Talk About Jacqueline
Date: 1942
Director: Harold French and Paul L. Stein
Production Company: Marcel Hellman Productions
Stars: Hugh Williams, Carla Lehmann, Joyce Howard, Roland Culver, John Warwick, Mary Jerrold, Guy Middleton
Location(s): Alpes-Maritimes, Buckinghamshire, London, Rome
Region(s): France, Italy, London T-Z, South East R-Z
Storyline:
While yachting and flirting on the French Riviera, a woman marries a retiring researcher who discovers a scandalous reputation which her sister helps to explain.
Additional Information:
Page compiled by Phil Wilkinson
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Looking for romance and adventure, Jacqueline Marlow travels on Donald Clark's yacht to the French Riviera. The Baie de Cannes and Boulevard de la Croisette at Cannes in the Alpes-Maritimes department.
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Miss Marlow arrives at the Hotel Superbe where socialite tongues are already wagging. Boulevard de la Croisette in Cannes.
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Leaving Donald behind in Cannes, Jacqueline travels to Paris by overnight train on which she meets Dr. Michael Thomas due to a mix up with his berth booking.
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Nearing the end of the journey, the train travels though the suburbs of Paris.
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A signal box marks the approach to the terminus.
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The train comes to a stand in the platform where Jacqueline sees a Woman meet Dr. Thomas after he alights. What should be an SNCF locomotive is Italian FS number 746-001 and what should be Gare de Lyon, Manuel Gurtner advises is actually Roma Termini station which was torn down in 1943.
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Arriving late for the hunt at Emsworth, her cousin Leslie Waddington's house, Jacqueline finds that Dr. Thomas is also taking part. Steve Randall identifies the 17th century Denham Place in Denham, Buckinghamshire.
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After Michael and Jacqueline ask their Friends and Relatives questions about each other, the hunt gets under way.
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Horses and Riders file through the gates of the house.
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Michael drives his Buick into the village to find Jacqueline and, after declaring their love for each other, the two decide to get married. Outside the Swan Inn on Village Road in Denham, Buckinghamshire. The public house also features in 'Oh, Daddy', 'Tom Brown's Schooldays', 'Mr. Horatio Knibbles', 'The Square Peg' and 1941's 'Spellbound'.

Antony Blair returned to the village a staggering 84 years later.
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Bells ring out one Sunday as Captain Tony Brook bumps into Jacqueline's sister June who he accompanies to church. Trafalgar Square WC2 with St. Martin-in-the-Fields to the left and Nelson's Column on the right.
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Leslie invites Michael and Jacqueline to Emsworth for the weekend. Located by Steve Randall this is Denham Place at Denham, a property that also features in 'So Evil My Love' and 'You Can't Escape'.

