LOCATION SCOUTING IN “PRETTY POLLY” (OR “A MATTER OF INNOCENCE”) PART 1
Film Title: Pretty Polly
Alternative Film Title: A Matter of Innocence
Year of Release: 1967
Directed by Guy Green.
Original story by Noel Coward.
Produced by George-Granat Productions & Universal Pictures.
Country of Production: United Kingdom
Synopsis:
Miss Polly Barton decides to leave England and spend a few months with her wealthy spinster aunt as a traveling companion. While in Singapore, the demise of her aunt leaves her alone to pursue her freedom and explore an arms-length romance with a local Indian Singaporean tour guide. (Source: Wikipedia.)
And here’s my take — sort of a re-interpretation — based on the first twelve minutes of the film…
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CONTINUED IN THE NEXT POST –
“Pretty Polly’s Ambulatory Gaze in Singapore, 1967…. and Forty Six Years After.”
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LOCATION SCOUTING IN “PRETTY POLLY” (OR “A MATTER OF INNOCENCE”) [1967]:
This is Part 1 – Pretty Polly’s Ambulatory Gaze in a Former Colonial Town of Her Forebears’ Empire.
Part 2 – Pretty Polly’s Ambulatory Gaze in Singapore, 1967…. and Forty Six Years After.
Part 3 – Raffles Hotel: The Noel Coward and Pretty Polly Connection.
Part 4 – To Mount Alvernia Hospital.
Part 5 – An Obsession Over “Woodlands”.
Part 6 – Between Two Funerals – Jalan Sultan.
Part 7 – Between Two Funerals – Bidadari Cemetery.
Part 8 – ‘Round About Midnight, Bugis Street.
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THE HUNTER 