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04-06-2007, 12:05 AM

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batman batman is the proud father of this little chap Chief Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Norwich Gender: Posts: 21,051 My Mood: Country: iTrader: (13)	Lord Peter Wimsey Is 'Busman's Honeymoon' (1940) the only big screen outing for Lord Peter Wimsey? Bats. "Do you know why fattries are called fattries .... it's because they are big and people make things in them."

04-06-2007, 04:23 AM

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Is 'Busman's Honeymoon' (1940) the only big screen outing for Lord Peter Wimsey?

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The IMDb also lists The Silent Passenger (1935) with Peter Haddon playing his lordship

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04-06-2007, 05:37 PM

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Windthrop Windthrop has no status. Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: North Yorks Posts: 5,841 Country: iTrader: (0)	As I understand it the Montgomery flick was intended as part of a series and was filmed at MGM British (Boreham Wood I think), as opposed to Hollywoodised England, and that with the start of the war operations were closed down there and the series came to a premature end.

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The IMDb also lists The Silent Passenger (1935) with Peter Haddon playing his lordship

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Thanks Steve

That looks interesting, I'll see if I can track it down somewhere.

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04-06-2007, 06:02 PM

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As I understand it the Montgomery flick was intended as part of a series and was filmed at MGM British (Boreham Wood I think), as opposed to Hollywoodised England, and that with the start of the war operations were closed down there and the series came to a premature end.

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I have just ordered a copy of Busman's Honeymoon. I remembered seeing it years ago and it a good film. I love the Wimsey stories, I just wish the Acorn DVDs of the two TV series weren't so expensive.

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