Midnight Lace
Date: 1960
Director: David Miller
Production Company: Arwin Productions, Universal International Pictures
Stars: Doris Day, Rex Harrison, John Gavin, Myrna Loy, Roddy McDowall
Location(s): London
Region(s): London M-N, N. America
Storyline:
A newly-wed woman’s sanity comes into question when she claims to be the victim of a stalker.
Additional Information:
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- Capture 1
- 17 Jan 2016
A film full of second unit shots and doubles taking the place of the actors who never left US soil. First we have Admiralty Arch standing between The Mall and Trafalgar Square in London SW1.
Peter took this picture of the same location.
- Capture 2
- 17 Jan 2016
A taxi takes American heiress Kit Preston to meet her husband at his offices. Trafalgar Square with The National Gallery in the right distance.
Not a taxi in sight in this image by Peter.
- Capture 3
- 30 Nov 2015
The taxi negotiates the roundabout in front of Lambeth Palace in SE1. Among other productions, the location is also seen in 'George and Mildred', 'The Reluctant Bride', 'How to Get Ahead in Advertising', 'The Cracksman', 'Seventy Deadly Pills', 'The Man Without a Body', 'Bullseye!', 'Too Hot to Handle'.
Peter was at the same location, with the trees showing healthy growth over the intervening years.
- Capture 4
- 30 Nov 2015
The camera tracks the cab as it comes to a stand outside the offices of Preston Mining. Lambeth Road runs away to the right while the former church of St Mary-at-Lambeth, home to the Tradescant Garden Museum, can be seen on the left.
And Peter pans right to find a similar shot.
- Capture 5
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Kit enters the building carrying newly bought clothes including a nightgown called "Midnight Lace". The suggestion is that this is Lambeth Bridge House but it's likely to be a few thousand miles from London.
- Capture 6
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The newlywed heiress arrives outside the Grosvenor Square apartment block where she lives with her husband. We may be looking at a set at the studios.
- Capture 7
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Kit Preston (Doris Day) gets out of the taxi. Yes, it's the studio.
- Capture 8
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Back at London Airport, Kit waits to meet her Aunt Bea. The Europa Building at Heathrow Airport in Middlesex which became Terminal 2 before being closed in 2009 and demolished the following year.
- Capture 9
- 08 Sep 2016
As they talk in the back of the car, Kit and Bea are driven over Hammersmith Bridge, spanning the Thames between Barnes and Hammersmith.
OK, so I totally overlooked midla010 when I was there, I was on another mission. (RL)
- Capture 10
- 22 Sep 2017
The camera pans with the vehicle as it passes the junction of Castelnau and Riverview Gardens in SW13. The same location was seen in 'The House at Sly Corner'.
The shot that I overlooked last year. (RL)
- Capture 11
- 01 Sep 2015
At the studio back lot, a shadowy figure peruses a window display as Kit leaves a store across the road.
An original movie poster, 65cm x 1.00cm (about 26" x 40") with normal wear inc. crease splits, pin holes, tape marks. Good used condition. £45.00 + p&p.
- Capture 12
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Kit makes her way to join a bus queue as Ash (Anthony Dawson) turns suspiciously.
- Capture 13
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An odd looking bus approaches as Kit waits at the reasonably replicated stop, except for the route numbers serving it.
- Capture 14
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The bus screeches to a halt as onlookers rush to help when Kit is pushed into it's path.