Henry Lytton Cobbold
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Lights!\u00a0 Camera!\u00a0 Action!…\u00a0 Ever since Helen Hayes pulled up to her Danish castle in the 1956 film \u201cAnastasia\u201d, Knebworth House has had a starring role in the movies.\u00a0 Over 70 films and TV episodes later our beautiful gothic exterior and ancient interiors still inspire filmmakers.\u00a0 This summer Knebworth House has been on television twice a week in two series, \u201cSummer of Rockets\u201d starring Keeley Hawes, and \u201cYear of the Rabbit\u201d starring Keeley Hawes \u2013 something to do with her initials perhaps?<\/p>\n
It seemed like a good moment, therefore, to look back over the history of filming at Knebworth House, with a summer exhibit in our Banqueting Hall.\u00a0 So I have stretched a black cotton \u2018washing line\u2019 across the old hall and hung it with the DVD (or VHS – some titles are quite obscure now!) of every single movie or TV show that Knebworth House has ever been involved in.\u00a0 It makes for colourful and impressive bunting, stretching the full length of the room.\u00a0 To this, my family and the Knebworth House team have added their unique recollections and stories from the various shoots.<\/p>\n
Also lined up, in the garden outside, are sculptures from our returning Zimbabwean stone exhibit, Matombo.\u00a0 This is the last year of this popular summer display, so do try and catch it before the end of the month \u2013 before 29th<\/sup> August, in fact, as we close a couple of days early this August for the return of the music festival Cool Britannia.\u00a0 Hopefully the weather will be as lovely as it was last year and you\u2019ll be joining us in the line up for that too!<\/p>\n Henry Lytton Cobbold Lights!\u00a0 Camera!\u00a0 Action!…\u00a0 Ever since Helen Hayes pulled up to her Danish castle in the 1956 film \u201cAnastasia\u201d, Knebworth House has had a starring role in the movies.\u00a0 Over 70 films and TV episodes later our beautiful gothic exterior and … Continue reading
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