Woman in the Hall, The

Date: 1947
Director: Jack Lee
Production Company: Wessex Film Productions, Independent Producers

Stars: Ursula Jeans, Jean Simmons, Cecil Parker
Location(s): Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hampshire, Sussex, Wiltshire

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Storyline:

A penniless widow augments her slender income by using her children to extort money from the wealthy.

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Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson

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Lorna Blake (Ursula Jeans) pays the Taxi Driver when she arrives home with her daughter Molly after obtaining money from Baroness von Soll.

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Ten years later sees Lorna's daughter Jay leaving Montford School for Girls on completion of her education. Steve Randall's research uncovered the Grade I listed 16th century Horham Hall in Thaxted, Essex.

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Having met Toby Inglefield (Nigel Buchanan) at a school function, Jay Blake (Jean Simmons) escapes her mother's crooked influence by taking a job with his family's shipwright business in Southampton.

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Near the quays, a group of children stand watching a Toy Seller's balloons and windmills as bounce and turn in his tray. The Mary Anne Rogers Memorial in front of the Town Wall on Western Esplanade in Southampton, Hampshire.

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Jay buys a sixpenny balloon for each of the children. Due to road layout changes, the Mary Anne Rogers Memorial now stands at the junction of Town Quay and Cuckoo Lane. The location features in 'Alfie Darling' and 'John and Julie'.

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A train carries Mrs. Blake to visit Sir Halmar Barnard after she receives his reply to a begging letter.

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Lorna takes a taxi from the station to Sir Halmar's country house. The South Entrance to Pinewood Studios on Pinewood Road in Iver, Buckinghamshire. The location also features in 'The Amazing Mr. Blunden', 'Up in the World', 'Carry On Screaming’, 'Toomorrow', ‘Carry On Nurse’ and ‘The Ghoul’.

Its clear that the gates are no longer in use from Antony Blair's more recent shot.

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Susan calls to collect mail from the shop on George Street that Mrs. Blake uses as an address.

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As romance blossoms, Jay and Toby enjoy time together at the coast. Clive T. is sure that this is Ballard Point between Studland Bay and Swanage Bay in Dorset with Old Harry Rocks in the background.

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Sir Halmar Barnard returns home after proposing marriage to Lorna.

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Morning dawns on another day during Jay's trial following her arrest for forging a cheque. Looking over Salisbury in Wiltshire with the Cathedral in the centre.

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The scene cuts to the courthouse. This is Salisbury Guildhall on Market Place in Guildhall Square, Salisbury.