THEY WERE SISTERS

GB
1945
1hr 55mins
Dir: Arthur Crabtree
Starring: James Mason and Phyllis Calvert

The problems of three married sisters

This successful melodrama, based on Dorothy Whipple’s 1943 novel of the same name, features a scene at Baynards station with a branch passenger train hauled by ex-LBSCR D3 Class 0-4-4T No.2372.

Phyllis Calvert stands on the platform at Baynards as D3 Class 0-4-4T No.2372 brings a train in behind her
Dulcie Gray and Phyllis Calvert embrace each other on the platform. The station at Baynards went on to be a popular filming location, and this was its first appearance in a feature film.