton
Belfer
Vivien Leigh
Marjorie Belfer
Douglas Wakefield
Joe Chirk
Billy Nelson
Alf Chirk
Harry Tate
Turnpenny
Huntley Wright
Ketley
Robb Wilton
Mayor
Morris Harvey
Rosenbloom
Maud Gill
Miss Canvey
Norman Walker
Brierley
Tommy Fields
Sidney Pearson
Helen Ferrers
Lady Buster
Kenneth Kove
Piano Assistant
Jack Melford
Journalist
D.J. Williams
Malpas
Frank Atkinson
Debt Collector
Florence Gregson
Mr. Pearson's Housekeeper
Directed by
Basil Dean
Written by
J. B. Priestley
Produced by
Basil Dean
