Look Up and Laugh

Date: 1935
Director: Basil Dean
Production Company: Associated Talking Pictures (ATP)

Stars: Gracie Fields, Alfred Drayton, Douglas Wakefield, Vivien Leigh
Location(s): London

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Storyline:

Gracie rallies stall-holders at a market to prevent it’s takeover and demolition by a department store chain.

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  • 07 Jan 2015

Roadworks are encountered as Gracie Pearson drives into Plumborough.

St Mary’s Road as seen from Disraeli Road in Ealing W5. Not a million miles from the studio. (PW)

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Gracie Pearson (Gracie Fields) runs into two workmen who are painting white lines. While carrying out research for a radio slot about Express Dairy, Mark Amies came across a reference about the Dairy Supply Company which stood at the corner of Abbey Road and Cumberland Avenue in Park Royal NW10.

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More delays as two elderly women chatter on a pedestrian crossing.

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Gracie arrives at her father's house as a Debt Collector (Frank Atkinson) waits on the pavement and the Housekeeper (Florence Gregson) busies herself on the pathway.

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The car is unloaded as the Housekeeper feigns assistance.

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An establishing shot of Plumborough Market, run by Gracie's father.

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The camera tilts down as Sidney Pearson (Tommy Fields) follows department store owner Belfer (Alfred Drayton) from the market.

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A view of the inside of the market hall.

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After Gracie successfully campaigns to save the market, a new building is provided.

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A closer view of the columns of the new market. Looks a bit ornate! Studio or real?

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  • 06 Oct 2023

Gracie drives away at the end of the story. This is Uxbridge High Street looking north towards the junction with Harefield Road. (SR)

Any Blair found a few changes in the High Street.