Be My Guest
Date: 1965
Director: Lance Comfort
Production Company: Three Kings
Stars: Avril Angers, David Hemmings, Steve Marriott, John Pike
Location(s): Middlesex, Sussex
Region(s): South East A-D
Storyline:
A family inherits a seaside hotel and has trouble attracting guests until their son’s rock group begins packing ’em in.
Additional Information:
Screen shots uploaded by Phil Wilkinson from source material provided by John Tunstill.
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- Capture 1
- 16 Dec 2013
Dave Martin arrives home in Twickenham for the last time as the removal men load furniture.
Hartington Road, Twickenham in Middlesex. SD
- Capture 2
- 16 Dec 2013
Ricky (Steve Marriott) and Phil (John Pike) lend a hand.
4 Hartington Road, Twickenham. SD
- Capture 3
- 16 Dec 2013
The Martin's belongings are loaded into the pantechnicon.
Hartington Road, Twickenham. SD
- Capture 4
- 16 Dec 2013
Dave Martin (David Hemmings) watches as his parents Herbert (Ivor Salter) and Margaret (Diana King) ride away in the back of the lorry.
Hartington Road, Twickenham. SD
- Capture 5
- 16 Dec 2013
Ricky and Phil say goodbye to David.
Hartington Road, Twickenham. SD
- Capture 6
- 29 Nov 2013
A montage showing the seafront of Brighton appears during the titles. Madeira Drive, in Brighton, Sussex.
Madeira Drive now. Still looks the same. SD
- Capture 7
- 29 Nov 2013
Madeira Drive, Brighton, Sussex.
Madeira Drive with Brighton Sea Life on the left. SD
- Capture 8
- 29 Nov 2013
Grand Junction Road looking towards Marine Parade and Madeira Drive.
Starting to get more difficult taking photos in the road. SD
- Capture 9
- 29 Nov 2013
Grand Junction Road with the Royal Albion Hotel to the left.
Viewed from opposite Pool Valley. SD
- Capture 10
- 29 Nov 2013
Kings Road, Brighton with The Queens Hotel centre background.
The Queens Hotel was also seen in 'Ashes and Sand'. SD
- Capture 11
- 29 Nov 2013
The titles end further along Kings Road.
Viewed from opposite Middle Street. SD
- Capture 12
- 29 Nov 2013
Mr and Mrs Martin arrive at their new home - The Seaview Guest House. The corner of Powis Square and Powis Road, Brighton.
Now. SD
- Capture 13
- 02 Dec 2013
David escorts his new girlfriend Erica (Andrea Monet) through Brighton streets. Powis Road looking towards the junction with Victoria Road.
The shops on the left have been converted to flats. SD
- Capture 14
- 29 Nov 2013
The couple pass the Prince of Wales Clock Tower at the junction of North Street, Queen Street and West Street, Brighton. The clock tower is also seen in 'Penny Points to Paradise' and 1947's 'Brighton Rock'.
To the right of the clock tower was the Regent dance hall. Demolished in '74 and replaced by Boots. SD
- Capture 15
- 16 Dec 2013
David and Erica pass the offices of the Brighton & Hove Herald. Pavillion Buildings, Brighton.
Now a city bar. SD
- Capture 16
- 16 Dec 2013
David says goodbye to Erica as they part to go to work. Looking across Royal Pavilion Gardens from Pavilion Buildings. The Royal Pavilion appears in 'Penny Points to Paradise' and 'Ashes and Sand'.
The Royal Pavilion gardens have been re-landscaped. The Brighton Dome is just visible through the trees. SD
- Capture 17
- 16 Dec 2013
David heads for the newspaper office. Pavillion Buildings, Brighton.
Now the outside seating area of All Bar One. SD
- Capture 18
- 16 Dec 2013
And Erica enters through the stage door of Brighton Pavillion.
Brighton Dome. The stage door is now the door to the right. SD
- Capture 19
- 'Now' required
Ricky and Phil get jobs as waiters on The Brighton Belle Pullman train between London and Brighton. Unfortunately this is a stock shot of a British Rail 'Blue' Pullman train . . . . not known ever to have visited Brighton!
- Capture 20
- 13 Oct 2013
The friends head for the Martin's beach hut. The inland side of the children's paddling pool Kings Road, Brighton which was on the eastern side of the West Pier, see 'Cast a Dark Shadow' for the whole scene. (RL)
Last chance to see... The Kings Road arches just before demolition. SD
- Capture 21
- 02 Dec 2013
David runs out of The Grand Hotel, Kings Road, Brighton. The hotel can also be seen in 'Smokescreen', 'Slade in Flame' and 'Position of Trust'.
The glass front was added in 1986. SD
- Capture 22
- 02 Dec 2013
The view westward along Kings Road as David sets out to look for Phil and Ricky.
With the Metropole Hotel seen top right. SD
- Capture 23
- 06 Jul 2013
Ricky has a new job as an ice cream vendor. Identified by Alan Field as Riverside in Twickenham back in Middlesex.
Now by Phil Wilkinson, with the White Swan public house prominent in the background.
- Capture 24
- 06 Jul 2013
David catches up with Ricky. Riverside, Twickenham located by Alan Field . . .
. . . and captured by Phil Wilkinson.
- Capture 25
- 30 Nov 2013
Mr Martin rounds the corner outside the Seaview Guest House. Looking into Powis Square, Brighton.
Only the cars have changed. SD
- Capture 26
- 30 Nov 2013
Looking up, Mr Martin notices a banner placed outside the guest house by his son. Powis Road.
By the entrance to 24 Powis Square in Powis Road. SD
- Capture 27
- 30 Nov 2013
Artie and Wanda arrive at Brighton Hippodrome, Middle Street, Brighton.
The Hippodrome closed in 1965, became a film studio, then Mecca bingo and closed again in 2006. SD
- Capture 28
- 30 Nov 2013
Wanda (Joyce Blair) and Artie (Tony Wager) get out of the car. Brighton Hippodrome on Middle Street.
There are plans to restore the Hippodrome. SD