Body Vanished, The

Date: 1939
Director: Walter Tennyson
Production Company: Venture Films

Stars: Anthony Hulme, C. Denier Warren, Ernest Sefton, Eve Foster
Location(s): Middlesex

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A mystery is posed by the disappearance of a murder victim’s corpse.

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Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson

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When Detective Rodney Paine leaves the Cricketers Arms after a body is found, Daily News reporter Pip Piper (C. Denier Warren) takes Hobbleberry’s tricycle to follow. This appears to be a set at Warton Hall Studios in Isleworth, Middlesex.

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The journalist is stopped by two Policemen at the site of the discovery. The driveway at Worton Hall in Isleworth with Worton Road in the left background.

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Pip leaves Grey Towers followed by Hobbleberry. Continuity proves this to be the entrance to Worton Hall Studios. The building survives as flats and can be better seen in 'The Late Edwina Black'.

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Sergeant Hopkins (Ernest Sefton) chases Pip as he rides away on the tricycle. Looking towards Worton Road from outside Worton Hall in Isleworth, Middlesex.