DAVIDW 1,683 Posted November 8, 2013 Report Share Posted November 8, 2013 Whillst looking at the old news archives , saw a picture from May 1944 of actors Mervyn Johns and Norah Swinborne and director Norman Walker standing on the steps of the Council House . The caption says they were filming on location in Nottingham .Story written by Dorothy Whipple. This would seem to be the film and there was a piece about it , in the E.P. last year http://www.nottinghampost.com/Local-novelist-described-Jane-Austen-20th-century/story-15430818-detail/story.html Anyone seen it or know how to view it ? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJBrenton 738 Posted November 8, 2013 Report Share Posted November 8, 2013 I have a copy on my PC taken from a VHS although I didn't know it was shot here so have never watched it. I'll put it somewhere online so anyone who wants to can download it. It's 850MB BTW. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,683 Posted November 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2013 Thanks DJ , that would be good . Looking at further news snippets it says , background shots were taken on Mansfield Rd, Gregory Blvd , the Ollerton road ? and the steps of the Guildhall . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted November 8, 2013 Report Share Posted November 8, 2013 It's obviously very obscure and rare.......the only film I've come across so far where no-one has uploaded scenes of it onto Youtube. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,683 Posted November 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2013 Theres a poster for it , a mere £450 ! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/THEY-KNEW-MR-KNIGHT-1945-Mervyn-Johns-UK-QUAD-POSTER-/360350380252?pt=UK_DVD_Film_TV_Film_Memorabilia_LE&hash=item53e68e70dc Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJBrenton 738 Posted November 8, 2013 Report Share Posted November 8, 2013 The film can now be downloaded from http://www.filefactory.com/file/1qhalfkr05kt/They_Knew_Mr_Knight_avi As it's not available to buy anywhere, I don't see any issues with copyright so feel free to download it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted November 8, 2013 Report Share Posted November 8, 2013 Good scenes of Victoria train station, both exterior and inside at the beginning... Will watch it all the way through later.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Enigma. 1,533 Posted November 8, 2013 Report Share Posted November 8, 2013 thanks djbrenton Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted November 8, 2013 Report Share Posted November 8, 2013 Some good scenes of "Slab Square" with trolley buses...I see they called the City Trentham. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,683 Posted November 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2013 Thanks DJB , watching it now . Amazing you happened to have that on your hard-drive ! There are a few brief outside shots of the Vic. Station and trains leaving the platform . The article below says the booking hall shots are made in the studios . Noticed the Castle and factories in the background from the train carriage shots and the buses in the Square . The Guildhall steps too . Wonder if the suburban road they call The Grove is a Nottingham street ? Also Lincoln Prison and the Cathedral. This is the article from the EP 10.04.1944 about the making of the film. This is a bit of an earlier story about the author Dorothy Whipple and a road accident her hubby was involved in . Says she lived at 35 Ebers Rd. Have left in these shots of some other road accidents from July 1934 . 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bamber 128 Posted November 10, 2013 Report Share Posted November 10, 2013 Ten out of ten for this! Not exactly rivetting as a story but the exterior shots are priceless. Even old school hall set is pretty accurate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJBrenton 738 Posted November 10, 2013 Report Share Posted November 10, 2013 Anyone know what the building in the opening scene is/was? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,683 Posted November 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2013 DJB , do you mean the house they called The Lodge ? Haven't a clue but I have screen grabbed some stills . presume these are all from 1944 : This is from the opening shots as Mr Blake leaves "The Lodge" on unknown road . Without the bus . Vic Station Presume St.Marys to the left . White building in the middle looks interesting ! Leaving Grans house , unknown street . Train leaving Vic Station . One of the shots as they were leaving seemed to show Widdowsons through the train window but failed to capture that shot . This was one of the more interesting shots , a panning shot . Building says Trent Navigation I think , which should allow placing . Unknown road where the fictional Lodge is supposed to be .....Mapperley Park area ? 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted November 11, 2013 Report Share Posted November 11, 2013 I think I've worked out a couple of the locations. This one... ...was taken from the Castle. The white building was on Carrington Street (I've arrowed it) and the spire on the right was St Nicholas' Church School on Castle Road. (Just visible at the other arrow) On this one.... ...it's Wilford Road. Two Trent Navigation warehouses at the bottom end opposite The Navigation pub (arrowed). On the film picture we are seeing the front of the smaller building - on the aerial shot we see the rear. 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bamber 128 Posted November 11, 2013 Report Share Posted November 11, 2013 That looks like Ebers Road just before the junction with Cyprus Road. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,683 Posted November 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2013 Thanks Bamber . Would make some sort of sense if it was Ebers Rd . In that printed article about the writers husband having a car accident , it said that they lived at 35 Ebers Rd . Maybe it saved on location costs , using the writers house as a base ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bamber 128 Posted November 11, 2013 Report Share Posted November 11, 2013 The bit where he is running for the bus has me puzzled. It looks as if the four-way junction has traffic lights so that rules out Mapperley Park. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted November 11, 2013 Report Share Posted November 11, 2013 I wondered about that....but one possible explanation is that the traffic lights and the bus are only there as scenery in the film. And weren't "real". So don't necessarily look for a junction on a bus route Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bamber 128 Posted November 12, 2013 Report Share Posted November 12, 2013 I'm not convinced they would have gone to the trouble of erecting fake traffic lights for a bit of second unit filming. Then there is that large building you can see in the background. As I say: puzzling. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted November 12, 2013 Report Share Posted November 12, 2013 Could this be the arboretum area ? Colville street or forest road ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,683 Posted November 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2013 Doesn't help identifying but have put the first scene on youtube . I haven't really got the processing space on my laptop to edit the whole film so plonked my Samsung tablet in front of the telly to capture these scenes . Trouble is they are mp4 files and its taking 30 mins to upload a one minute scene ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted November 12, 2013 Report Share Posted November 12, 2013 If I click to play it I get a message saying "This Video is private". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted November 12, 2013 Report Share Posted November 12, 2013 Same here Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,683 Posted November 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2013 Should be public now ! Next scene on unknown road . Other streets can be fleetingly seen through car window . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bamber 128 Posted November 12, 2013 Report Share Posted November 12, 2013 This could turn into another Boon mystery tour! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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