New Cross Empire Theatre

There was another film shot at the New Cross Empire, it was ‘High Terrace’ starring Dale Robertson and Lois Maxwell (the original Miss Moneypenny). It was filmed around 1955/1956. I watched some of the filming, a night scene at the stage door entrance at the rear of the Empire. Dale Robertson was quite well known at the time, it was a bit of a surprise to see him walking along New Cross Road with a limp and using a cane for a support. I discovered long afterwards that he had been seriously injured in North Africa during the war serving in the US Army.