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Gracie Fields 'Shipyard Sally' Oh Danny Boy
Posted by: smoojah
Video duration: 240 seconds
Follow on clip from 'The Jitterbugs', Sally realises that Lord Randall doesn't like jazz and in order to get him on side, sings a 'straight' version of 'Oh Danny Boy'. This shows the versatility of Gracie's performances.
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Gracie Fields 'Sing As We Go!' final scene
Posted by: smoojah
Video duration: 284 seconds
Gracie returns to Greybeck Mill after her adventures in Blackpool to be welfare officer. Shows LMS Central station at Blackpool, (now demolished).
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Gracie Fields 'Shipyard Sally' The Jitterbugs
Posted by: smoojah
Video duration: 481 seconds
Gracie as 'Sally Fitzgerald' has got to see Lord Randall to tell him about the plight of the workers on Clydebank and give him their petition. To do this, Sally and her father gatecrash a party to celebrate Lord Randall's birthday. Masquerading as American singing star 'Linda Marsh', she sings a jazz song 'The Jitterbugs' very zany and slightly risque for the time.
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'Hobson's Choice' Charles Laughton entrance
Posted by: smoojah
Video duration: 244 seconds
Setting the scene for the rest of the film, Charles Laughton as the domineering father and Brenda de Banzie as the strong willed eldest daughter.
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Ferry To Capri
Posted by: smoojah
Video duration: 299 seconds
Clip of approaching Isle of Capri by ferry, entering harbour. Trip from Sorrento, more to follow to include Gracie Fields final resting place.
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Gracie Fields 'A Song In Your Heart Means You're In Love'
Posted by: smoojah
Video duration: 345 seconds
Final clip from 'The Show Goes On', if you're wondering about the impersonation of feeding sea lions in the 'modern' section, it is a reference to the billing in the Variety Halls as 'Sally Lee' rises from chorus girl to star (Professor Augustino and his sea lions were the following act).
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Gracie Fields 'Queen of Hearts' # 1
Posted by: smoojah
Video duration: 592 seconds
Having been 'discovered', this is a clip from the opening number of the new show - overture and beginners please! If you think the costume department got carried away in this scene, you wait until you see the finale!!
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Gracie Fields 'Smile When You Say Goodbye'
Posted by: smoojah
Video duration: 215 seconds
Second in series from 'The Show Goes On', Gracie as 'Sally Lee' entertains the troops 'going out east' for a three year term.
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Gracie Fields 'Queen of Hearts' # 2
Posted by: smoojah
Video duration: 309 seconds
The Finale, a pantomime theme certainly, any directors - take note! The dancing horses are the campest things I've seen yet!!
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Gracie Fields 'Look up and Laugh' Love is Everywhere
Posted by: smoojah
Video duration: 396 seconds
The market folk are having a lock in at the market and Gracie 'does the rounds' as they all settle down for the night. Vivien Leigh appears, pre 'Gone With The Wind' and even sings! The sound quality is not very good, but a lovely song just the same.
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Gracie Fields 'The Show Goes On' # 1
Posted by: smoojah
Video duration: 157 seconds
Series of clips from a British Musical, (yes, there were such things!), made in the late 1930's. Starring Gracie Fields 'Our Gracie', one of the highest paid British film stars of the day. Maybe not as slick as the American Musicals, but very homely. Thought that the clips may appeal to ocean liner buffs as well. Some shots of RMS Queen Mary leaving Southampton UK.
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Gracie Fields 'Shipyard Sally' opening credits
Posted by: smoojah
Video duration: 121 seconds
Opening credits from 'Shipyard Sally' showing launch of RMS Queen Mary on Clydebank. Clip is very patriotic!! Wish sometimes that we could produce the same sort of atmosphere nowadays.
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Gracie Fields 'The Show Goes On' # 3
Posted by: smoojah
Video duration: 302 seconds
Third clip, Gracie as 'Sally Lee' is discovered by top theatrical impresario.
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Gracie Fields 'Look up and Laugh' Comedy Sabotage#2
Posted by: smoojah
Video duration: 472 seconds
Gracie and 'scouts' continue to wreak havoc in Belfer's department store. Watch out for Andrew's Liver Salts, a product still on sale today! I especially like the toy cars whizzing around the place.
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