Look Up and Laugh

Look Up and Laugh is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Basil Dean and starring Gracie Fields, Alfred Drayton and Douglas Wakefield. The film is notable for featuring an appearance by Vivien Leigh in an early supporting role. 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

• Gracie Fields as Gracie Pearson
• Alfred Drayton as Belfer
• Douglas Wakefield as Joe Chirk
• Billy Nelson as Alf Chirk
• Harry Tate as Turnpenny
• Huntley Wright as Ketley
• Vivien Leigh as Marjorie Belfer
• Helen Ferrers as Lady Buster
• Tommy Fields as Sidney Pearson
• Maud Gill as Miss Canvey
• Morris Harvey as Rosenbloom
• Kenneth Kove as Piano Assistant
• Jack Melford as Journalist
• Norman Walker as Brierley
• D.J. Williams as Malpas
• Robb Wilton as Mayor
• Frank Atkinson as Debt Collector
• Florence Gregson as Mr. Pearson's Housekeeper
• Arthur Hambling as Sam
• James Harcourt as Mr. Pearson
• Anthony Holles as Store Manager
• Mike Johnson as Man Outside Market
• Ernest Sefton as Borough Engineer
• Kenneth More as Bit Part

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.