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    World Film Locations: London
    World Film Locations: London
    World Film Locations: London
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    World Film Locations: London

    By Intellect Books Ltd

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    World Film Locations: London is an exciting visually focused tour of a diverse range of films shot on location in London. The volume will contain concise but knowledgeable reviews of carefully chosen film scenes and evocative essays about key directors, themes, ideas and historical periods that explore London's relationship to cinema. The book will be illustrated throughout with scene–specific screengrabs, stills of filming locations as they appear now and city maps that include location information for those keen to investigate the cinematic landmarks of London. The individual scene reviews, theme specific essays and illustrations will collectively offer up their own wider questions relating to London itself and how cinema shapes our view of the city. Covering the periods of the Victorian era via the swinging 60s through to the post 7/7 atmosphere of modern day London and seen through the eyes of the full range of communities that have been portrayed onscreen World Film Locations: London will illuminate all corners of this richly diverse and cinematically fertile city.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIntellect Books Ltd
    Release dateJan 1, 2011
    ISBN9781841505329
    World Film Locations: London

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      World Film Locations - Intellect Books Ltd

      LONDON LOCATIONS

      SCENES 1-8

      1.

      THE LODGER: A STORY OF THE LONDON FOG (1927)

      Former site of Gainsborough Studios, Poole Street, Hoxton

      page 10

      2.

      BLACKMAIL (1929)

      British Museum, Great Russell Street

      page 12

      3.

      THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP (1943)

      15 Ovington Square, South Kensington

      page 14

      4.

      GREAT EXPECTATIONS (1946)

      Denham Studios, Buckinghamshire (not on map)

      page 16

      5.

      PASSPORT TO PIMLICO (1949)

      China Walk Estate, Lambeth Road

      page 18

      6.

      THE BLUE LAMP (1950)

      Paddington Green Police Station, Harrow Road

      page 20

      7.

      NIGHT AND THE CITY (1950)

      Southbank off Belvedere Road

      page 22

      8.

      THE LAVENDER HILL MOB (1951)

      Gunnersbury Park, Hounslow

      page 24

      Map used for guidance and reference only

      Former site of Gainsborough Studios (©Grim23/Wikipedia)

      THE 1927 SILENT CLASSIC The Lodger is widely regarded as the first true ‘Hitchcock’ film, not least by the man himself. As such it incorporates two of his most popular themes – the wrongly accused man and the association between sex and murder – and it is also the film where Hitchcock made the first of his trademark cameo appearances. The simple plot sees Ivor Novello’s Jonathan Drew moving into a new flat during a spate of killings by a Jack the Ripper-type serial killer known as ‘The Avenger’. Drew immediately draws suspicion on himself by behaving strangely, leaving the house at odd hours and lusting after the landlady’s daughter. The subtitle to The Lodger identifies it as ‘A Story of the London Fog’ but although there’s plenty of fog there’s very little of late 1920s London in evidence. However, though most of the film was shot at a studio in Islington, there are a couple of recognizable exterior shots, most notably the location of the killer’s second murder, where the riverbank wall is clearly visible as the soon-to-be victim quarrels with her lover. Things could have been very different, however − Hitchcock apparently wanted to show the first victim being dragged out of the Thames with the Hungerford Bridge in the background. He managed to get permission from Scotland Yard on the condition that he filmed the scene in one night, only to discover, post-shooting, that the cameraman had forgotten to put on the lens, rendering the scene unusable. Matthew Turner

      Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

      Scene description: The killer commits a second murder

      Scene duration: 0:30:00 – 0:30:23

      Images ©1927 Gainsborough Productions; Caryle Blackwell Productions

      (Photos ©Rob Gershinson)

      BLACKMAIL IS REGARDED as the first British ‘sound’ movie or ‘talkie’. However, for the climactic pursuit scene through the British Museum, sound is irrelevant as Hitchcock demonstrates how to shoot a tense and dramatic scene within a recognizable and visually stunning location. Hitchcock would refine this type of sequence throughout his remarkable and innovative career. The use of The British Museum for this scene, and within the context of the film, is significant for many reasons. Prior to the chase the film is set in small interior locations − a loft studio, mall shop, and backroom, etc. The penultimate scene sees the villain, blackmailer and suspected murderer ‘Tracy’ being chased by the police, during which Hitchcock exploits the museum’s vast space to great effect. The monolithic columns outside the museum dwarf the fleeing man as he stops beside them. His tiny frame juxtaposed against the overwhelming pillars predicts the futility of his running. In the museum the chase continues through the long corridors, the huge domed Reading Room (now located at the British Library) and the ancient Egypt room. Due to the museum’s low light levels, and to exacerbate the size of the rooms and length of the corridors, Hitchcock used a primitive yet effective technique called ‘The Schufftan Process’ that involved using mirrors placed at specific angles in relation to the camera to create a spatially exaggerated setting on film. This heightened sense of realism, coupled with a keen eye for architectural grandeur, foregrounds the young Hitchcock’s pioneering talents. Toby King

      Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

      Scene description: The pursuit of Tracy through the British Museum

      Timecode for scene: 1:14:10 – 1:18:00

      Images ©1929 British International Pictures

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