Look Up and Laugh
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53% Critic Match

Look Up and Laugh

5.3 / 10 1935 1h 20mNR English
ComedyMusic

Storyline

Gutsy lass Gracie rallies fellow stall-holders at Birkenhead Market to prevent its takeover and demolition by a department store chain. She invokes the Market's foundation by Royal Charter just before an inadvertent gas leak provides an explosive climax.

Cast & Crew

Gracie Fields

Gracie Fields

Gracie Pearson

Lead
Alfred Drayton

Alfred Drayton

Belfer

Vivien Leigh

Vivien Leigh

Marjorie Belfer

DW

Douglas Wakefield

Joe Chirk

BN

Billy Nelson

Alf Chirk

HT

Harry Tate

Turnpenny

HW

Huntley Wright

Ketley

RW

Robb Wilton

Mayor

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Basil Dean's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Look Up and Laugh is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker