Girl Who Couldn’t Quite, The
Date: 1950
Director: Norman Lee
Production Company: John Argyle Productions
Stars: Bill Owen, Elizabeth Henson, Betty Stockfeld, Iris Hoey, Stuart Lindsell
Location(s): Surrey
Region(s): South East E-L
Storyline:
A girl’s amnesia causes her to forget about the man who had brought her so much happiness.
Additional Information:
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As the Manservant deals with Miss Ruth's first tantrum of the day, her grandmother Janet (Iris Hoey) tends to the garden.
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Ruth's mother Pamela returns home.
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After Tim (Bill Owen) makes Ruth laugh for the first time in her life, Pamela (Betty Stockfeld) persuades him to stay at the house.
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John Pelham (Stuart Lindsell) leaves Tim chastising Ruth for being rude to people.
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Tim agrees to stay with Ruth, to sing to her and make her laugh.
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A Hurdy-Gurdy Man plays as Tim escorts Ruth into the village. The green between Bishopsmead Parade and Ockham Road South in East Horsley, Surrey.
No room for a barrel organ in Steve Randall's comparison.
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Tim drops money into the Old Man's hat. Facing south on the green in front of Bishopsmead Parade.
Steve Randall points out that the house over the road is just visible.
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Following Tim's lead, Ruth (Elizabeth Henson) empties her purse into the hat. Bishopsmead Parade in East Horsley near Leatherhead.
All the shops have changed ownership since filming, as Steve Randall's view shows.
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Other passers by give money too. In the right distance can be seen Violet Cottage, one of East Horsley’s Lovelace buildings which has since been penned in by newer houses on Ockham Road South.
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The pair walk as Tim tells Ruth a story about when he was little. Bishopsmead Parade off Ockham Road South, East Horsley in Surrey.
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Ruth gives food to a Ragged Boy looking into a shop window, just as a stranger gave food to Tim in his story. Looking north along Bishopsmead Parade in East Horsley.
Steve Randall came across restoration work underway at Wellers Hedleys solicitors.
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The teenage girl decides to help worthy causes and those worse off. Many of the trees have been removed and much of the small green in front of Bishopsmead Parade has been given over to car parking.
The leaves of the same tree are visible top right but it's a shame about the cars and scaffolding in Steve Randall's shot.
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A band strikes up at the house as the Church Garden Party and Fête gets underway before Ruth sells all of the household's clothing.
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Ted (Thomas Gallagher) serves his customers before John Pelham and Paul Evans arrive wearing tramps clothing. In the background can be seen the roof and tall chimney of a house.
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After saying goodbye to Ruth, Tim ponders before preparing to leave the house.
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Now in his old clothes again, Tim walks away.