Midnight at Madame Tussaud’s
Date: 1936
Director: George Pearson
Production Company: Premier Sound Films
Stars: James Carew, Charles Oliver, Lucille Lisle, Kim Peacock, Patrick Barr, William Hartnell, Lydia Sherwood
Location(s): London
Region(s): London M-N
Storyline:
Taking a wager from his friends, a daring explorer attempts to spend the night alone in Madame Tussaud’s Chamber of Horrors not knowing that his young ward is in danger from an unscrupulous gang.
Additional Information:
Page compiled by Phil Wilkinson
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- Capture 1
- 'Now' required
The story opens with a shot of Madame Tussaud's, where explorer and sportsman Sir Clive Cheyne has been invited to view a waxwork of himself. Opening in 1884, this is Madame Tussaud's on Marylebone Road, London NW1.
- Capture 2
- 05 Jun 2024
Sitting in the back of a Rolls Royce, Nicholas Frome places an engagement ring on the finger of Sir Clive's ward Carol Cheyne. This is Exhibition Road in SW7 with the corner of Prince's Gardens to the top right.
Now more of a "shared space" road. SJ
- Capture 3
- 05 Jun 2024
In an Austin taxi, Gerry Melville and his associate Stubbs travel along the same road as the Rolls.
Taken a little further south: even the road doesn't match. SJ
- Capture 4
- 10 Aug 2024
When the taxi stops alongside the Rolls Royce at a traffic signal, Nick throws the engagement ring box through the window and it lands in Stubbs' lap. The junction of Cromwell Road and Queen's Gate in SW7 located by Richard Lovejoy.
I elected not to attempt to incorporate a traffic light in order to admire, despite scaffolding, the matching architecture on the south side of Cromwell Road. SJ
- Capture 5
- 10 Aug 2024
As the lights change the Rolls Royce Phantom pulls away followed by the taxi whose passengers' interest has been piqued by the empty box. Richard Lovejoy identifies this as looking south on Queen's Gate at the junction with Cromwell Road in Kensington.
The trees still incline, maybe not so perilously after all this time. SJ
- Capture 6
- 05 Jun 2024
Facing north on Exhibition Road in Kensington with the corner of Consort Road on the left.
This would benefit from a matching season shot. SJ
- Capture 7
- 05 Jun 2024
Still being followed by the taxi carrying Melville and Stubbs, the Chauffeur turns right into Prince's Gardens.
The postbox, also seen in cap2, has gone. SJ
- Capture 8
- 05 Jun 2024
Around the corner, buildings on Prince's Gardens come into view.
A busy time at school collection time from the recently opened Brighton College Prep Kensington. SJ
- Capture 9
- 05 Jun 2024
The Phantom is brought to a stand outside the home of Carol's Uncle, Sir Clive. Facing north from outside the since demolished numbers 19 to 22 on Prince's Gardens in Kensington SW7.
The pre-developed east side of Prince's Gardens, out of shot to the right, can be seen in "Nowhere to Go" and the replacements in the respective "now" shots. SJ