Contributions from Adam Scovell | Little White Lies

Contributor Adam Scovell

Two-storey building with 'Sea Master' signage, framed in a white border against a coral pink background.
Beginnings

Beginnings: Boris Karloff’s South London

by Adam Scovell

Trac­ing the hum­ble ori­gins of one of hor­ror cinema’s most cel­e­brat­ed and impor­tant performers.
Historic Victorian-style house with gabled roof, ornate windows, and leafless trees.
Beginnings

Beginnings: Ida Lupino’s London

by Adam Scovell

Vis­it­ing the leafy Lon­don street where the pio­neer­ing Hol­ly­wood actor and film­mak­er came of age.
Street view with people; Cinema marquee reads "Première partie le départ"; Town street with red storefront; Lakeside scene with cloudy sky and lamp post.
On Location

On Location: Scenes from The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

by Adam Scovell

A walk­ing tour of the French port town evokes a sense of won­der befit­ting Jacques Demy’s roman­tic musical.
Dilapidated building with balconies against a blue sky with some birds flying.
Beginnings

Beginnings: Derek Jarman’s Bankside

by Adam Scovell

Vis­it­ing the site near South­wark Bridge in Lon­don where the late artist’s film­mak­ing career began.
Monochrome Tudor mansion, suburban street with cars, half-timbered cottage, cloudy sunset over houses.
On Location

On Location: The houses in Stanley Kubrick’s Lolita

by Adam Scovell

As with many of his ​“Amer­i­can” fea­tures, the direc­tor utilised var­i­ous set­tings around London.
Terraced houses with red and green doors, windows, and trim on a grey facade.
Beginnings

Beginnings: Charlie Chaplin’s London

by Adam Scovell

Retrac­ing the com­ic master’s for­ma­tive years across the Eng­lish capital’s south­ern boroughs.
Grainy street scene, people passing. Faded image of building exterior. Lush green landscape.
On Location

On Location: Ringo’s wander in A Hard Day’s Night

by Adam Scovell

Retrac­ing the Beatle’s solo stroll through West Lon­don in Richard Lester’s 1964 music film.
Old cinema building with graffiti-covered walls, a person standing in front of it.
On Location

On Location: The graffiti wall from Sympathy for the Devil

by Adam Scovell

Vis­it­ing the West Lon­don res­i­dence fea­tured in Jean-Luc Godard’s leg­endary Rolling Stones essay film.
Top left: Row of multi-storey buildings with shops and cafés on the ground floor, trees lining the street. Top right: Narrow alleyway between old buildings, with a courtyard and stairs visible. Bottom left: Residential buildings with cars parked on the street, trees lining the road. Bottom right: Ornate façade of a large building with wrought-iron balconies and windows.
On Location

On Location: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

by Adam Scovell

A vis­it to two Lon­don loca­tions fea­tured in Michael Pow­ell and Emer­ic Pressburger’s Tech­ni­col­or masterpiece.
Man in long coat and hat standing near woman in off-the-shoulder black dress, both in black and white image.
In Praise Of

How The Asphalt Jungle changed the face of American noir

by Adam Scovell

John Huston’s heist clas­sic, star­ring Ster­ling Hay­den and Mar­i­lyn Mon­roe, empha­sised the grit­ti­ness of the post­war era.