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It shows that even if you don’t show the glorious and oft-shown front entrance of the Savoy, the mere mention of it on screen will make viewers feel as if they were in central London. Perhaps this is the more discrete canopy on the Embankment side of the building. I will state, as a fact, that it is cited on IMDB as being filmed at the Savoy. ‘Is that it? Is that a set? Could it be the Strand? Or is it just a street more bland?’ These are the questions that torment me with the Curse of the Demon. This is the eternal struggle of using movies to pinpoint historical locations. Moreover, when the characters are in the car the background is so extraordinarily foggy that they could be parked literally anywhere. In fact, it looks like the filmmakers just took any nondescript street, added a fancy ‘Savoy’ sign and a man with a cap in front of the door. Now I know what you’re thinking, no this doesn’t look like the Savoy.

Characters sitting in car whilst in front of Savoy. This may be the last photo of it before its demolition.ġ. I felt compelled to include the photo when I discovered that it was kept open just to finish the filming of Men are not Gods and then subsequently destroyed. It was on Leicester square and has now been replaced by an Odeon.

The third picture is the Alhambra Theatre of Variety. Try as I may, I cannot confirm the exact location of this scene though it seems to be on the Strand (if any readers know, please leave your ideas in the comments!). The camera then pans to the subsequent picture, a street corner with a tube station entrance, various ads, and many shops in sight. Nelson’s column towers over the scene, an ever-present reminder of London’s unchanging monuments. Seeing a film of Trafalgar Square from what is now 85 years ago is fascinating. I have taken the liberty to leave the video progress bar in these screenshots to allow anyone to be able to find these scenes more easily. Now it is fair to say that I did not watch these movies either in their entirety nor for their plot! Instead, I was scouring the films for glimpses of days gone by on the Strand, and evidence of London through the ages caught on camera.

National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007).

The Crown (set in 1985 – released 2020).

Thirdly, I chose a selection of films from across the 20th and 21st century. Secondly, I used tools provided by IMDB to get list of films based on filming location alone to narrow in on the Strand. Firstly, I looked into films that used central London in their filming locations. I went about my quest to find film on the Strand very simply. This period is interesting to keep in mind as we walk down memory lane and see different depictions of the Savoy, Trafalgar Square, and snippets of the Strand in film. Episode 9 in particular appears to be based in 1985 if we link Diana’s rendition of ‘Uptown Girl’ in the show to the event which seems to have really happened. Season 4 of the show was released in 2020 and covers the period of 1977 to 1990. The Crown uses the Savoy as most films and shows do, to indicate that the scene is going to be set in London, and central London at that! The Savoy of course also has connotations of London high life, luxury, and celebrity. Screenshot from Netflix’s The Crown, showing the entrance of the Savoy.