The London Nobody Knows

[765]

Does anyone have a copy of "The London Nobody Knows" that they could sell me, please? Cheers.

[aphra]

I have a VHS of it. Send me your e-mail address and we can talk further

Best, Aphra

[765]

aphra:

I have a VHS of it. Send me your e-mail address and we can talk further

Best, Aphra

thanx Aphra. I've tried to send you my email but your private mailbox is always full up-you must be popular!

[macca07]

Hi All! Am new to this site, what a wondrous place. Wonder if anyone can help? am looking for a film 'The Boys' 1962 (missed this recently on cable!) and a documentary called The London Nobody Knows (1967), narrated by James Mason. Does anyone have these on VHS? Have a few rare British Films including Love Is A Four-Letter Word (1968) Cilla Black/David Warner - Live It Up (1963) David Hemmings/Steve Marriott. Would be willing to trade. Thanks

[deckard]

Hi Macca07,welcome to Britmovie..yes it is a great site!Your best bet is to send a message to APHRA(forum member)I know she definately has "The London Nobody Knows"(I keep meaning to get it from her!!)and she probably has some of the other titles you're looking for too...I hope this helps,regards... :)

[deckard]

Oh! and P.S. if you do a search through the threads on the site you will find related info on what you're after. :)

[macca07]

deckard:

Oh! and P.S. if you do a search through the threads on the site you will find related info on what you're after. :)

Hi, thanks for your reply. Have received word from Aphra that she does indeed have it. thanks

[Pam1927]

No idea who would have the rights to the film... I did have a search a short while ago to see if it was out on DVD, but didn't come up with anything. I'll be keeping an eye out for it though, as it's one of my fav films. :)



Regards



Pam



PS: I've just brought the little chat about the film that some of us had a few weeks ago to the top of the list under General Film Chat... take a look.



[ 27. November 2004, 20:12: Message edited by: Pam1927 ]

[Freddy]

Rob01

Welcome to the LBdB appreciation society, . . . how can such a 30min film remain in people's memories. It is such a lovely film which leads me to an idea for a thread.

best wishes to all my fellow LBdB ers

Freddy

[DAVID RAYNER]

Regarding who has (or originally had) the rights to Les Bicyclettes de Belsize, I have been checking my old film despatch books from my projectionist days. I find that I ran this in 1969 as the support to Twisted Nerve, starring Hywell Bennett and Hayley Mills. The distributor for both films was BLC, which, if I remember correctly, stood for British Lion Columbia. I'm not sure if British Lion still exists, though.

[Pam1927]

I thought it had done the rounds with 'Twisted Nerve' originally, but wasn't sure if my lousy memory had that right or not. Thanks for confirming that, Dave... maybe I shouldn't beat up on my old brain cells quite so much then!

[Rob01]

Thanks Freddy,



I can't remember what the main film was bit I believe the cinema may have been the Curzon in Curzon Street, London.



Best wishes,

Rob.

[Freddy]

On the dogpile search engine I put in 'King of Bohemia pub Hampstead' which is the pub by the bus stop and if it is the right one then apparently it is now a charity shop.

regards

Freddy

[PeterVideo]

Freddy, that bus stop was put there just for the film. The 268 bus stops were further up and down the hill!

[Freddy]

Cheers PeterVideo,

When I saw your thread I went and watched it again, I am right in thinking the post office was next to the pub. The whole area seemed a trendy place then was it?

best wishes

Freddy

[Rob01]

Dear Freddy,



Although 'Belsize' appears in the title, most of the film appears to have been shot in Hampstead which borders Belsize Park.



I expect that you are aware that Hampstead has always been known for attracting authors, poets, and people in the theatre, films, as well as intellectuals. The poet, John Keats lived there and a number of authors live there now. Hampstead Heath is very beautiful and the houses looking on to it are in great demand.



Hampstead was trendy in the 1960s and probably still is. Although one has to be wealthy to be able to live there, it costs little to visit the Heath, stroll along the streets and lanes and 'take in the atmosphere'.

[Steve Crook]

</div><div class='quotemain'>Rob01:

Dear Freddy,



Although 'Belsize' appears in the title, most of the film appears to have been shot in Hampstead which borders Belsize Park.



I expect that you are aware that Hampstead has always been known for attracting authors, poets, and people in the theatre, films, as well as intellectuals. The poet, John Keats lived there and a number of authors live there now. Hampstead Heath is very beautiful and the houses looking on to it are in great demand.



Hampstead was trendy in the 1960s and probably still is. Although one has to be wealthy to be able to live there, it costs little to visit the Heath, stroll along the streets and lanes and 'take in the atmosphere'. [/b]

North Londoners often think hamstead Heath is big. But it is tiny when compared to Richmond Park, Wimbledon Common, Clapham Common and all the other green areas of SW London.



Us South Londoners have a special trick. The part of South London right by the river (Borough, Elephant, Waterloo etc) is kept deliberately unappealing so that the Northerners see that and turn around. But if you go beyond that thin band then South London, especially SW London, is much nicer :)



Steve

[PeterVideo]

Freddy and Rob1 - I lived in Belsize Park from 1970 to 1980 and I guess we felt a bit trendy (horrible word) but my main reasons were as Rob1 says - it was a very pretty area and rich enough to fend of the worst excesses that the architects (who all lived in the area) inflicted on all the other parts of the UK.



Reading biographies of many film related folk I now realise just how many of the locals were in the film biz. May be I'll start a thread on which important film related discusssions were held in which restarants.



You are tempting me to name-drop so here goes!

I did bump into Norman Rossington at a party in BP once and Ian Hendry used to get out of skull at one of my local pubs (much to everyone's annoyance - his career was one the slide by the 70s) and I saw Patrick Wymark at a garden fete (smashed as well and his career was ...).

I nearly spilled Joan Bakewell's drink and I stood next to Tim Brook Taylor at a street festival. Peter Cook was a regular Hampstead miscreant (according to the book I read!) but I don't recall seeing him.



If I had a copy of LBDB I would be able to check out the locations against my memory and then go back to check the reality - maybe one day...



Cheers everyone.

[Pam1927]

Us South Londoners have a special trick. The part of South London right by the river (Borough, Elephant, Waterloo etc) is kept deliberately unappealing so that the Northerners see that and turn around. But if you go beyond that thin band then South London, especially SW London, is much nicer :)



Steve

Oh, Steve!!! We're going to get all those bloody North Londoners coming down here now you've told 'em our 'secret'!



Actually, despite my Scouser credentials, I've lived in the Wimbledon area twice as long as I lived in Liverpool! wink

[Steve Crook]

</div><div class='quotemain'>Pam1927:

</div><div class='quotemain'>stevecrook:



Us South Londoners have a special trick. The part of South London right by the river (Borough, Elephant, Waterloo etc) is kept deliberately unappealing so that the Northerners see that and turn around. But if you go beyond that thin band then South London, especially SW London, is much nicer :)



Steve [/b]

Oh, Steve!!! We're going to get all those bloody North Londoners coming down here now you've told 'em our 'secret'!



Actually, despite my Scouser credentials, I've lived in the Wimbledon area twice as long as I lived in Liverpool! wink [/b]

Well we manage to put up with all those tennis fans for 2 weeks every year. I think we can survive the few North Londoners that will make the journey. They aren't as well travelled as us :)



I was born & brought up in the area & have always lived here apart from when I was away at college. But it suits me fine because London is close enough for me to use when I want it - but I can also get away to the coast or the countryside quite easily as well. And with all that open space that we have it's almost like living in the county.



I am a country lad at heart. Mum was a Welsh farmer's daughter.



Steve