My Lover My Son

Date: 1970
Director: John Newland
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios, Sagittarius Production

Stars: Dennis Waterman, Patricia Brake, Romy Schneider, Donald Houston, Peter Sallis, Alexandra Bastedo
Location(s): London, Hertfordshire

Region(s): ,

Storyline:

Mother falls in love with her happily partnered son as he reminds her of her lover, who is not incidentally her husband. Bit complicated. SJ

Additional Information:

For a potential reboot: “I do believe when the Rolls Royce and Rover are chasing each other was filmed in Sheepcote Lane in Wheathampstead. All the film units parked in my dad’s yard at the time.”
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  • 16 Mar 2013

Schneider and Waterman at the cinematically familiar Edgwarebury Corus Hotel, Elstree, Hertfordshire.

The croquet lawn has been built over so an exact comparative shot is awkward. SJ

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  • 16 Mar 2013

They chat on the balcony.

There's the extension over the croquet lawn. SJ

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  • 16 Mar 2013

The front (northside) of the Edgwarebury... Pascal Liger's website, shadow1967.weebly.com, lists the Rolls' cinematic and TV appearances, including 'Endless Night,' 'Sunday Lovers' and 'The Squeeze.'

Another slight extension in sympathy on the left. SJ

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  • 16 Mar 2013

Houston and Waterman enter.

Details of the entrance.

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  • 13 Aug 2022

An interior and it's the right interior unlike, for example, 'Not Now Comrade'.

And here's the matching staircase in the Edgwarebury/Manor, Elstree. SJ

  • Capture 6
  • 16 Mar 2013

Waterman and Brake on houseboats on the foggy Thames close to Battersea Bridge.

Taken from Cheyne Walk, SW10. SJ

  • Capture 7
  • 04 Apr 2015

Little Venice, W2. Westbourne Terrace Road bridge makes an appearance in ‘The Blue Lamp’, ‘The Salvage Gang’, 'Interlude', ‘Allez France’ and ‘Blue Ice’.

Westbourne Terrace Road bridge now. SJ

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Waterman and Brake enjoy Regent's Park Zoo, close to Snowdon's Aviary, NW1.

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Schneider walks along Cheyne Walk, SW10.

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More ZSL London Zoo, NW1.

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  • 16 Mar 2013

Brake and Waterman between Albert Bridge and Battersea Bridge, SW3.

I've tried to get the right lampposts. SJ

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  • 16 Mar 2013

A shot of Schneider and Houston overlooking the tennis court seen in 'School for Scoundrels'.

Rather unloved. SJ

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  • 16 Mar 2013

The Edgwarebury Hotel on Edgwarebury Lane, Elstree. The often used location features in many productions including ‘The Devil Rides Out’, ‘Spider’s Web’, ‘Never Too Young to Rock’, ‘Stardust’, 'For Members Only', ‘The Rough and the Smooth’, ‘Stranger from Venus’, ‘Man Accused’, 'The Liquidator’, ‘So Evil, So Young’, ‘Mosquito Squadron’ and ‘Night Must Fall’.

Great sphinxes. SJ

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  • 16 Mar 2013

Waterman watches Schneider's bonfire.

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  • 16 Mar 2013

Back at the front again.

Now, with hotel guest cars. SJ

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  • 13 Jul 2013

Waterman runs to his love.

Peter provided this now shot of the same location, Chelsea Embankment from Battersea Bridge in SW3.