Look Up and Laugh

Look Up and Laugh
Directed by Basil Dean
Produced by Basil Dean
Written by J.B. Priestley
Gordon Wellesley
Starring Gracie Fields
Alfred Drayton
Douglas Wakefield
Vivien Leigh
Distributed by Studio Canal
Running time 74 min.
Language English

Look Up and Laugh (1935) is a British comedy film directed by Basil Dean and starring Gracie Fields, Alfred Drayton, Douglas Wakefield and Vivien Leigh. It was made at Ealing Studios.

Plot summary

Gracie Pearson (Fields) is a singer/comedienne who is determined to save her local market from being demolished in order to make way for a department store.

As time runs out Gracie rallies the stall keepers together through a series of ever more hilarious schemes in their attempts to save their livelihoods.

Cast

DVD release

This film is currently available as part of the Gracie Fields collector's edition which in addition to this film includes the films Sally in Our Alley (1931), Looking on the Bright Side (1932), Love, Life and Laughter (1934), Sing As We Go (1934), Queen of Hearts and The Show Goes On (1937), these are on 4 discs. Two films each on three of the discs with the other film on disc four.