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Cavalcade (1933)

Where Cavalcade says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

London's 1899-1933 in one film, and not one frame was shot in England: it was all built on a Hollywood studio lot.

Scenes and places

New Year's Eve 1899 at the Marryot townhouse (1899)

Jane waits anxiously for midnight, because Robert is about to leave for war. The family and servants raise a toast to the new century.

Set in Marryot townhouse, London — A fictional fashionable London townhouse where the Marryots and their servants ring in 1900.

A made-up London townhouse; the film gives no real address.

Filmed at Fox Movietone City (now Fox Studio Lot), Los Angeles (Westwood · Century City, Los Angeles, United States) — The Marryots' London street was a London street set built on the studio lot. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Departure for the Boer War (1900)

Robert and the household's butler Alfred leave to serve in the Boer War while Jane and Ellen are left to wait and worry.

Set in Tilbury Docks — The Thames port from which London troops sailed (scene link is an estimate). Google Maps · Apple Maps

The Thames port east of London.

Filmed at Fox Movietone City (now Fox Studio Lot), Los Angeles (Westwood · Century City, Los Angeles, United States) — AFI lists Tilbury Docks among the places recreated on the studio lot; which scene used it is not stated. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The station farewell (1900)

The war ends and Robert and Alfred come home unharmed; Robert is knighted for his service.

Set in Victoria Station — The London terminus named by AFI among the recreated places (scene link is an estimate). Google Maps · Apple Maps

One of London's main rail termini.

Filmed at Fox Movietone City (now Fox Studio Lot), Los Angeles (Westwood · Century City, Los Angeles, United States) — AFI lists Victoria Station among the places recreated on the studio lot; which scene used it is not stated. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The street outside the Bridges' pub (1902)

Alfred, who now runs his own pub, turns up drunk to a social evening Ellen has arranged for Jane and Edward. The night ends in the street.

Set in The Bridges' pub and flat, London — A fictional London street, pub and flat; no real address is given.

A made-up London street.

Filmed at Fox Movietone City (now Fox Studio Lot), Los Angeles (Westwood · Century City, Los Angeles, United States) — A London street set on the studio lot stands in for the pub street; the film's sources do not name this scene. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Kensington Gardens (1905)

The film names this park among its recreated London places; the plot sources do not say what happens here, so the scene is not described.

Set in Kensington Gardens — A Royal Park in central London (scene link is an estimate). Google Maps · Apple Maps

A large Royal Park in west central London.

Filmed at Fox Movietone City (now Fox Studio Lot), Los Angeles (Westwood · Century City, Los Angeles, United States) — AFI lists Kensington Gardens among the places recreated on the studio lot; which scene used it is not stated. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The seaside and the first flight over the Channel (1909)

Ellen and Fanny meet the Marryots at the seaside. Everyone watches Louis Blériot fly across the Channel.

Set in Margate — A seaside town in Kent (the film says only 'seaside'; Margate is an estimate). Google Maps · Apple Maps

A seaside resort on the Kent coast.

Filmed at Fox Movietone City (now Fox Studio Lot), Los Angeles (Westwood · Century City, Los Angeles, United States) — AFI says the beach at Margate was recreated on the studio lot. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Fanny on the London stage (1914)

Fanny, now a talented dancer and singer, performs for London audiences.

Set in Gaiety Theatre — A West End theatre named by AFI (scene link is an estimate). Google Maps · Apple Maps

A famous West End music hall theatre.

Filmed at Fox Movietone City (now Fox Studio Lot), Los Angeles (Westwood · Century City, Los Angeles, United States) — AFI lists the Gaity Theatre among the places recreated on the studio lot; which scene used it is not stated. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Armistice night (1918)

The armistice is announced. Ellen confronts Jane about the affair between their children.

Set in Trafalgar Square — London's central square, shown celebrating the 1918 armistice (scene link rests on an Italian Wikipedia review). Google Maps · Apple Maps

London's best-known public square.

Filmed at Fox Movietone City (now Fox Studio Lot), Los Angeles (Westwood · Century City, Los Angeles, United States) — AFI lists Trafalgar Square among the places recreated on the studio lot. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at Mason Opera House, Los Angeles (Downtown, Los Angeles, United States) — The operetta stage scene Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Rancho Sausal Redondo, Los Angeles (South Bay, Los Angeles, United States) — Other scenes (not named) Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Fox Movietone City: Caledonian Market set (Westwood · Century City, Los Angeles, United States) — Caledonian Market scene (not placed in the plot) Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Jane Marryot — The wife of an upper-class London couple who keeps the family together through three decades.
• Robert Marryot — Her husband, an officer who goes off to the Boer War.
• Ellen Bridges — The Marryots' maid, later pub owner, whose family story runs beside theirs.

Questions answered on the map

• Was Cavalcade filmed in London?
• Where was the 1918 armistice scene in Cavalcade filmed?