On film location in Brentford
I’ve just ordered a video of the 1950’s film ‘Belles of St Trinians’, a terrific English film, which I watched in my childhood. And much later when on a business meeting at The Oakley Court Hotel, Windsor, I was pleasantly surprised to learn that the grand gothic mansion was the location of the St Trinians films. This got me thinking of the fine tradition of TV and Filming we have in West London, and where Brentford had been used as a location in Film and TV. Some of you may have seen film crews on Brentford Dock itself and also on the river in front of Ferry Quays, probably for TV work.This is an interesting web site: www.famouslocations.com/vta/brentford.php which lists a few films using locations in Brentford, such as Syon House and Park; Kew Bridge Steam Museum; Accident (1967) Follow Me! (1972) King Ralph (1991) Madness Of King George, The (1994) Richard III (1995) Emma (1996) Wings Of The Dove, The (1997) Avengers, The (1998) Wisdom of Crocodiles, The (1998) Golden Bowl, The (2000) Gosford Park (2001)Syon Park promote their location for filming www.syonpark.co.uk/filming.aspIn the Rainbow Jacket, 1954 www.imdb.com/title/tt0047390/ there are supposedly “Great shots of Brentford and west London and some of the main line train stations…and the Griffin Pub in Brentford.Hell Drivers, 1957 has a shot of Brentford gas works www.busstation.net/screen/screenfmh.htmIn April this year the Griffin Pub was used as a location for the new film, Yanks, http://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.483037.0.streets_transformed_for_stars_new_film.phpOh yes and wasn’t the shot of Dixon of Dock Green outside the police station under the blue lamp in the late 50s TV series, shot at the old Brentford Police Station in the High St?Anybody know of any more?It won’t be long before we can attract a film festival!
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