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Showing posts with label Dalida. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dalida. Show all posts
Sunday, January 15, 2017

L'Inconnue de Hong Kong - Dalida (1963) - Chungking Mansions, Tsim Sha Tsui

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Another good spot from Thomas who was able to read the Chinese writing on the front of the building (樂聲牌陳列室) and determine that it was the ...
Friday, January 13, 2017

L'Inconnue de Hong Kong - Dalida (1963) - Prince Edward Road West, Kowloon City

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Another great find thanks to Thomas. I was curious to find out where the following corner shophouse was located. It is briefly glimpsed in t...
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Sunday, January 8, 2017

L'Inconnue de Hong Kong - Dalida (1963) - Aberdeen Harbour, Aberdeen

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We also are treated to a quick glimpse of one end of the Tai Pak floating restaurant as two of the characters meet for a surreptitious meal ...
Saturday, January 7, 2017

L'Inconnue de Hong Kong - Dalida (1963) - Morrison Building, Tuen Mun

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This one took some tracking down but I'm pleased to announce it is still standing although, sadly, it is not open to the general public....

L'Inconnue de Hong Kong - Dalida (1963) - Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong

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A nice street scene here as the other central actress (Tania Béryl) goes for a walkabout in Central. The place is Des Voeux Road at the junc...
Friday, January 6, 2017

L'Inconnue de Hong Kong - Dalida (1963) - Star Ferry Pier, Central

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Much like Kai Tak Airport, a film set in Hong Kong is rarely complete without a quick trip on the Star Ferry. In this film we see the two fe...
Thursday, January 5, 2017

L'Inconnue de Hong Kong - Dalida (1963) - Middle Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

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In fact this view is from Salisbury Road looking over the (then) empty plot now occupied by the Sheraton (built ten years later in 1973). Th...
Tuesday, January 3, 2017

L'Inconnue de Hong Kong - Dalida (1963) - Prat Avenue, Tsim Sha Tsui

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On a night off from work, the girls are accompanied by their friend (played by Serge Gainsbourg) to the Bodega Bar. This was a real bar and ...
Monday, January 2, 2017

L'Inconnue de Hong Kong - Dalida (1963) - Pilkem Street, Kwun Chung

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Whilst the girls are performing at the night club, they are accommodated in a hotel called the Honor Hotel. It turns out to have been a real...
Sunday, January 1, 2017

L'Inconnue de Hong Kong - Dalida (1963) - City Hall, Central

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Well, not really a view of City Hall but rather a view from City Hall. In one of my favourite scenes, one of the actors walks from Edinburg...
Saturday, December 31, 2016

L'Inconnue de Hong Kong - Dalida (1963) - Tai Pak Floating Restaurant, Castle Peak

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Some time around 1962 (not sure on the exact year) the owners of the Tai Pak Floating restaurant in Aberdeen Harbour decided to retire their...

L'Inconnue de Hong Kong - Dalida (1963) - Aerial View of Kowloon Part 3

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The final few shots of the Kowloon panorama take in the rest of the space between Mongkok and the Kowloon hills. You can't see the famou...
Friday, December 30, 2016

L'Inconnue de Hong Kong - Dalida (1963) - Aerial View of Kowloon Part 2

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Moving to the north slightly for our next set of three pictures and the top left hand side of the top picture shows Kadoorie Hill. You can s...
Thursday, December 29, 2016

L'Inconnue de Hong Kong - Dalida (1963) - Aerial View of Kowloon Part 1

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There is a rather nice sequence at the start of this film when the protagonists are supposedly flying into Hong Kong which takes in a large ...

L'Inconnue de Hong Kong - Dalida (1963) - Kai Tak Airport, Kowloon City

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A fair amount of the early action takes place inside the old terminal building at Kai Tak airport as a smuggled diamond is passed around fro...