Bailiffs, The

Date: 1932
Director: Frank Cadman
Production Company: Associated Talking Pictures (ATP)

Stars: Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen, Florence Harwood, Reginald Smith, Ian Wilson
Location(s): Middlesex

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Storyline:

After taking jobs as bailiffs, two pals attempt to repossess the wrong house.

Additional Information:

Screen captures by Ray Edwards with location identification and comparison shots from Antony Blair.

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  • Capture 1
  • 19 Apr 2020

This comedic two-reeler opens with Perkins (Bud Flanagan) and Meredith (Chesney Allen) walking along a suburban street. This is outside 21 Corringway in North Ealing W5.

The location as it appears now.

  • Capture 2
  • 19 Apr 2020

A flashback explains how Perkins and Meredith came to get their positions as bailiffs before returning to the street. The only location in this production is Corringway in Hanger Hill, North Ealing, then part of Middlesex.

Taken from a similar viewpoint.

  • Capture 3
  • 19 Apr 2020

Catching the top of the window bay, this capture has been added to aid identification of the location. Corringway on Haymills Estate. Other views of the estate appear in 'It's in the Air' and 'Laburnum Grove'.

A wider view of the same properties.

  • Capture 4
  • 19 Apr 2020

Perkins and Meredith continue looking for a particular house. Outside 58 Corringway in North Ealing.

Now hiding behind a hedge.

  • Capture 5
  • 19 Apr 2020

Searching for number 14, the two pause outside number 16 and decide that this is the house they are looking for. In reality this is number 60 Corringway.

Still with its original stained glass windows and door.

  • Capture 6
  • 19 Apr 2020

A Butchers Boy (Ian Wilson) approaches number 16. Looking towards numbers 34, 36 and 38 on Corringway in Hangar Hill.

Facing the same way from a similar position.

  • Capture 7
  • 19 Apr 2020

Leaping over the wall, Perkins rushes to speak to the Butchers boy who sets his basket down outside number 18's gate. Outside 60 Corringway on the Haymills Estate, Ealing in Middlesex.

An addition to the garage is the main change that has taken place over the intervening 88 years.