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Post by stapler on Oct 15, 2017 19:05:03 GMT
The above features a train of 1938 stock entering a Tube station; a body being found on the eponymous last train.
The blind reads Oxley Green, which is also the name on the roundel.
Have checked Reelstreets, and found no entry.
Can anyone enlighten me?
First thoughts of course Aldwych, but didn't look right to me.
Series being shown currently on channel 81
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Post by John Tuthill on Oct 15, 2017 21:29:27 GMT
The above features a train of 1938 stock entering a Tube station; a body being found on the eponymous last train. The blind reads Oxley Green, which is also the name on the roundel. Have checked Reelstreets, and found no entry. Can anyone enlighten me? First thoughts of course Aldwych, but didn't look right to me. Series being shown currently on channel 81 Don't forget, the station was still in use when this film was made. Check out the various pages re "Merton Park Studuos" who made all those Edgar Lustgarden films. |
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Post by theblackferret on Oct 15, 2017 22:13:39 GMT
The above features a train of 1938 stock entering a Tube station; a body being found on the eponymous last train. The blind reads Oxley Green, which is also the name on the roundel. Have checked Reelstreets, and found no entry. Can anyone enlighten me? First thoughts of course Aldwych, but didn't look right to me. Series being shown currently on channel 81 Don't forget, the station was still in use when this film was made. Check out the various pages re "Merton Park Studuos" who made all those Edgar Lustgarden films. The station was (this film dates from 1959), but by then it was open on weekdays only and even that only between 07:00-10:15 and 15:30-18:45. Plenty of time for Edgar Lustgarten & co to strut their stuff, day or night & maybe both. It's not amongst the selection in The Aldwych Branch, but that is only the most prominent stuff. Always wondered whether that disgusting revolving bust of Edgar Wallace ended up on the Telegoons, or whether it got a job somewhere on the Tube. Maybe you've just solved that one!  |
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Post by brigham on Oct 16, 2017 10:00:05 GMT
"... that disgusting revolving bust of Edgar Wallace..."
(Other opinions are available).
I'll watch this episode tonight; see if I can recognise anything. Love the tune.
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Post by Dstock7080 on Oct 16, 2017 14:22:04 GMT
Filmed at Holborn (Aldwych) platform; the same place as our previous movie thread: Boy Who Turned Yellow 1972This time using Piccadilly Line 4-car 1938 Stock unit 10020, Piccadilly Line car line diagrams. |
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Post by stapler on Oct 16, 2017 20:51:20 GMT
Thanks very much Dstock. Is the train filmed arriving from Aldwych?
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Post by brigham on Oct 17, 2017 9:07:51 GMT
I'd forgotten how good these are.
Plenty of inside views of the train; very familiar.
Good to see Hilda Barry on form as usual.
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Post by John Tuthill on Oct 17, 2017 13:24:27 GMT
I'd forgotten how good these are. Plenty of inside views of the train; very familiar. Good to see Hilda Barry on form as usual. I agree. The two things I like about watching these are, 1)Actors/actresses who are well known today, but in these films probably extras with one line and 2)If you know the location where the film was made, comparing it as it is now. Other things? The list in endless, cigarette vending machines, no yellow lines,no foreign cars to talk of................... |
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Post by theblackferret on Oct 17, 2017 14:34:05 GMT
I'd forgotten how good these are. Plenty of inside views of the train; very familiar. Good to see Hilda Barry on form as usual. I agree. The two things I like about watching these are, 1)Actors/actresses who are well known today, but in these films probably extras with one line and 2)If you know the location where the film was made, comparing it as it is now. Other things? The list in endless, cigarette vending machines, no yellow lines,no foreign cars to talk of................... The only one I actively remember was from the shorts series (not Scotland Yard, just Edgar Wallace mysteries)-Solo for Sparrow, featuring Peter Vaughan aka Groutie from Porridge & a few others. And the disgusting thing about that bust?-Looked like a death mask, even if Edgar Wallace had indeed been dead for 25 years and more. |
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Post by brigham on Oct 18, 2017 11:14:14 GMT
I was in town some years ago, (MET 150?), and I came across a chap in Covent Garden Market, carving wax busts of 'sitters' at twenty quid a go.
I asked if he could work from photographs, and he said 'yes', but it would have to be done at home, and might cost a bit more.
Fair enough.
So I printed off some screen grabs from an Edgar Wallace intro. sequence, and made up a CD, just for good measure.
Full of enthusiasm, I looked forward to my next visit with added anticipation.
Needless to add, by the time I was back in London, no trace was to be found of either artist or stall.
The only thing constant in life is change.
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Post by stapler on Oct 18, 2017 12:26:55 GMT
One of the earlier Scotland Yards (1951) features a chain smoking John le Mesurier and several trolleybuses (unfortunately not easily identifiable locations!)
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Post by DavidH on Nov 4, 2017 14:14:29 GMT
Any of these Merton Park productions are worth looking out for. There must have been a railway enthusiast working there; so many of their productions feature railways at some stage. The 'Mysteries of Edgar Wallace' and 'Scales of Justice' are always worth a look too.
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Post by nickf on Nov 4, 2017 14:53:58 GMT
I agree. The two things I like about watching these are, 1)Actors/actresses who are well known today, but in these films probably extras with one line and 2)If you know the location where the film was made, comparing it as it is now. Other things? The list in endless, cigarette vending machines, no yellow lines,no foreign cars to talk of................... The only one I actively remember was from the shorts series (not Scotland Yard, just Edgar Wallace mysteries)-Solo for Sparrow, featuring Peter Vaughan aka Groutie from Porridge & a few others. And the disgusting thing about that bust?-Looked like a death mask, even if Edgar Wallace had indeed been dead for 25 years and more. Courtesy of YouTube here is the intro: Man of Mystery
And here is The Shadows' version Shadows Man of Mystery |
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Post by revupminster on Nov 4, 2017 19:49:01 GMT
Last Train to Redbridge in German
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