O Dreamland (1953)

Dreamland © Markus Kellmann

Director: Lindsay Anderson Kent Locations Used: Dreamland O Dreamland (1953) is a short documentary film made in 1953 by just the director Lindsay Anderson (If…, Britannia Hospital) and a cameraman and is about amusement park Dreamland in Margate. The film takes the audience on a tour of Dreamland in Margate and its various attractions such […]



Green Grow the Rushes (1951)

Green Grow the Rushes screenshot at Romney Marsh

Director: Derek N. Twist Writer: Howard Clewes Starring: Roger Livesey, Honor Blackman, Richard Burton Production Company: Association of Cinema Technicians (A.C.T.) Kent Locations Used: New Romney, Romney Marsh British comedy film Green Grow the Rushes (1951) is based on the 1949 novel of the same name by Howard Clewes. Captain Biddle (Roger Livesey) smuggles alcohol along […]



Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951)

Black and white image of a beauty pageant - girls on the stage with an audience watching

Director: Frank Launder Writer: Frank Launder, Val Valentine Starring: Pauline Stroud, Dennis Price, John McCallum, Stanley Holloway, Diana Dors Production Company: ZSA Kent Locations Used: The Leas Cliff Hall, The Metropole, Rotunda Amusement Park, Folkestone West Train Station Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951) is a British comedy film about a small town girl who wins a […]



Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

Director / Writer: Robert Hamer Starring: Dennis Price, Alec Guinness, Valerie Hobson, Joan Greenwood, Hugh Griffith Production Company: Ealing Studios, Michael Balcon Productions Kent Locations: Leeds Castle, Harrietsham, Boughton Monchelsea Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) is based on the novel ‘Israel Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal’ by Roy Horniman which tells the story of […]



The Loves of Joanna Godden (1947)

Director: Charles Frend, Robert Hamer Starring: Googie Withers, Jean Kent, John McCallum, Derek Bond, Henry Mollison, Chips Rafferty, Sonia Holm Production Company: Ealing Studios Kent Locations Used: Romney Marsh, St Clements Church, Dungeness beach, The New Inn, The Woolpack Inn The Loves of Joanna Godden (1947) tells the story of Joanna Godden (Googie Withers) who […]



Temptation Harbour (1947)

Illustrated image of a US movie poster. The top half of the image is a harbour and the ocean at night. On the top right is a black-and-white image of Simone Siman looking mischievously over her shoulder. On the bottom left is an image of a man violently grabbing hold of a woman’s arms. On the bottom right is an image of a man in a trench coat and bowler hat pinning another man to the floor. In the middle in orange text is written Temptation Harbor.

Director: Lance Comfort Starring: Robert Newton, William Hartnell, Simone Simon, Marcel Dalio Production Company: Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC) Kent Locations Used: Folkestone Harbour, St Margaret’s Bay Temptation Harbour (1947) is a British crime drama film following a signalman who witnesses a murder and, upon finding the dead man’s suitcase which contains £5,000, is torn […]



Great Expectations (1946)

Great Expectations 1946 Screenshot

Director / Writer: David Lean Starring: John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Tony Wager, Bernard Miles, Martita Hunt Production Company: Cineguild, National Symphony Orchestra Kent Locations Used: St Mary’s Marshes, The River Medway Great Expectations (1946) was the first of David Lean’s (Lawrence of Arabia, The Bridge on the River Kwai) two adaptations of Dickens’ classic novels (Oliver […]



A Canterbury Tale (1944)

Writer / Director: Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger Starring: Eric Portman, John Sweet, Sheila Sim and Dennis Price Production Company: The Archers, Independent Producers Kent Locations Used: City of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral, Chilham, Fordwich, Little Stour, Selling, Wickhambreaux and Wingham Inspired by the Chaucer tales, this classic film by cinema legends Powell and Pressburger tells […]



Contraband (1940)

Contraband Film Poster

Director: Michael Powell Writers: Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell Starring: Conrad Veidt, Valerie Hobson, Hay Petrie Production Company: British National Films Kent Locations Used: Ramsgate Set in early World War II, Contraband (1940) is about a Danish sea captain, delayed in a British port when a blackout occurs. The darkness brings chaos with smugglers and spies wanting […]