Bottoms Up!

Date: 1960
Director: Mario Zampi
Production Company: Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC), Mario Zampi Productions

Stars: Jimmy Edwards, Arthur Howard, Martita Hunt, Sydney Tafler, Raymond Huntley, Reginald Beckwith, Vanda Hudson, Melvyn Hayes, Mitch Mitchell
Location(s): Hertfordshire, Middlesex

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Storyline:

The new head of a private boarding school’s Board of Governors threatens to replace the headmaster unless he can improve the school’s performance.

Additional Information:

Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson

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  • Capture 1
  • 05 Sep 2021

Pushed by Pettigrew, Professor Jim Edwards steers his car towards Chiselbury School for the start of another term. Antony Blair identifies the spot as facing southward towards Old Mill Lane near Little Britain Lake in Cowley, Middlesex alongside the Frays River in the foreground and the River Colne, forming the border with Buckinghamshire, in the background

Antony provides this capture of the previously unidentified location now.

  • Capture 2
  • 14 Jul 2022

Three coaches carry rowdy boys towards the school gates. Facing north on Aldenham Road outside Aldenham Lodge at the entrance to the drive leading to Aldenham House, now the Haberdashers' Aske's School, in Elstree, Hertfordshire.

A green, leafy scene by Antony Blair.

  • Capture 3
  • 14 Jul 2022

The line of coaches turns onto the driveway of Chiselbury School . . . for the Sons of Gentlefolk. The gates stand adjacent to Aldenham Lodge on Aldenham Road, opposite Dagger Lane, and can also seen in 'Quatermass 2', 'Kill or Cure', 'Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective' and 'It's in the Air'.

Antony Blair found no entry through the gates today.

  • Capture 4
  • 'Now' required

Professor Jim Edwards (Jimmy Edwards) and Pettigrew (Arthur Howard) walk through the school. The school set at Associated British Elstree Studios in Borehamwood where much of the studio action takes place.