Truth About Women, The
Date: 1957
Director: Muriel Box
Production Company: Beaconsfield Productions
Stars: Laurence Harvey, Julie Harris, Diane Cilento, Mai Zetterling, Eva Gabor
Location(s): Surrey
Region(s): South East R-Z
Storyline:
An elderly man recalls the relationships that he has had with women over his lifetime.
Additional Information:
Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson
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- Capture 1
- 12 Mar 2018
Furious that his unhappy marriage has ended with his wife Diana leaving him, Anthony drives at speed towards the house of his in-laws. Not far from Polesden Lacey Steve Cook found St. Barnabas, Ranmore Common Road, Surrey. (RL)
This view of the church would be almost totally obscured in the summer. SD
- Capture 2
- 12 Mar 2018
Arriving at the home of Sir Humphrey and Lady Tavistock, Anthony spots his wife’s car parked in front of the house. Also appearing in 'The Tomb of Ligeia', 'The File of the Golden Goose' and 'Shooting Fish' as well as 'Flannelfoot', Steve Cook identifies the location as Polesden Lacey near Leatherhead, Surrey. (RL)
Polesden Lacey has been owned by The National Trust since 1942. SD
- Capture 3
- 12 Mar 2018
Once inside the house, Anthony (Derek Farr) discovers that his wife has gone shopping and begins to explain his inability to understand women to his father-in-law.
I waited until the end of the day when the house closed to the public to get this view of the doors. SD
- Capture 4
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Sir Humphrey Tavistock tells his son-in-law about his own experiences with women over his lifetime, beginning with his brief affair with suffragette Ambrosine Viney. Fulmer Hall on Windmill Road, Fulmer in Buckinghamshire identified by Steve Randall. The property also features in 'The Man in the Road' and 'Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines'.
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Ambrosine is happily courted by Humphrey until she makes her conditions of marriage clear.
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Working for the diplomatic corps Humphrey is posted to Yakut, next door to Turkey, and breaks off the relationship with Ms. Viney. The accompanying shots are from the Medina area of Tunis, Tunisia. This is the minaret of Hammouda Pacha Mosque in the Sidi Ben Arous street (Steve Randall).
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In the middle eastern country, Humphrey meets and falls for Saida. This view shows the minaret of Al-Zaytuna Mosque, Rue Jamaa Ez-Zitouna, Tunis (SR).
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A spell in the United States sees Sir Humphrey narrowly escape being wedded to an ambitious title chaser. A stock shot of the United States Capitol at the intersection of East Capitol Street NE and First Street SE in Washington, DC.
- Capture 9
- 12 Mar 2018
Returning to England, Sir Humphrey Tavistock (Laurence Harvey) gets to know Helen Cooper (Julie Harris) when the elevator they are travelling in breaks down but receives bad news when he takes her home to meet his family. The rear of Polesden Lacey, near Leatherhead, Surrey Steve Cook tells us. (RL)
Now, without the garden furniture. SD
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Injured during the Great War, Sir Humphrey is taken to a military hospital at a converted country house on the banks of the Thames. This is Greenlands, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, which at the time of filming housed the Administrative Staff College, which became the Henley Business School in 1991, now part of the University of Reading. (SR)
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Sir Humphrey falls for the married Nurse Julie Eaton (Mai Zetterling) who helps him convalesce. Greenlands is also seen in 'The Committee'. (SR)
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A court case is brought by Julie's estranged husband Trevor Eaton which causes a stir in the press.