"in an offhand manner, whereas in the film, they barely take any notice of them or what they are doing, either showing them respect for their privacy or just being oblivious. The final scene of the film showing Laura embracing her husband after he shows that he has noticed her distance in the past few weeks and perhaps even guessed the reason is not in the original Coward play. There are two editions of Coward's original screenplay for the film adaptation, both listed in the bibliography. Much of the film version was shot at Carnforth railway station in Lancashire, then"
"The concrete locomotive coaling tower is a rare survivor. From the 1920s to the 1980s Morphy's Mill, in Oxford Street, was a major employer of women in Carnforth. Contrary to its name it was not a mill but a factory making blouses and other garments. In 1945, Carnforth railway station was used as a set for the David Lean film ""Brief Encounter"", starring Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard. Fans of this film were one of the major factors in the recent refurbishment of the railway station, including construction of a refreshment room to match the studio set used in the"
"Brief Encounter Brief Encounter is a 1945 British romantic drama film directed by David Lean about British suburban life on the eve of World War 2, centring on Laura, a married woman with children, whose conventional life becomes increasingly complicated because of a chance meeting at a railway station with a married stranger, Alec. They fall in love, bringing about unexpected consequences. The film stars Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway and Joyce Carey. The screenplay is by Noël Coward, based on his 1936 one-act play ""Still Life"". The soundtrack prominently features the Piano Concerto No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninoff,"
"the film ""Brief Encounter"" (1945). This sequence was filmed at Horsted Keynes, on the Bluebell Railway in Sussex. Other locations include: In general, ""Metro-Land"" was favourably and warmly received. Miles Kington wrote to Mirzoeff that it was ""just about the most satisfying TV programme, on all levels, that I've ever seen"". Clive James, writing in ""The Observer"", dubbed it an ""instant classic"" and predicted accurately that ""they’ll be repeating it until the millennium"". (It was shown on BBC Four in 2006, in the same week that the DVD was released, and most recently was shown on BBC Four again in"
"Brief Encounter (1974 film) Brief Encounter is a 1974 British-Italian television film starring Richard Burton and Sophia Loren, adapted from the play ""Still Life"" by Noël Coward. The plot of the film is about two strangers, both married to others, who meet in a railway station and find themselves in a brief but intense affair. The material was previously the basis for the David Lean film ""Brief Encounter"" (1945). Burton was cast at the last moment, after Robert Shaw dropped out. The film had its premiere on U.S. television on 12 November 1974 as part of the ""Hallmark Hall of"
"exactly on a soundstage at Paramount. For years it was believed the exterior of the train station in the film was the Mission Revival Style Southern Pacific Railroad Depot in Glendale, California built in 1923, but the scene was really filmed at the Burbank S.P. station, bearing signs that read ""Glendale."" That station no longer exists and the Burbank Metrolink station now stands on the site. The Glendale station remains, however, and can now be seen as part of the Glendale Transportation Center and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 2, 1997. Other locations around"
"Transport Commission. The station was closed to passengers on 1 June 1957 and to goods in January 1961. A single track ran through the station running through to pass under a bridge carrying the A40 main road between Oxford and London. The station appeared in four films: ""The Captive Heart"" (1946), ""My Brother Jonathan"" (1947), ""My Brother's Keeper"" (1948) and ""Portrait of Clare"" (1950). Excerpts of these films can be found at The Watlington Branch Line blog. The station site is to be found just before the B4009 road meets the A40 road at the bottom of Beacon Hill near"
