Fame is the Spur
Date: 1947
Director: Roy Boulting
Production Company: Boulting Brothers, Two Cities Films
Stars: Michael Redgrave, Rosamund John, Bernard Miles, David Tomlinson
Location(s): Kent, London, Middlesex
Region(s): London E-G, South East E-L
Storyline:
A politician finds that his intense liberal views become more conservative with his rise to power.
Additional Information:
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- Capture 1
- 31 Oct 2017
After several studio based scenes we find Hamer Radshaw (Michael Redgrave) rehearsing a speech on the Earl of Lostwithiel’s land.
It is not difficult to see evidence of how many trees have been and gone over the years but finding the right spot is almost impossible. (RL)
- Capture 2
- 31 Oct 2017
Richard the Gamekeeper (Clifford Buckton) strides towards Hamer. The deer park surrounding Knole House in Kent with the huge Elizabethan pile standing in the distance.
Move in front of the previous shot, pan right a bit and hope. (RL)
- Capture 3
- 31 Oct 2017
Tom Hannaway arrives at the home of Lord Lostwithiel in his gig. Knole House, Sevenoaks in Kent.
I didn't think that the taxi that came up made the right foreground. (RL)
- Capture 4
- 31 Oct 2017
The Lord's tenant draws up outside the house. The entrance through Gatehouse Tower at Knole House with Green Court beyond.
Visitors help to keep the coffers topped up. (RL)
- Capture 5
- 29 Mar 2018
Now a longstanding MP, Hamer Radshaw arrives home to his family. Christopher Matheson identified this as Cheyne Walk, London SW3 . . .
. . . and took this shot for us. The cab was clearly outside No 17 (RL)
- Capture 6
- 11 Jun 2025
A line of marchers near the end of their journey from South Wales to London. Facing south from the meeting of Austin Waye and Bridge Road in Uxbridge, Middlesex. (SR)
Antony Blair returned to Austin Waye.
- Capture 7
- 11 Jun 2025
The procession approaches a group of suffragettes waiting to welcome them to the Capital. The corner of Austin Waye, with no. 31 on the left. (SR)
A few more parked vehicles in Antony Blair's modern view.
- Capture 8
- 11 Jun 2025
Arnold Ryerson (Hugh Burden) brings the marchers to a halt. Austin Waye, facing south from the corner. (SR)
The street without people captured by Antony Blair.
- Capture 9
- 31 Oct 2017
Sir Hamer Radshaw returns to visit Lady Lettice. The West Front of Knole House, which was also seen in ‘The Other Boleyn Girl’, 2010s 'Burke and Hare', ‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows’ and ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’.
At least the trees are replaced and let's not forget that Sevenoaks was devastated by the storm of 1987. (RL)
- Capture 10
- 31 Oct 2017
Lady Lettice Liskeard (Carla Lehmann) meets Hamer as he gets out of the car. Bourchier's Tower above Green Court at Knole House near Sevenoaks in Kent.
Without foreground but it was very busy below the lens. (RL)