What the Butler Saw

Date: 1950
Director: Godfrey Grayson
Production Company: Hammer Film Productions

Stars: Edward Rigby, Henry Mollison, Mercy Haystead, Michael Ward, Eleanor Hallam, Peter Burton
Location(s): Berkshire

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Storyline:

A British Earl returns to England after running a tropical island and finds that an island princess has fallen in love with his butler.

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  • Capture 1
  • 18 Jul 2018

A banner is put up as the staff prepare for the Earl's return from the 'Coconut Islands'. Oakley Court between Maidenhead and Windsor in Berkshire. The house is seen in many other productions including 'The House in Nightmare Park', 'Never Take Sweets From a Stranger', 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show', ‘The Brides of Dracula’, 'The Mutations', 'And Now The Screaming Starts', 'Room to Let', 'The Gambler and the Lady', 'Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny and Girly', 'Oxford', 'Witchcraft', 'The Man in Black' and 1950's 'Someone at the Door'.

Looks very welcoming. SJ

  • Capture 2
  • 18 Jul 2018

The Earl and his Butler are driven towards home. Maidenhead Road west of Water Oakley in Berkshire.

Not quite sure why they're coming from this westerly direction, but I'm delighted to note the white iron fencing, protecting cars from a brook, is still there. This (old) Maidenhead Road leads to a dead end for vehicles. SJ

  • Capture 3
  • 18 Jul 2018

Oakley Green Lane at the junction with Maidenhead Road.

Now they're heading in a better direction south. There's the same white fencing. This also leads to a dead end nowadays. SJ

  • Capture 4
  • 18 Jul 2018

The gates to Oakley Court, Windsor Road, Water Oakley near Windsor.

The gates have moved about 75 yards to the east but the lodge is still there. SJ

  • Capture 5
  • 18 Jul 2018

The Earl's car approaches the house. The driveway of Oakley Court in Berkshire. Almost identical shots were seen in 'The Man in Black' and 'The Man From Nowhere'.

And I think I'm recycling my nows in a similar fashion. SJ

  • Capture 6
  • 18 Jul 2018

The front door of Hammer Studios' Oakley Court.

Now pedestrianised. SJ

  • Capture 7
  • 18 Jul 2018

An establishing shot of the Earl's house. Oakley Court, Oakley Green, Windsor in Berkshire.

Same gateposts but there has been some filling in which makes it harder to see the windows. SJ