"for coming back. ""Brief Encounter"" also loosely inspired ""Mum's Army"", an episode of the British comedy series ""Dad's Army"". There is a similar final scene in a railway station. An episode of the British comedy series ""Goodnight Sweetheart"" mentions the movie, Noël Coward and there is also a similar scene in a railway station. A 1974 television remake of the film, shown in the US on the ""Hallmark Hall of Fame"", starred Richard Burton and Sophia Loren, but was not well received. In the 2012 ""Sight & Sound"" polls of the world's greatest films, ""Brief Encounter"" received the votes of"
"as much peripheral vision as possible to define space without losing intimacy with the actors, and anamorphic allowed this within the limited space. A custom made overhead camera dolly was built using the carriage's luggage holders. The dolly allowed for smooth camera motion throughout the carriages. Principal photography began at Shepperton Studios' 'H' Stage, in September 2011, and lasted just 26 days, with further pick ups on the 007 stage at Pinewood studios. The film was set on-board two Class 421 “4-CIG” EMU (carriages 76747 and 62385 from unit 1399). Despite being part of an electric train, artistic license was"
"where she runs a tea room, and still receives many letters relating to ""Brief Encounter"". Recently getting married again, Margaret and her new husband are the oldest newly weds in the UK currently. Margaret Barton Margaret Barton (born 27 May 1926 in Finsbury Park, London) is a British actress. She is best known for her role in the 1945 David Lean film ""Brief Encounter"" in which she played Beryl Walters, a girl who works in the railway station cafe. Barton began acting in the theatre at the age of 12. Because she was small for her age, during World War"
"""Life on Mars"" episode ""The Simple Secret of the Note In Us All"", where a newspaper columnist is found murdered on a subway car. The museum remains open to requests to use the station for filming, as well as to host private events during hours the facility is not normally open. The station was a two-track, one-island platformed station while in service. An ADA-accessible chair lift and elevator were added after the station was converted into a museum. The Transit Museum's main entrance is located at the corner of Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street in downtown Brooklyn. There is a"
"Union Station (film) Union Station is a 1950 crime drama film noir directed by Rudolph Maté and starring William Holden, Nancy Olson and Barry Fitzgerald. In this police thriller that partly takes place in Chicago Union Station (though filmed instead at Los Angeles Union Station), a railroad policeman, William Calhoun, is approached at work by an apprehensive passenger named Joyce Willecombe (Nancy Olson) who believes that two travelers aboard her train may have been up to no good. Joyce is the secretary to a rich man named Henry Murchison (Herbert Hayes), whose blind daughter, Lorna, has been kidnapped and held"
"Radar Station (film) Radar Station is a 1953 Canadian short documentary film produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) as part of the ""On The Spot"" series made specifically for television. The documentary involved an account of a visit to a radar station while it is involved in a simulated air attack, and is based on first-person interviews of the staff at the radar station. In 1953, during the Cold War, RCAF Squadron Leader Bill Lee visits RCAF Station Lac St. Denis in the Pinetree Line of radar stations. Typical of the many Royal Canadian Air Force radar"
"up. The table that Ripley and King's stunt doubles fall through had its legs weakened, and the glasses on the table were replaced with sugar glass. The ""Brief Encounter"" fantasy was filmed at a steam railway near Rochdale. Nigel Cole used the scene as an opportunity to make his mark as a television director. Most of the scene was filmed by Cole and the main crew. Establishing shots were filmed by Langan and the second unit, due to time constraints. The lighting and focus of the fantasy station was intended to be a direct contrast to the harsh modernity of"
"passengers and three platforms with six tracks. The facility served as a backdrop for the 1950 film ""Union Station"", which starred William Holden and Nancy Olson. It has been used in many vintage motion pictures, many of the film noir variety. Movies that have featured Union Station as a filming location include: Union Station (Los Angeles) Los Angeles Union Station (LAUS) is the main railway station in Los Angeles, California, and the largest railroad passenger terminal in the Western United States. It opened in May 1939 as the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, replacing La Grande Station and Central Station."
