Wrong.Streetboy said:Would I be right in thinking this was filmed at Griffin ParK?
(sorry if wrong forum but there are so many of them now)
Er well there was a teeny weeny hint in the title of the film.Aussie Bee said:I was led to believe by 100 years or something that it was GP but looks like abee is right as usual!
1) Thank you kindly sir..........Streetboy said:
1) Cheers all (bows to abee's supreme wisdom)
2) Does that also explain a picture I recall in the 100 yrs book of a Bees team photo in white shirts and black shorts?
Does that also explain a picture I recall in the 100 yrs book of a Bees team photo in white shirts and black shorts?
I have always looked out for this film being shown on television but to my knowledge it has never been shownabee said:Wrong.
It was filmed at Highbury.
"The Great Game" was filmed at Griffin Park
(1953 Diana Dors, James Hayter, Glyn Houston)
It is on from time to time (and by that I mean every five years or so). The last time was probably a couple of years back. It is usually on in the afternoons.........Silly Chip said:I have always looked out for this film being shown on television but to my knowledge it has never been shownI suppose it must have been cack and the film probably hasn't survived the years.
Failed to find much information on this film at all, on the internet or even those big chunky books that supposedly list every film ever made...abee said:It is on from time to time (and by that I mean every five years or so). The last time was probably a couple of years back. It is usually on in the afternoons.........
I actually remember being at the match where the filming took place. I was in New Road and Diana Dors and her then husband Dennis Hamilton were standing in Ealing Road. She had to pretend to faint and was then passed over the heads to the pitchside and then to the directors box. It took several takes and a number of us were trying to rush round to the Ealing Road to see if we could cop a look up her skirt when she was being passed down the crowd.
Happy days!!!!!!!!!!!!
I may have it on video. I'll search around. Tommy Lawton certainly featured as he was player/manager at the time.Streetboy said:Failed to find much information on this film at all, on the internet or even those big chunky books that supposedly list every film ever made...![]()
Maybe someone with some background knowledge in the film industry might know how to track down some info on it, or a copy of it.
Would be a nice addition to the 100 years of GP celebrations if we can track down a copy of the only film ever shot at our ground (is this correct?), maybe even put a big screen on the pitch and show it?
Having watched this film again yesterday afternoon on 'More 4', I think you'll find that the reason why us Bees wore white shirts and black shorts with a white stripe is that it just happened to be our away strip for the 1938/39 season during which this film was made. I worked this out by looking in our copy of '100 Years Of Brentford' where there's a squad photo for the '38/'39 season with some of the squad in the red and white stripes and others in white shirts. I believe this was probably because during those pre-war times we didn't have enough of the home shirts for the whole squad to where?!!!abee said:Filmed at Highbury May 6 1939 and Brentford were asked to play in white shirts and black shorts as The Trojans.
abee said:Wrong.
It was filmed at Highbury.
"The Great Game" was filmed at Griffin Park
(1953 Diana Dors, James Hayter, Glyn Houston)
That's not the lovely Glynis Johns..........it's the even lovelier Greta Gynt I think you'll find. I take it that you are referring to the picture on p 88 of Postively Brentford" and it is the 1938/9 squad.Debbee said:Having watched this film again yesterday afternoon on 'More 4', I think you'll find that the reason why us Bees wore white shirts and black shorts with a white stripe is that it just happened to be our away strip for the 1938/39 season during which this film was made. I worked this out by looking in our copy of '100 Years Of Brentford' where there's a squad photo for the '38/'39 season with some of the squad in the red and white stripes and others in white shirts. I believe this was probably because during those pre-war times we didn't have enough of the home shirts for the whole squad to where?!!!
The thing that's puzzled me though is that whilst watching the film yesterday, I decide to have a look in 'Postively Brentford' where I recalled there was a photo of some of the Brentford squad with stars from the film. I now believe that this wasn't the case because I watched the film closely and failed to recognise anyone of the 'stars' in the photo. I therefore have come to the conclusion that this pic is of our team visiting a film set during the time, but not for 'The Arsenal Stadium Mystery'. I get the impression that this was a regular occurence during the time because a few pages on in 'Positively Brentford', there's a photo of the squad visiting a film set in 1946, I spotted the lovely Glynis Johns in that one. I assume that it was to the near by Ealing Studios that these visits took place?!!!
Please keep up abee.We are talking about page 93 with Glynis Johns and (I think) Dermot Walsh.It's possibly a film called "Third Time Lucky" made in 1947 but completed in 1948,but I'll do some more digging as it's not mentioned in my Halliwell's Film Guide of 1949.lolabee said:That's not the lovely Glynis Johns..........it's the even lovelier Greta Gynt I think you'll find. I take it that you are referring to the picture on p 88 of Postively Brentford" and it is the 1938/9 squad.
