21 Days
Date: 1940
Director: Basil Dean
Production Company: London Film Productions
Stars: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Leslie Banks
Location(s): Essex, London
Region(s): London T-Z, South East R-Z
Storyline:
A man inadvertently kills the husband of the woman he loves but circumstances ensure that an innocent man is charged for the crime.
Additional Information:
Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson
Also known as ’21 Days Together’ (US Title)
Although released in 1940, the film was shot in 1937, before the Second World War, which explains the unhindered location footage.
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- Capture 1
- 26 Jan 2022
Newspapers bearing headlines about the Grove Lane murder are distributed to vendors. Spring Gardens WC2 with Trafalgar Square in the background
The background junction is busier these days. (PW)
- Capture 2
- 26 Jan 2022
Larry Durrant (Laurence Olivier) leaves the Magistrate's Court after another man is committed for trial for a death that he was responsible for. Bow Street Magistrates Court at the corner of Bow Street and Broad Court in WC2.
The doors remained firmly closed when I visited. (PW)
- Capture 3
- 26 Jan 2022
Entering a telephone box, Larry calls his lover Wanda as John Evan is taken to Brixton Prison. This row of five K2 telephone kiosks survives on Broad Court and can be seen in ‘The Informers’ as well as ‘The Flesh is Weak’.
The same row of kiosks in colour. (PW)
- Capture 4
- 'Now' required
With three weeks until the trial, Larry and Wanda enjoy their freedom. Tower Pier in EC3 with Tower Bridge in the background. The pier also makes an appearance in ‘Three Hats for Lisa’, 'Alfie', 'Jazz Boat', 'The Satanic Rites of Dracula' and 'The Naked Edge'.
- Capture 5
- 'Now' required
The couple take a trip along the Thames to Southend-on-Sea. Denis Hoare identifies the paddle steamer as PS Royal Eagle which entered service in 1932 and plied the route between London, Southend and onwards to the Kent coast resorts of Margate and Ramsgate. The vessel was scrapped in 1953.
- Capture 6
- 'Now' required
In an amusement park, Wanda Wallen (Vivien Leigh) and Larry are stopped by a Man who asks if they'd like a cockle. The Kursaal amusement park in Southend-on-Sea, Essex.
- Capture 7
- 'Now' required
Time is spent enjoying the rides and side shows at the Kursaal. The Grade II listed Kursaal building on Southchurch Avenue near the corner of Eastern Esplanade.
- Capture 8
- 'Now' required
The Kursaal amusement park closed in the 1970s and the site is now occupied by housing.
- Capture 9
- 'Now' required
Larry tries his luck at a shooting gallery. The Kursaal amusement park in Southend also features in ‘Nearest and Dearest’.
- Capture 10
- 15 Sep 2025
Returning to London, at Greenwich Pier Larry sees that newspapers are reporting that the jury has retired to deliberate on their verdict. Greenwich Pier at the northern end of King William Walk in Greenwich SE10.
Nowadays Greenwich Pier looks like this. (SR)