"A Railway Collision A Railway Collision (also known as ""A Railroad Wreck"") is a 1900 British short silent drama film, directed by Walter R. Booth and produced by Robert W. Paul. It was one of a number of sensationalist ""trick films"" made at Paul's Animatograph Works, his studio in Muswell Hill in north London, and represents one of only a very small number of surviving films by Paul. The film depicts a stretch of single-track railway, along which a slow train runs through a mountainous terrain on an embankment on a lake and a yacht with a tunnel in the"
"picks up the courage to talk to school kids about trains. Olivia, Joe, and Fin share a meal at Olivia's house, their conversation filled with some small talk and reconciliation. Olivia and Joe tease Fin about Emily, suggesting he go seek her again. According to writer-director Tom McCarthy's commentary on the DVD release of the film, it was shot on a shoestring budget in a limited amount of time. Locations used included Lake Hopatcong, Dover, Hibernia, Rockaway Township, Rockaway Borough, Hoboken, Newfoundland and Oak Ridge, New Jersey, as well as Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The Newfoundland station, originally built by the"
"tape recorder to capture his ""encounters"". He is helped in his search by Clarence (Michael Caine), an elderly ex-magician in the early stages of dementia who has recently entered the home. The film follows their quest and their friendship, which ultimately allows both Edward and Clarence to come to terms with their respective situations. Shot on location in Hastings and Chalfont St Giles. Folkestone Central railway station doubled as a Yorkshire station as Clarence and Edward take a trip on the train for a day out. The sea-shelter on Princes Parade in Hythe was used as a bus shelter in"
"LMS 2-Cylindered Stanier 2-6-4T Sir William Stanier's London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Class 4P 2-Cylinder 2-6-4T is a class of 206 steam locomotive built between 1935 and 1943. They were based on his LMS 3-Cylinder 2-6-4T. The LMS numbered them 2425–94, and then 2537–672, BR adding 40000 to their numbers to make them 42425–94, and then 42537–672. The LMS classified them 4P, BR 4MT. They were the basis for the LMS Fairburn 2-6-4T. No 2429 had a starring role as Celia Johnson's branch line engine in the 1945 film ""Brief Encounter"", which was made at Carnforth station during the"
"Newfoundland station (New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad) Newfoundland is a railroad station in the Newfoundland section of Jefferson Township, New Jersey. It was built by the New Jersey Midland Railway in 1872 and later served passengers on the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad (NYS&W). The critically acclaimed and award winning 2003 independent film ""The Station Agent"" starring Peter Dinklage was set and filmed largely in Newfoundland (during August 2002) and features the iconic train station featured in the film is located in the Jefferson Township section of Newfoundland. The station interior has been renovated and is marketed as"
"filmed at Penistone Paramount Cinema. The Berni Inn scenes were shot at nearby Cubley Hall in Cubley. The production team was based at the old Finnegan builders yard on Ecclesall Road and the interior of the main character's house was a set built in the former joiners shop. Brief Encounters (TV series) Brief Encounters is a British comedy-drama series created by Oriane Messina and Fay Rusling. The series is loosely based on Gold Group International CEO Jacqueline Gold's 1995 memoir, ""Good Vibrations"", and details the beginning of the Ann Summers retailer company, through four women who see the potential of"
"to run low, so a pair of Kaiser Steel U30C's picked up the auxiliary water tender, took it to Eagle Mountain where it was refilled with water and then returned to Summit later in the day. During the filming, the local school children from Eagle Mountain Elementary School took a field trip to see and tour the train and movie set, with miniatures, at Summit. Filming wrapped up on April 10, and that afternoon the train headed to Eagle Mountain for servicing. The next day, April 11, the special train backed all the way to Ferrum where the train is"
"the loop points came under the control of ground frames. The RETB system was commissioned by British Rail between and Fort William Junction on 29 May 1988. This resulted in the closure of Corrour signal box and others on that part of the route. The RETB is controlled from a Signalling Centre at Banavie railway station. The station, and the nearby mountain Leum Uilleim, gained fame when they were featured in a scene from the film ""Trainspotting"". It also appeared in the fourth episode of the 2010 BBC series ""Secret Britain"". The station also featured in the Young Guns video"
"Filming took place over a three-day period, and devout fans of the film make annual pilgrimages to the station and other select stops each year. Parkesburg has two low-level side platforms. A center track is not used for passenger service. Parkesburg station Parkesburg is an Amtrak train station located between Lancaster and Philadelphia at West First Avenue and South Culvert Street in Parkesburg, Pennsylvania. It is served by most Amtrak Keystone Service trains. A station building exists at the stop, but is not currently used as a ticket office. The distance between Parkesburg and the next westbound station (Lancaster) is"
