Brit Cinema Quiz

[jamal.nazreddin]

Michael Goodliffe never played Sherlock Holmes, did he?

[Gerald Lovell]

It is Michael Goodliffe, but as a "pretend Sherlock Holmes". But what is he in?

[Anthony McKay]

The Battle of the Sexes (1959)

[Anthony McKay]

Another tricky one - which British film studio is this?

[Stephen Pickard]

Danzigers, New Elstree Studios?

[Stephen Pickard]

Danzigers, New Elstree Studios?

Correction. Too many stages for Danzigers.
Is it Worton Hall Studios?

[Gerald Lovell]

The Battle of the Sexes (1959)

Exactly. From a film that Peter Sellers goes to see and gives him ideas for bumping off Constance Cummings. Goodliffe is "Holmes" and "Watson" is played by William Mervyn.

[Gerald Lovell]

Another tricky one - which British film studio is this?

Looks like a model to me.

[Rick C]

It's an overhead spy plane snap of a missile factory in Cuba masquerading as a vacuum cleaner wiring plan (Our Man in Havana, dir.Carol Reed).

[Anthony McKay]

It is an architect's model of a British studio.

[chillingfilmania]

It is an architect's model of a British studio.

Is it Pinewood where so many classic comedies were made?

[Anthony McKay]

Is it Pinewood where so many classic comedies were made?

Yes indeed - it's the original model of Pinewood of which 1/4 was never completed.

[chillingfilmania]

[chillingfilmania]

Yes indeed - it's the original model of Pinewood of which 1/4 was never completed.

Where is the disused carpark on that photo? It was used to build Elsbels Hotel for Carry On Abroad.

[Anthony McKay]

I know this one due to the Soskin and M-G-M British connections - but I'll leave it to someone else.