Women Aren’t Angels
Date: 1943
Director: Lawrence Huntington
Production Company: Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC)
Stars: Robertson Hare, Alfred Drayton
Location(s): Hertfordshire
Region(s): South East R-Z
Storyline:
Two music publishers find themselves unwittingly involved in an espionage adventure when they go away on manoeuvres with the Home Guard.
Additional Information:
Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson
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- Capture 1
- 'Now' required
The premises of music publishers Alfred Bandle and Wilmer Popday where Wilmer and his String Quartet are becoming annoyed by Alfred and his Jazz Band in the next rehearsal room.
- Capture 2
- 'Now' required
Elizabeth and Wilmer Popday wait with Thelma Bandle for her husband Alfred to arrive for dinner before the two women have to return to their Auxiliary Territorial Service posts.
- Capture 3
- 'Now' required
Singer Frankie Delane (Polly Ward) gets out of Alfred's car after the drive from London.
- Capture 4
- 'Now' required
Following a later than planned dinner and taking the Cadillac Coupe, Thelma Bandle (Mary Hinton) and Elizabeth Popday (Peggy Novak) say goodbye to their husbands Alfred (Alfred Drayton) and Wilmer (Robertson Hare).
- Capture 5
- 'Now' required
Soon after Thelma and Elizabeth are on their way, Alfred suggests a trip to the pub when Wilmer accidentally smashes his bottle of whisky.
- Capture 6
- 12 Oct 2025
Leaving the Farmer's Boy, Alfred waits while Wilmer gets into his runabout. The Beehive public house on Beehive Lane in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire located by Steve Randall. The pub can also be seen in 'Send for Paul Temple'.
Antony Blair found that things aren't looking good for the old pub in the present day!
- Capture 7
- 01 Apr 2022
Carrying a box of explosives, two Enemy Agents wearing Alfred and Wilmer's uniforms get out of a car and approach a Sentry to gain access to a railway viaduct. Beneath Digswell Viaduct, also known as Welwyn Viaduct, on Digswell Park Road in Digswell, Hertfordshire. The road also features in 'Beat Girl'.
Some more trees have sprouted in the mid-ground. And this would have been better taken in the afternoon. SJ
- Capture 8
- 01 Apr 2022
Showing their passes to the Sentry, the Agents make their way to plant the explosives beneath the viaduct. The 40 arch Digswell Viaduct carrying the East Coast Main Line north from Welwyn Garden City station to Welwyn North station.
Looks as though the original was shot in the morning. SJ
- Capture 9
- 01 Apr 2022
Arriving in their wives' ATS uniforms, Alfred and Wilmer explain to the Sentry that the two men he just let through are Agents with stolen uniforms and passes. Digswell Park Road, Digswell in Hertfordshire.
And the original was shot in the afternoon. SJ