"was constructed through its site. Only the station approach road, alongside which are a few sections of railway fencing, indicate its former site. On 17 April 1907, a locomotive, operated under the instructions of the station master, overran its intended stop point, mortally injuring a local resident who without the train crew's knowledge was lying in the path of the train as part of filming by the Clarendon Film Company. On 29 January 1910 the Brighton to London Victoria express split in two when passing points at the station and the rear part of the train, consisting of two third-class"
"by a Labour government. The film also features uncredited appearances by Jonathan Cecil and Sally Geeson in minor roles. The railway scenes were filmed on the former Longmoor Military Railway (closed in 1969). In the final railway scene where the girls 'return' the money the British Railways station at Liss can be seen in the background. The locomotives used were: The extras on board the St Trinian's train were pupils from a local convent school. In addition the school used for much of the filming was Little Abbey Preparatory School, near Liss. The school was in fact the other side"
"the shooting will be done near or on a train. I had to toil hard to get the required permission for the shoot. The story starts from Mysore station and ends in Bangalore station. director has taken permission from Railway authorities to shoot the film in Railway station and tracks in Mysore, Konkan Railway and Railway line stretching in Sakleshpura and Subramanya Ghat section. A joke gone bad, the story is about Dhanush (Ganesh) and his group of friends who live in the railway colony and their meeting point is the railway station. Dhanush is the leader of the gang"
"a movie sequence from ""Gruber's Journey"", directed by Radu Gabrea, which starred Romanian actors Florin Piersic Jr. and Claudiu Bleonț, as well as German actor Udo Schenk. The railway station was chosen to appear in the film because its architecture was reminiscent of the period of World War II. By 2009 however, the building had reportedly fallen into neglect, and health inspectors fined the local Romanian Railways authority 1,000 lei for allowing refuse to pile up on the grounds. Suceava North railway station Suceava North railway station (), also known as Iţcani, is a railway station located in Suceava, Romania,"
"North American subway station, and the TTC once had an elaborate pre-built set for converting it to a New York subway station. The set was used for the filming of the movie ""Don't Say a Word"". The TTC asked the production company if they could donate the set. The set remained up for about three weeks as a selling point for other movies but was then torn down due to safety concerns. Other notable movies shot at Lower Bay include ""Johnny Mnemonic"", ""Bulletproof Monk"", ""Mimic"", ""End of the Line"", ""The Recruit"", and most recently, in 2017, in the film ""The"
"a little boy to a blind, teen-aged girl, the script was quite faithful to its source material. William Holden and Nancy Olson also appeared in ""Sunset Boulevard"" the same year. Filming locations include: Union Station, Downtown Los Angeles, California. Also, it looks like it was filmed on Chicago's South Side El from 1892 to Indiana station, where the train is uncoupled to go on the Stockyards Branch, which ran until 1957. Normally, the branch ran as a shuttle. It terminated at Exchange station, which was the terminal after 1956. The staff at ""Variety"" gave actor William Holden a good review,"
"at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station with a minimal crew. Stills of the lead actor were unofficially released in mid-October 2012. In November 2012, the cast and crew went to Goa to begin filming the scenes set there. Vasco Da Gama Railway Station was used to portray as Kalyan Junction railway station. A romantic scene on board a train passing next to Dudhsagar Falls was also shot. In December 2012, the crew went to Jakarta to film certain scenes. In January 2013, a shoot was supposedly scheduled to take place in Ooty, but since Khan felt that Ooty was too"
"L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat L'arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat (translated from French into English as The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station, Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (US) and The Arrival of the Mail Train, and in the United Kingdom the film is known as Train Pulling into a Station) is an 1896 French short black-and-white silent documentary film directed and produced by Auguste and Louis Lumière. Contrary to myth, it was not shown at the Lumières' first public film screening on 28 December 1895 in Paris, France: the"
"Central Station (film) Central Station () is a 1998 Brazilian–French drama film set in Brazil. It tells the story of a young boy's friendship with a jaded middle-aged woman. The film was adapted by João Emanuel Carneiro and Marcos Bernstein from a story by Walter Salles, who directed it. It features Fernanda Montenegro and Vinícius de Oliveira in the major roles. The film's title in Portuguese is the name of Rio de Janeiro's main railway station. Montenegro's performance earned her critical acclaim and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. The film itself was nominated for the Academy"