Old Mother Riley Headmistress
Date: 1950
Director: John Harlow
Production Company: Harry Reynolds Productions
Stars: Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane, Luton Girls Choir, Willer Neal, Cyril Smith
Location(s): Surrey
Region(s): South East M-Q
Storyline:
When her daughter is sacked from a job as music teacher, Old Mother Riley buys the girls finishing school when she unexpectedly comes into an inheritance.
Additional Information:
Screen captures uploaded by Phil Wilkinson
Also known as ‘Vampire Over London’ (US Title) and ‘Old Mother Riley Meets the Vampire’ (Alternative Title).
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- Capture 1
- 19 Jan 2023
This is the street where the film's Black & White Laundry operates, employer of Old Mother Riley. St. Mary's Church peers over the top of buildings on Church Street in Walton on Thames, Surrey.
Behind the scaffolding only the church flagpole shows a favourable comparison. Taken by John Harwood. (SJ)
- Capture 2
- 'Now' required
An establishing shot of fictional St. Mildred's School for Young Ladies where Old Mother Riley's daughter Kitty is employed as a music teacher. This is The Croft outside Nettlefold Studios, later Walton Studios, on Hurst Grove in Walton on Thames, Surrey. The location can be seen in 'Three Silent Men', 'Madame Louise', 'Morning Call', 'The Naked Truth', 'Trouble with Eve', 'Flannelfoot', 'Operation Diplomat' and 'Park Plaza 605'.
- Capture 3
- 'Now' required
When Kitty tells about being dismissed from her teaching job, Old Mother Riley (Arthur Lucan) leaves the laundry and cycles off to the school.
- Capture 4
- 20 Aug 2024
The washerwoman nears St. Mildred's School. Hurst Grove, Walton on Thames, a street that also appears in 'The Missing Note', 'Track the Man Down', 'Fiend Without a Face' and 'Watch Out'.
Taken on the ReelStreets summer tour 2024. (SR)
- Capture 5
- 27 Aug 2024
Old Mother Riley arrives at the seminary. Hepworth Way and Wellington Close now occupy the studio's site.
This is a parking area below the block of flats which now stand on the site of The Croft. (SD)
- Capture 6
- 26 Aug 2024
After Daphne Snowdrop Riley takes over as principle, Bill Travers (Willer Neal) walks through the grounds of the school. The Croft on Bridge Street, Walton on Thames spotted by Nick Boorman . . . .
. . . who also provides this comparison of the site now, originally taken for 'Passport to Shame'.
- Capture 7
- 27 Aug 2024
The school's pupils (Luton Girls Choir) entertain visitors on sports day. This is to the rear of The Croft at Nettlefold Studios. (SD)
When the studio closed in 1961 the area was redeveloped. On the site is now Wellington Close Estate. This is the first of three blocks of flats which were completed in 1965. The flats were refurbished between 2018 and 2020 due to their deteriorating condition. (SD)