London Town
Date: 1946
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Production Company: Wesley Ruggles Productions
Stars: Sid Field, Greta Gynt, Tessie O'Shea, Claude Hulbert, Sonnie Hale, Mary Clare, Kay Kendall, Petula Clark, Beryl Davis
Location(s): Berkshire, Middlesex
Region(s): South East E-L
Storyline:
A comedian returns to London believing that he’s the star of a major new production but discovers that he’s only to be an understudy.
Additional Information:
Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson
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- Capture 1
- 16 Jan 2023
Taking a short break from the theatre, Jerry Sanford and his daughter Peggy go fishing together. The southern suspension bridge over the Thames at Teddington Lock in Middlesex.
Nick Boorman captured this view of the structure.
- Capture 2
- 06 Dec 2022
One of the production's musical sequences opens as Jerry and Peggy take a pleasure boat ride. The River Thames at Windsor, Berkshire with Windsor Castle in the distance.
The view remains, but the grassy bank has been paved over. (Steve Randall)
- Capture 3
- 'Now' required
The River Thames south of Boulters Lock at Maidenhead, Berkshire.
- Capture 4
- 29 Jul 2022
Serene scenes of people enjoying themselves on the river continue. A view downstream from the bridge crossing to Ray Mill Island at Boulters Lock on the Thames.
Looking south from Ray Mill Island by Antony Blair.
- Capture 5
- 29 Jul 2022
Boulters Lock at Maidenhead.
The lock gates were open when Antony Blair arrived.
- Capture 6
- 29 Jul 2022
The River Thames seen from Boulters Lock, Maidenhead with Ray Mead Road to the right.
Returning 76 years on, Antony Blair took this view.
- Capture 7
- 'Now' required
Facing north on the Thames at Maidenhead with Boulters Lock to the left and Ray Mill Island on the right.
- Capture 8
- 29 Jul 2022
Boulters Lock, Maidenhead also appears in ‘Three Men in a Boat’ from 1956 and ‘King of the Underworld’.
A quieter scene when Antony Blair visited.
- Capture 9
- 29 Jul 2022
The song, "Any Way the Wind Blows" heads for it's conclusion, as does the sequence. Boulters Lock on the River Thames at Maidenhead in Berkshire.
Antony Blair captured the same, now empty lock.