Blanche Fury of Gough, probably best known for portraying Batman's butler Alfred Pennyworth in "Batman", "Batman Returns", "Batman Forever" and "Batman & Robin". The stately home used in the exterior shots is Wootton Lodge in Staffordshire. Trade papers called the film a "notable box office attraction" in British cinemas in 1948. Anthony Havelock-Allan later acknowledged the film was a disappointment:We took far too long over "Blanche Fury", it cost too much money and it didn't 'work' and never attracted any great audience. David and Ronnie didn't like what I was trying to do with "Blanche Fury", which was along the lines of
Alfred Butler in his own right, being appointed Portcullis Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary in 1926, and promoted to Windsor Herald of Arms in Ordinary in 1931. He was also made the Genealogist of the Order of the Bath in 1930, and Honorary Genealogist of the Royal Victorian Order in 1938. He resigned from both of these offices shortly before his death. He was elected a Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists in 1944. Alfred Butler was also a member of the council of the Harleian and British Record Societies, and of the Croft Lyons committee of the Society of Antiquaries,