Mudlark, The
Date: 1950
Director: Jean Negulesco
Production Company: Twentieth Century-Fox Productions
Stars: Irene Dunne, Alec Guinness, Andrew Ray, Beatrice Campbell, Finlay Currie
Location(s): Berkshire, London
Region(s): London M-N, South East M-Q
Storyline:
In 1875 London, young scavenger finds a cameo of Queen Victoria and becomes driven by a desire to see the her.
Additional Information:
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An establishing shot of 'Mudlarks', orphaned street children who make a living by scavenging along the banks of the Thames.
- Capture 2
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Wheeler (Andrew Ray) searches for anything of worth on the shore before finding a cameo of Queen Victoria on a dead sailor and deciding that he wants to meet the 'mother of all England'.
- Capture 3
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An establishing shot of Windsor Castle, where the Queen has hidden herself away since the death of her husband, Prince Albert.
- Capture 4
- 27 Jul 2022
Through fog that obscures the shot, Walker makes his way to Windsor to see Queen Victoria. The Long Walk facing Windsor Castle in Berkshire. A similar view was seen in 'Purab Aur Paschim', 'No Sex Please, We're British', ‘Theatre of Blood’, ‘Carry On Henry’ and ‘Yesterday's Hero’.
Steve Randall went on the long walk.
- Capture 5
- 27 Jul 2022
Walker approaches the castle from another angle after being denied entrance. Castle Hill from Thames Street in Windsor. The location was seen in 'The Fiendish Plot Of Dr. Fu Manchu', 'The Vulture', 'No Sex Please, We're British', 'The Stranger Left No Card' and several 'Carry On' films.
The scene now, from street level, captured by Steve Randall.
- Capture 6
- 27 Jul 2022
Another grainy shot, again fog related, as Walker walks towards a guard outside Windsor Castle. Through the film's mist is seen Windsor's Castle Hill with Church Street to the left, but this may be a set with a painted background.
Steve Randall provides a clearer and busier view.
- Capture 7
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The Prime Minister gets involved after Walker finds his way into Windsor Castle and is caught. Supposedly 10 Downing Street in SW1.
- Capture 8
- 29 Aug 2014
A familiar sight where, inside, Benjamin Disraeli recognises that young Walker is innocent of the charges leveled against him and pleads for him in Parliament.
The Houses of Parliament in London SW1 by Peter.