Loves of Joanna Godden, The
Date: 1947
Director: Charles Friend
Production Company: Ealing Studios
Stars: Googie Withers, Jean Kent, John McCallum, Derek Bond, Henry Mollison.
Location(s): Kent
Region(s): South East E-L
Storyline:
A young woman flouts convention by choosing to run the farm she inherited, and by rejecting the man she is expected to marry.
Additional Information:
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After her father's funeral, Joanna Godden (Googie Withers) returns home to Little Baynham farm, accompanied by Arthur Alce, (John McCallum), and her sister Ellen, (Jean Kent).
- Capture 2
- 26 Jul 2015
Joanna passes The Woolpack in her new trap while the locals inside discuss her situation.
The 600 year old Woolpack Inn, Hook Wall, Brookland, Romney Marsh, Kent. SD
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- 26 Jul 2015
Joanna arrives for lunch at the New Inn, New Romney, Kent.
Now. The New Inn, High Street, New Romney. SD
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- 26 Jul 2015
Joanna waits at Brodnyx station to meet her sister, Ellen, off the train.
Brodnyx station is the now disused Lydd station which closed in 1967. SD
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- 26 Jul 2015
Ellen arrives at Brodnyx station from her boarding school in Folkestone.
Now. The one remaining platform and derelict ticket office of Lydd station. SD
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- 26 Jul 2015
The Christmas service is held at Brodnyx church.
Brodnyx church is really St Clements church, Old Romney, Kent. SD
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- 26 Jul 2015
After the service the parishioners of Brodnyx file out of the church.
St clements church was also seen in 'Dr Syn, Alias The Scarecrow'. SD
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Martin Trevor (Derek Bond) visits Joanna at Little Baynham farmhouse to discuss their wedding.
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Joanna insists the wedding cannot take place in June as the farm must come first.
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Martin Trevor steps from the back door of his house just as...
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...Joanna strides towards him up the path after a change of heart over the June wedding.
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Joanna and Martin pass by a small bridge, of which there are many in Romney Marsh.
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- 26 Jul 2015
Joanna and Martin arrive at Dungeness beach.
Dungeness beach now, with the power station to the left of the old lighthouse. SD
- Capture 14
- 26 Jul 2015
Joanna and Martin ask the lighthouse keeper's wife if she could lay on tea for them at 4 o'clock. The lighthouse at Dungeness appears in 'Bellman & True' as well as 'The Dark Man'.
The old lighthouse and cottages now. SD
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Joanna and Ellen pass Great Baynham, home of Harry Trevor, (Henry Mollison). The house was also seen in 'Green Grow The Rushes'. Identified by Kay Maney as Poplar Hall, Kings Street, Brookland, Romney Marsh. The 18th century house was demolished in the early 1960s. Kay recalls, "When we purchased this home it came with a full time gardener who told me that the original Poplar Hall - a Queen Anne building which was sadly pulled down by the family who we purchased from. That family was the Payne family who were land owners on the Marsh and made their family fortune growing potatoes for supermarkets. I believe that the old Queen Anne building in the movie was the original Poplar Hall because the old gardener said so and remembers the film being shot on the Marsh". (SD)
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- 20 Jun 2016
The whole community attend the annual Lydd Club Day at Lydd Rype. The Club Day is still held on the third Saturday in June.
Lydd Rype now. The 2016 Club Day. SD
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Harry Trevor meets Joanna and Ellen outside the post office and gives Joanna some reassurance after her loss.
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After their marriage, Ellen wakes at Arthur's farmhouse to her new life of boredom.
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- 26 Jul 2015
Ellen goes riding with Harry and passes the ruins of a church.
Now, even more ruined. Hope All Saints Church, Romney Marsh. SD
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- 26 Jul 2015
After a ride on the beach, Ellen and Harry stop off at the church ruins.
The ruins of Hope All Saints Church, situated a mile from New Romney. SD
- Capture 21
- 12 Apr 2019
An additional capture featuring the people of Romney Marsh, who were extras in the film, watching a "looker" round up sheep.
Anne Patel sends this photo of local ladies who were extras on the film. Anne tells us, "My mother Stella Godfrey, second from left, was in the film before she left the marsh in 1949 to settle in Tasmania". Margie Stirling adds, "I have this photo too. The person 2nd from the left is Mum, Stella Godfrey. I believe she was expecting our brother Peter at the time so it must be 1946". (SD)