That’s an Order (Children’s Film Foundation)

Date: 1954
Director: John Irwin
Production Company: Children's Film Foundation (CFF), Grendon Films

Stars: Peter Butterworth, Humphrey Kent, Phyllis Morris
Location(s): Sussex

Region(s):

Storyline:

A hungry man gets a job as a grocer’s assistant.

Additional Information:

Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson

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  • 19 Jun 2023

The film opens with a view of the seafront at Brighton in Sussex.

Viewed closer to the beach. In the background are the buildings on Marine Parade with Marine Square to the left. Over to the right is Brighton Marina. (SD)

  • Capture 2
  • 19 Jun 2023

Attempting to eat his sandwich, Peter Butterworth is interrupted by a young Girl who wants her bucket filling with sea water. In the top background stand properties on Marine Parade King's Cliff and Royal Crescent.

On the left is Bedford House, with Royal Crescent in the middle and Marine Square on the right. (SD)

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  • 19 Jun 2023

Nearby, Mrs. Dillwater (Phyllis Morris) sleeps as her dog eyes up Peter's lunch while he's filling the bucket. Brighton Beach with the Esplanade, Madeira Drive and buildings on Marine Parade King's Cliff to the top.

On the left are the Royal Crescent Mansions and over to the right is Bloomsbury Place. (SD)

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  • 19 Jun 2023

Peter returns with a pail of water to find that the Girl has gone . . . and so has his sandwich.

On the left is Marine Square and to the right is Portland Place. (SD)

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  • 22 Aug 2024

Seeing him drooling through his shop window, Mr. Crossington (Humphrey Kent) grabs hold of Peter and takes him inside. Outside number 44 Warleigh Road, Brighton.

No sign of the shops remain. PW

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  • 22 Aug 2024

Following a few scenes of slapstick after Peter is given a job, Mr. Crossington awaits a delivery. Warleigh Road with Ditchling Rise in the left distance.

Full of parked cars, this is the street now. PW

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  • 22 Aug 2024

While Mr. Crossington is away, Peter is left in charge. The corner of Warleigh Road and Clyde Road with buildings on Vere Road in the distance to the extreme left.

No sign of an entrance at the same corner. PW

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  • 22 Aug 2024

A Policeman notices that the shop's trap door has been left open. Facing the entrance to 42 Warleigh Road.

The background building is a lot tidier. PW

  • Capture 9
  • 22 Aug 2024

Mr. Crossington returns before more comic capers ensue. The frontages of numbers 50 to 46 Warleigh Road in Brighton, Sussex.

Conversion to residential accommodation reflects the previous shop windows. PW