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Shipyard Sally (1939)

Shipyard Sally poster
Directed by
Monty Banks
Genre
musical film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 17m
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman helps her father save his shipyard from closure by putting on a show. She sings and dances to rally support.

upbeatlightheartedcheerfulbouncysentimentalwhimsicalplayful

What happens

Shipyard Sally is a 1939 British musical comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Gracie Fields, Sydney Howard and Norma Varden. It was written by Don Ettlinger, Fields, Thomas J. Geraghty, Karl Tunberg and Val Valentine. The film contains the song "Wish Me Luck as You Wave Me Goodbye". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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