The home of globetrotting hero Phileas Fogg ( David Niven) is 17 Belgrave Square, in the heart of posh Belgravia, a central London district of barely distinguishable cream streets and squares. So that’s a widescreen Todd-AO camera hidden in a street stall on the Guards’ parade ground, then? Hmm… The scene was supposedly filmed clandestinely with a camera hidden in a vegetable stall. The parade of the Scots Guard was filmed at Wellington Barracks on the south side of Birdcage Walk in Westminster. The opening scenes were naturally shot in London, beginning with posh Victorians strolling on Rotten Row, the riding path running along the southern perimeter of Hyde Park.Īround The World In 80 Days location: parade of the Scots Guard: Wellington Barracks, Birdcage Walk, Westminster, London SW1 The ambitious plan originally was to employ a director from the relevant country to direct each sequence, but Brit director Michael Anderson, who kicked off with an efficient if uninspired job in London was handed the whole assignment by producer-showman Mike Todd.Īssociate Producer William Cameron Menzies, the brilliant production designer who storyboarded Gone With The Wind, was given responsibility for the exterior locations in Europe, Colorado and Oklahoma.Īs it turned out, a great deal of the film was made in the studios (you’re not going to fly all those guest stars halfway round the world for a one-minute cameo).
#PASSEPARTOUT AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS PLUS#
First, the statistics, so beloved of publicity departments: 50 guest stars, 68,894 people on screen (don’t trust me, count’em), eight different countries four million air-passenger miles travelled, 112 exterior locations, 140 sets in six Hollywood studios plus studios in England, Hong Kong and Japan, 34 species of animal and 33 assistant directors (interesting juxtaposition).
Ah, the great old days before digital imagery, when all those extras and sets existed in the physical world.
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