Good Beginning, The
Date: 1953
Director: Gilbert Gunn
Production Company: Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC)
Stars: John Fraser, Eileen Moore, Peter Reynolds, Lana Morris
Location(s): London, Middlesex, Surrey
Region(s): London E-G, South East E-L
Storyline:
A husband goes into debt and begins gambling so that he and his wife can enjoy a similar lifestyle to their friends.
Additional Information:
Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson
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- Capture 1
- 07 Mar 2021
The titles roll over a view of the River Thames from Richmond Hill in Richmond, Surrey.
Antony Blair took the best possible comparison view of the scene, a little closer to the Cedar of Lebanon.
- Capture 2
- 26 Aug 2022
Returning from honeymoon, newly weds Johnny and Kit Lipton look up at the apartment block where they have taken a flat. Hillbrow on Friars Stile Road, Richmond Hill.
John Harwood noted a few alterations. (SJ)
- Capture 3
- 26 Aug 2022
Neighbours greet Johnny Lipton (John Fraser) and his wife Kit (Eileen Moore) as they enter the building. Hillbrow on Friars Stile Road.
Taken by John Harwood. (SJ)
- Capture 4
- 05 Aug 2023
Looking from the window, Johnny sees friends Brian (Peter Reynolds) and Evie Watson (Lana Morris) arrive outside.
I do believe John H. is refining his drone skills, and he was quick as he did not wish to disturb the residents. (SJ)
- Capture 5
- 17 Sep 2023
Johnny returns to his desk at Braithwaite & Co. Park Mansion Arcade adjacent to Knightsbridge Green on Brompton Road SW1.
The Mansion Arcade sign has gone but there's one higher above shot. SJ
- Capture 6
- 'Now' required
After Kit points out that £50 a year can be saved by not eating lunch in a pub, Johnny settles down by the river with his sandwiches.
- Capture 7
- 'Now' required
With the aim of making social connections, Kit joins her old friend Celia at the ice rink. Richmond Ice Rink on Clevedon Road in Twickenham, Middlesex. The rink was closed and demolished in 1992, sixteen years after being used as a location for 'Schizo'.
- Capture 8
- 06 Sep 2024
Johnny comments on Kit's thrifty shopping before they bump into Evie who takes her to see Brian's new launderette. Antony Blair identifies this as facing south west towards Burnt Oak Broadway from Watling Avenue, Burnt Oak in Edgware, Middlesex.
Denis Hoare visited and found that the 'High Street' is indeed in decline compared to the '50's. (RL)
- Capture 9
- 'Now' required
Surveying a house with his colleague Ron Thorogood (Humphrey Lestocq), Johnny makes an excuse to leave.
- Capture 10
- 'Now' required
Johnny buys a newspaper from a Vendor and learns that a horse he backed came first. Antony Blair identifies this as looking along Station Road from the corner of High Street, part of Edgware Road, in Edgware, Middlesex.
- Capture 11
- 17 Sep 2023
With Johnny's money worries mounting, Brian drives to Braithwaite's to bail him out. Knightsbridge Green with Brompton Road at the bottom of the capture. The location also features in 'Say Hello to Yesterday', 'There Was a Young Lady' and 'Game for Three Losers'.
Traffic and a lack of height don't help with comparison. SJ
- Capture 12
- 'Now' required
Johnny realises his mistakes and tells the truth to Kit as the film draws to a close. Richmond Hill, transferred from Surrey to London in 1965.