| Sally in Our Alley | |
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| Directed by | Maurice Elvey |
| Produced by | Basil Dean |
| Written by | Miles Malleson Charles McEvoy Archie Pitt Alma Reville |
| Starring | Gracie Fields Ian Hunter Florence Desmond Gibb McLauaghlin Ben Field |
| Cinematography | Alex Bryce Robert Martin |
| Distributed by | Studio Canal |
| Running time | 70 min. |
| Language | English |
Sally in Our Alley (1931) is a British romantic comedy drama film made at Ealing Studios. It was directed by Maurice Elvey and starred Gracie Fields, Ian Hunter, and Florence Desmond.
The film incorporated Gracie Fields' hugely popular signature song, Sally, itself an reference to Henry Carey's 1725 song, Sally in Our Alley, which had long been a traditional English country dance. The film took £100,000 at the box office[1] establishing Fields as a national film star.
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A British soldier (Ian Hunter) goes off to fight in World War I, with his girlfriend (Gracie Fields) waiting and worried at home. He is soon wounded in battle and crippled. He comes to the conclusion that she would be better off believing that he has been killed so she can get on with her life. She gets the news and is devastated. Several years later she is still grieving for him, but he has now been cured and goes looking for her.
This film is currently available as part of the Gracie Fields collector's edition which in addition to this film includes the films Looking on the Bright Side (1932), Love, Life and Laughter (1934), Sing As We Go (1934), Look Up and Laugh (1935), Queen of Hearts (1936) 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.
Sally in Our Alley at the Internet Movie Database
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