Upturned Glass, The
Date: 1947
Director: Lawrence Huntington
Production Company: Sydney Box Productions
Stars: James Mason, Rosamund John, Pamela Mason
Location(s): Kent, London, Sussex
Region(s): London T-Z, South East R-Z
Storyline:
A leading surgeon murders a woman he believes to be responsible for the death of the woman he loved.
Additional Information:
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- Capture 1
- 13 Feb 2023
An establishing shot of the medical school where Michael Joyce is about to give a lecture. Brompton Hospital on Fulham Road in London SW3 located by Steve Randall.
I waited for winter in the hope of a clearer shot, but a better one could be taken inside the gated property. SJ
- Capture 2
- 13 Feb 2023
Tilting down, the camera finds a pair of students running inside to see the respected neurosurgeon. Steve Randall identifies Brompton Hospital adding that the building dates from 1844 but was eventually sold and converted into apartments at the end of the 1990s under the name Rose Square.
Off angle as only a clear was possible through the gates. SJ
- Capture 3
- 06 Nov 2020
Joyce begins to see Emma Wright, the mother of a patient, and the two drive to her country house. Jules Ballantyne tells us that here, they are driving past St Mary's, Crowlink Lane, Friston in Sussex. (RL)
Just visible at the start of Autumn. (SD)
- Capture 4
- 23 Feb 2021
After Emma dies by mysteriously falling from a window, Joyce drives to see her sister-in-law Katherine Howard at the Arcadia Hotel.Jules Ballantyne has located this as Bulstrode Street, London W1 looking west, Welbeck Street behind the camera position. (RL)
The Golden Eagle on the corner with Marylebone Lane is still there. SJ
- Capture 5
- 23 Feb 2021
Joyce arrives outside the hotel where Katherine is living. Bulstrode Street, London W1 as identified by Jules and it was indeed an hotel, but the 'Clifton Hotel'. (RL)
All change here. SJ
- Capture 6
- 'Now' required
The surgeon visits Emma's house where he remembers the woman that he had fallen in love with and begins to suspect that Katherine is responsible for her death.
- Capture 7
- 'Now' required
Michael Joyce (James Mason) begins to make plans for revenge as he unloads his car at the hospital.
- Capture 8
- 'Now' required
Now contemplating murder, Joyce plans his actions. The main doorway at Brompton Hospital on Fulham Road found by Steve Randall.
- Capture 9
- 'Now' required
The camera follows the car. More of Brompton Hospital on Fulham Road SW3 located by Steve Randall.
- Capture 10
- 24 Aug 2014
Joyce pulls up next to the Thames. Chelsea Embankment in SW3. The location has been seen in many films including 'Wanted for Murder' and 'Pygmalion'.
The best shot Peter could get as leaves on the trees mar the view.
- Capture 11
- 24 Aug 2014
The tortured man gets out of his car. Across the Thames from Chelsea Embankment stands Battersea 'A' Power Station.
Battersea 'A', joined by 'B' in the 1950s, still stand. Image by Peter.
- Capture 12
- 06 Nov 2020
After the deed is done, Joyce drives to the coast questioning his sanity. Prompted by Christopher Matheson, Stephen Dean says that this looks very much like Beachy Head Road facing north across the fields. The same area, he adds, as seen in 'The Look of Love' and 'Brighton Rock (2010)', that like the following capture, is very near to the Belle Tout lighthouse. (RL)
Definitely Beachy Head Road. (SD)
- Capture 13
- 26 Jul 2021
The film leaves Joyce looking out to sea on the Kent coast. Also prompted by Christopher, Stephen confirms that this is Beachy Head, Sussex which also features in 'The Naked Edge' and 2010's 'Brighton Rock'. (RL)
A return visit to replace my incorrectly positioned shot from November. Although I am now standing in the correct place, due to an erosion rate of between 22 to 32 centimetres per year I am further inland than Michael Joyce. (SD)