A House in Bayswater
A personal and nostalgic film about an apartment building in Bayswater where Ken Russell once lived, and about the other residents who inhabited it; a lovely send-off as the building is demolished to make way for an unattractive a...
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"This is an extraordinary documentary directed by Ken Russell and the first shots of a ' new ' building being under construction shows clearly in one shot how the face of London has changed, and was changing in 1960. He shows the inhabitants of a typical older Bayswater house nearby ( apparently still standing ) and its inhabitants. We meet a woman who takes the rents and looks after the house, and within minutes meet the various occupants; a couple on the top floor who find the others more or less ' bohemian and thank goodness they are. I liked the photographer and especially th..."
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Miss Croft went to the U.S.A. with Frances Abbey Dallett Kissel in 1923 aged 44. She lived at 33 East 67th Street, New York City, but traveled extensively throughout Europe. She retired in 1946 aged 67 after 23 years with the Kissel family as lady's maid and returned to England that year.
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A personal and nostalgic film about an apartment building in Bayswater where Ken Russell once lived, and about the other residents who inhabited it; a lovely send-off as the building is demolished to make way for an unattractive a...