My Name Is Julia Ross
Date: 1945
Director: Joseph H. Lewis
Production Company: Columbia Pictures Corporation
Stars: Nina Foch, Dame May Whitty, George Macready, Roland Varno, Anita Sharp-Bolster
Location(s): California (USA)
Region(s): N. America
Storyline:
A young woman is kept prisoner as part of a plot to claim the insurance money on a deranged man’s murdered wife.
Additional Information:
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Dennis Bruce (Roland Varno) waits for Julia outside the house of her new employer.
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After checking his watch, the young man continues to wait patiently in the film's Henrique Square.
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Dennis approaches the building and learns from a passing policeman that the occupants had left on the previous evening. Unfortunately, this is a Hollywood version of London.
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Finding herself being held as a prisoner in the Hughes' Cornish mansion, Julia Ross (Nina Foch) seizes the chance to escape. Continuing his research, Steve Randall learnt that the mansion appearing in this film is the Hill Grove estate on Benedict Canyon Drive in Beverley Hills, California.
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Evans (Charles McNaughton) gets up from his seat when he sees Julia approach. The Hill Grove estate on Benedict Canyon Drive, Beverley Hills identified by Steve Randall.
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Ralph Hughes (George Macready) follows his captive towards the driveway gates. The Hill Grove estate on Benedict Canyon Drive in Beverley Hills found by Steve Randall.
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Julia returns to the house where she is being passed off as Marion Hughes, Ralph's wife. Many films were shot at Hill Grove estate in Beverley Hills, including 'Sabrina' in 1954.
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As she looks from an upstairs window, Julia sees a car approach the gateway to the coastal estate. Located by Steve Randall, this is the Hill Grove estate in Benedict Canyon Drive, Beverley Hills.
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The Reverend Jonathan Lewis pulls up outside the front door to introduce himself to the newcomers. Steve Randall discovered the Hill Grove estate in Beverley Hills, California adding that the estate was demolished in the 1960s.
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Having driven in to the local village of Beverton, Ralph opens the car door for his 'wife'.
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Julia heads towards a pillar box to post a secret letter to Dennis in London. This is likely to be a back-lot at Columbia's studios in Los Angeles.
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Ralph approaches and tells Julia to wave at Mr. and Mrs. Robinson (Harry Hays Morgan and Ottola Nesmith) across the street.
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On the steps of her Bloomsbury boarding house, Mrs. Mackie (Doris Lloyd) shouts for the police when she realises that a caller has taken the letter addressed to Dennis Bruce.
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After Julia apparently jumps from a window onto the cliffs below, Mrs. Williamson-Hughes (May Whitty) tells her son to check that she is dead.

