Feature1937·80m·6.3

Cotton Queen

ComedyRomance

The niece of a mill-owner goes undercover in the mill of a rival, where she gets mixed up in romantic antics.

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Cast

Mary Lawson

Joan Todcastle

Stanley Holloway

Sam Owen

Will Fyffe

Bill Todcastle

Helen Haye

Margaret Owen

Jimmy Hanley

Jack Owen

Marcelle Rogez

Zita De La Rue

C. Denier Warren

Joseph Cotter (as Denier Warren)

D.J. Williams

Thompson

Syd Courtenay

The Mayor

Syd Crossley

Shearman

Elsie Wagstaff

Emily

Gibson Gowland

Gaoler

Mike Johnson

Hawkins

Sam Wilkinson

Entwistle

Doris Bowers

Cotton Queen

Details

Status
Released
Original language
English
Languages
English
Budget
Revenue
Age rating
Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production
Joe Rock Productions

Crew

Director

Bernard Vorhaus

Writers

Scott Pembroke, Syd Courtenay

Renee Granville

Costume Design

Horace Wheddon

Director of Photography

Eric Cross

Director of Photography

Sam Simmonds

Editor

Cyril Bristow

Director of Photography

Max Brenner

Editor

Gallery

Reviews

CinemaSerf

6/20/2022

5.0

Well if you ever wondered about the source of the song "On Ilkley Moor Bar Tat" then you will find the answer in this little retrospective on life in the Lancashire mill towns in the 1930s. The storyline is completely incidental; it's a comic-drama that demonstrates the friendly rivalries and sense of community that existed pre-WWII in England. Stanley Holloway, Will Fyffe and Helen Haye keep it all on the rails. Watch out for a very young Jimmy Hanley; and some great images in/around the mass employment manufacturing industry that made this part of the UK world famous.