Feminine Touch, The

Date: 1956
Director: Pat Jackson
Production Company: The Rank Organisation, Ealing Studios, Michael Balcon Productions

Stars: George Baker, Belinda Lee, Delphi Lawrence, Adrienne Corri, Newton Blick, Constance Fraser
Location(s): London

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Storyline:

Five unrelated girls join the National Health Service to become nurses.

Additional Information:

Screen captures by Ray Edwards

Also known as ‘A Lamp Is Heavy’ in Canada and ‘The Gentle Touch’ in the USA

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Susan (Belinda Lee) seen just arriving through the gates of 'St. Augustine's Hospital' ready for her new job as a nurse. This is actually the forecourt in the grounds of Guy's Hospital, known as Guy's Campus, King's College in London SE1.

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The camera zooms in to see Susan carrying her suitcase. The roadway visible through the gateway is St. Thomas Street.

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Hospital Porter Lofty (Newton Blick) offers to help Maureen (Adrienne Corri). This is looking the opposite way to the previous capture.

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Having boarded a coach back at St. Augustine's, the new nurses are taken to a countryside training school to learn their trade.

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Susan and Maureen chat with Lofty on their return to St. Augustine's Hospital. The entrance to the passage way that today leads to the KCLSU's office, The Shed and Guy's Bar.

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Leaving a cafe, Susan and Jim (George Baker) chat outside.

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Susan is confused by Jim as they both walk away.

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The Assistant Matron (Constance Fraser) walks with Pat (Delphi Lawrence) to the Matron's Office. Again in the forecourt of Guy's Campus with the statue of Thomas Guy on the left.

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Susan, feeling rejected, walks along a passage way to the forecourt.

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Looking ahead, Susan continues along the passageway thinking she may have caught sight of someone.

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At the end of the passageway Susan watches as Jim enters through the forecourt gates.