They Were Sisters
Date: 1945
Director: Arthur Crabtree
Production Company: Gainsborough Pictures
Stars: James Mason, Phyllis Calvert, Hugh Sinclair, Anne Crawford, Peter Murray-Hill, Dulcie Gray, Barry Livesey, Pamela Kellino
Location(s): Surrey
Region(s): South East R-Z
Storyline:
The story of three sisters who marry men of widely different character.
Additional Information:
Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson
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- Capture 1
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Brian Sargeant (Barry Livesey) turns as William Moore (Peter Murray-Hill) arrives at the the home of Vera, Charlotte and Lucy Field.
- Capture 2
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Charlotte (Dulcie Gray) meets the smooth-talking Geoffrey Lee (James Mason) and soon marries him despite opposition from Lucy (Phyllis Calvert) and Vera (Anne Crawford).
- Capture 3
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After their wedding, Geoffrey drives away with his bride.
- Capture 4
- 'Now' required
Carrying an anniversary present, William Moore finds his wife Lucy in the garden.
- Capture 5
- 'Now' required
The couple kiss before Lucy's gift of a motor mower is disclosed.
- Capture 6
- 31 Dec 2019
Lucy waits for a train bringing her sisters to visit. Baynards railway station in Surrey.
Not really a now but Lucy would be standing on the far platform in the centre of this shot. SJ
- Capture 7
- 'Now' required
Charlotte and Lucy embrace. Baynards station also appears in 'The Horsemasters', 'Monster of Terror’, 'Room at the Top', ‘Rotten To The Core’, and ‘The Grass is Greener’.
- Capture 8
- 02 Jun 2023
Against their father's wishes, Judith (Ann Stephens) and Stephen Lee (John Gilpin) secretly take the family dog on holiday. Anna Gorzkiewicz has identified the holiday location as The Anchor public house at Pyrford Lock in Wisley, Surrey. (RL)
John Harwood found that the replacement conservatory has left little sign of the original pub. (SJ)
- Capture 9
- 02 Jun 2023
Geoffrey and Charlotte come out of the hotel and the dog is discovered. Following on from Anna's identification of the previous capture, this is The Anchor at Pyrford Lock, Wisley. (RL)
John again. (SJ)
- Capture 10
- 02 Jun 2023
The dog is taken and given to landlady Mrs. Purley. Once again thanks to Anna, outside The Anchor at Pyrford Lock. Steven Platt updates us in February 2021 that a conservatory now stands on the site. (RL)
The exit now by John. (SJ)
- Capture 11
- 14 Feb 2021
Filled with sadness, the children cycle away, followed by their parents in the car. So this Anna tells us, is the bridge at Pyrford Lock, although the bridge has been renewed the geography and features remain unchanged. (RL)
Steven Platt found work in progress on the lock gates hence the extra iron work.
- Capture 12
- 14 Feb 2021
The siblings ride on in silence. The siblings have, according to Anna Gorzkiewicz, left Pyrford Lock at Wisley in Surrey behind them. (RL)
The same location captured by Steven Platt.
- Capture 13
- 'Now' required
Lucy tells her niece Sarah Sargeant (Helen Stephens) that a letter has arrived from her mother in South Africa.