Beebop said:Please keep up abee.We are talking about page 93 with Glynis Johns and (I think) Dermot Walsh.It's possibly a film called "Third Time Lucky" made in 1947 but completed in 1948,but I'll do some more digging as it's not mentioned in my Halliwell's Film Guide of 1949.lol
First I doubted the fact that the pic on p.88 was of the stars of 'The Arsenal Stadium Mystery' because I didn't recognise anyone when I watched the film for the 2nd time yesterday...but then I mentioned the photo a few pages on with Glynis Johns in, because it gave me the impression that the Brentford squad of the late '30's/ '40's visited quite a few films sets.abee said:![]()
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But the photo on page 93 makes it perfectly clear that it is the 1946/7 squad visiting a film set.
Debbee was I assumed talking about he Arsenal Stadium Mystery photo on p88.
Lelie Banks and Greta Gynt......:love2: are both in the photo and in the Arsenal Stadium Mystery........yes that's Glynis Johns on p 93 and probably at Ealing Studios.Debbee said:First I doubted the fact that the pic on p.88 was of the stars of 'The Arsenal Stadium Mystery' because I didn't recognise anyone when I watched the film for the 2nd time yesterday...but then I mentioned the photo a few pages on with Glynis Johns in, because it gave me the impression that the Brentford squad of the late '30's/ '40's visited quite a few films sets.
Basically I don't think the photo on page 88 is of the team on the set of The Arsenal Stadium Mystery but of perhaps another film @ a similar time.
Nah, they didn't have terraces when I started watching 'em.chippendale said:Were you standing on the terraces then, abee
Ok, if that's Greta Gynt...what part did she play? Because I still don't think it looks like the blonde in the film. Oh and which one's Leslie (I presume you mean) Banks?!!!abee said:Lelie Banks and Greta Gynt......:love2: are both in the photo and in the Arsenal Stadium Mystery........yes that's Glynis Johns on p 93 and probably at Ealing Studios.
The lovely Greta played Gwen Lee (sounds like an oriental partDebbee said:Ok, if that's Greta Gynt...what part did she play? Because I still don't think it looks like the blonde in the film. Oh and which one's Leslie (I presume you mean) Banks?!!!
Just found out all that by looking on IMDB thanks but Leslie Banks for one is definitely not in the that photo...even if Greta Gynt is...and I still doubt that. I've looked @ several photos via Google of Banks and he's not in that pic, none of the men sitting down in that photo look like any of the stars of the film.Beebop said:The lovely Greta played Gwen Lee (sounds like an oriental part) and Leslie Banks played the Inspector.He's on Greta's left,photo right,and was about 50 at the time.He had been wounded in the face in WW1 so only played character parts.The Mystery is that I assumed that it had been filmed at Ealing Studios but it's not featured on the Ealing Studios filmography site,although the Arsenal site does say Ealing.Please check out the packaging or the film credits on your next viewing.
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abee said:Nah, they didn't have terraces when I started watching 'em.
The H said:abee used to watch the teams run out from The Plough![]()
Let's get back to the thread please, and my doubts about that photo on p.88.abee said:![]()
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Those were the days. You could sign a forty goals a season striker for a few cabbages and a bucket of horse manure.
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MattHCAFC said:German slut
Re. The Great GameIt is on from time to time (and by that I mean every five years or so). The last time was probably a couple of years back. It is usually on in the afternoons.........
Happy days!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Arsenal-Stadium-Mystery-Leslie-Banks/dp/B0009PZ88ARe. The Great Game
Sorry to be so disbelieving but i still have yet to see this film on TV and my searches on the internet for a copy have proved fruitlessWill I ever see this film? :sad:
And Harry Enfield and Chums were filiming at GP the other week according to the Brighton match programme :computer:And of course who could forget the not quite Bafta winning Mike Bassett football manager. I was a bit confused at first to find that the Ellesmere Port based Wirral United were playing their home games some 200 odd miles away in West London, then it dawned on me that the producer must be a ranger hating bee fan, heh.
He was talking about "The Great Game", not "The Arse Stadium Mystery"http://www.amazon.co.uk/Arsenal-Stadium-Mystery-Leslie-Banks/dp/B0009PZ88A
28 for sale at the moment.
Lord of the ringsSimilar to Free Willy. A lot of gays were attracted by the title until they found out it was about a whale...............
Taxi for me. I haven't seen this broadcast before.He was talking about "The Great Game", not "The Arse Stadium Mystery"![]()
This Friday coming ?This is on Channel 4 at 4am Friday morning for those with Sky +