Horrors of the Black Museum
Date: 1959
Director: Arthur Crabtree
Production Company: Carmel Productions, Merton Park Studios
Stars: Michael Gough, Graham Curnow, Shirley Anne Field, June Cunningham
Location(s): London
Region(s): London H-L
Storyline:
Author of sensational crime, especially gory inventive murders, ensures that he has plenty of material with which to work. SJ
Additional Information:
Several street scenes were filmed in Warrington Crescent, just round the corner from my digs in Randolph Avenue. Gerald Smith
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- Capture 1
- 04 Apr 2015
That post van is carrying a sinister pair of binoculars.
A very different set of buildings on Piccadilly, W1. SJ
- Capture 2
- 04 Apr 2015
Panning left to a great shot of St George's Hospital (as was).
Behind the trees, the Lanesborough Hotel at Hyde Park Corner, SW1. SJ
- Capture 3
- 07 Mar 2015
And from Hyde Park Corner into Grosvenor Cresent the cut would have one believe. I reckon it's W11.
Yep, Royal Crescent W11. The west side as opposed to the east side which is seen in 'Raising the Wind', 'The Blue Lamp' and 'Enchantment'. SJ
- Capture 4
- 07 Mar 2015
Those binoculars arrive at their destination. Royal Crescent, where Simon Block lived in the 1950s and recalls filming taking place adding "All the local kids would play in their gardens until, in 1958, a film crew turned up and we all crowded round the fence to watch. I asked one of the crew members what they were filming and I remember him saying, 'Horrors of the Black Museum'.
Very tricky. The terrace has wrought iron railings alongside the steps to the basements but the grab shows a wooden one so, as there are no wooden ones left, I went for the makeshift non-original railing. SJ
- Capture 5
- 30 Mar 2015
Gough buys his items for his museum in Portobello Road. But this is just an establishment shot.
Looking north. SJ
- Capture 6
- 'Now' required
After visiting the Portobello-based shop, Gough takes a taxi home where he has his own private museum.
- Capture 7
- 30 Jan 2015
Gough's ex-girlfriend, a little merry, exits the pub.
The Warrington Hotel, 93 Warrington Crescent, London W9, seen five years later in Bunny Lake is Missing. SJ
- Capture 8
- 30 Jan 2015
She is escorted home cheerfully by two young coppers.
And yes it's 31 Warrington Crescent, W9 just as the continuity would suggest. SJ
- Capture 9
- 30 Jan 2015
The latest murder is discussed heartily in a scenic location.
Taken just to the right of Lambeth Pier, SE1. SJ
- Capture 10
- 30 Jan 2015
Driving to Scotland Yard. Embankment, SW1.
The new building on the right seems to stretch out further. SJ
- Capture 11
- 30 Jan 2015
Curnow and Gough outside the embankment entrance.
Now, without a policeman on guard. SJ
- Capture 12
- 'Now' required
This shot is here to justify the IMDb location reference of Battersea Funfair and after two years of staring at photos of the fair, Anthony McKay confirms the location, with unusual angles missing out the usual features featured in the production.