Shepperton Studios is a film studio located in Shepperton, Surrey, England with a history dating back to 1931. It is now part of the Pinewood Studios Group. During its early existence the studio was branded as Sound City.
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Shepperton Studios | Introduction
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On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 79% based on 371 reviews, with an average rating of 7.28/10.
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2018
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Rob Marshall
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Musical fantasy film
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Set in London during the Great Depression, some twenty-five years after the events of the original film, the film sees Mary Poppins, the former nanny of Jane and Michael Banks, return to them in the wake of the death of Michael's wife.
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Shepperton Studios in Surrey, England
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In 1995, the studios were purchased by a consortium headed by Ridley and Tony Scott, which led to an extensive renovation of the studios as well as the expansion and improvement of its grounds.
Shepperton Studios | 1970s to the present
Shepperton Studios is a film studio located in Shepperton, Surrey, England with a history dating back to 1931. It is now part of the Pinewood Studios Group. During its early existence the studio was branded as Sound City.
Shepperton Studios | Introduction
The Ministry of Aircraft Production also took over part of the studios for the production of Vickers Wellington bomber components early in the war. After re-opening in 1945, the studios changed hands. When Sir Alexander Korda purchased British Lion Films, he also acquired a controlling interest in Sound City and Shepperton Studios. Among the films in which he was involved during this period were "The Fallen Idol" (1948) and "The Third Man" (1949) which was shot both at the studios and on location and has been referred to as the best British "film noir".
Shepperton Studios | 1930s–1960s
Shepperton Studios was built on the grounds of Littleton Park, which was built in the 17th century by local nobleman Thomas Wood. The old mansion still stands on the site. Scottish businessman Norman Loudon purchased Littleton Park in 1931 for use by his new film company, Sound Film Producing & Recording Studios; the facility opened in 1932. The studios, which produced both short and feature films, expanded rapidly. Proximity to the Vickers-Armstrongs aircraft factory at Brooklands, which attracted German bombers, disrupted filming during the Second World War, as did the requisitioning of the studios in 1941 by the government, who first used it for sugar storage and later to create decoy aircraft and munitions for positioning in the Middle East.
Shepperton Studios | 1930s–1960s
Rock band The Who filmed live concert scenes at Shepperton especially for their documentary "The Kids Are Alright" (1979). It would wind up being the band's final live performance with drummer Keith Moon, who died later that year. In 1984, Shepperton Studios changed hands coming under the control of brothers John and Benny Lee, who renovated the studios but soon lost control as a result of the "Black Monday" of 1987, the 1988 Writers Guild of America strike and internal issues within their company, Lee International. Bankers Warburg Pincus acquired the studios, which became busy with the filming of TV shows including "Thomas & Friends" and its sister series, "TUGS", as well as such films as Franco Zeffirelli's "Hamlet" (1990), Kevin Reynolds' "" (1991) and Nicholas Hytner's "The Madness of King George" (1994).
Shepperton Studios | 1970s to the present
Lower Halliford, a completely contiguous so also integral part of Shepperton, used to be home to Halliford Film Studios, opposite the Manygate Lane conservation area, built in 1955 and one of the first film studios devoted to TV commercial production. It was an independent film studio used for commercials, small television productions and other short "promos". The studio was recently closed and demolished.
Shepperton | Halliford Studios
The studios also have two large backlots, which were used to create two castle compounds for the film "47 Ronin".
Shepperton Studios | Stages and locations
A single large stage was built in Station Road in 1928 by Whitehall Films Ltd, but the company was wound up in 1930. In 1935, Julius Hagen, the owner of Twickenham Studios, bought the site and formed a new company, JH Studios. Financial difficulties forced Hagen to sell the studios to MP Productions in 1937. During World War II, the studio was used by the government for storage.
Elstree Studios | Station Road Studios, Borehamwood
Shepperton Studios has 15 stages, ranging in size from to , five of which are equipped with interior tanks for water and underwater filming. Although often described as the home of independent film and TV production in the UK, the studios have also served as a production base for big-budget films such as "" (2011), the filming for which used eight of the fifteen stages. The children's TV series "Thomas & Friends" was shot on the "T Stage" from 1986 to 2008, after which the live action models originally used were replaced with computer animation. The nearby Little House and surrounding grounds have been used as a filming location for films such as "The Omen" (1976) and "The Young Victoria" (2009).
Shepperton Studios | Stages and locations
Despite the financial ups and downs of British Lion and the changing of hands, the studios remained active until the early 1970s. In 1969, the studios produced 27 films; by 1971 this number had fallen to seven. Production throughout the 1970s was erratic, reaching a low of two films by 1979. Among the problems faced by Shepperton Studios during this time was the desire of new British Lion director John Bentley to sell the grounds for housing, since redeveloping the land would have nearly doubled its value. A compromise was proposed, and in 1973 the area of the studios was reduced from to .
Shepperton Studios | 1970s to the present
Shepperton Design Studios is an England-based manufacturer of "Star Wars" replica props and memorabilia that was sued by Lucasfilm for copyright infringement. This manufacturer made authentic Star Wars replica props and memorabilia, based in England. The company was founded by Andrew Ainsworth, who was asked in January 1976 to manufacture first the helmets, then the body armour for the Imperial stormtroopers (based on pre-existing sculpts from Liz Moore and Brian Muir) in the classic "Star Wars" films.
Shepperton Design Studios | Introduction
Shepperton Studios is often described as the home for independent filmmaking in the UK but it has also been used for the production of a number of blockbuster films including "", which used eight of the fifteen stages at Shepperton.
Pinewood Group | Shepperton Studios
The studios' 1970s credits include Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange" and Jimmy Perry and David Croft's "Dad's Army" (both 1971), Richard Attenborough's "Young Winston" (1972) and Fred Zinnemann's "The Day of the Jackal" (1973). Also around this time, the rock group Led Zeppelin filmed some concert scenes at Shepperton that were used in their live concert film, "The Song Remains the Same", these scenes were used to fill in the gap of parts of a Madison Square Garden concert from 1973. In 1975, the studios were again transferred to new ownership and in spite of sparse production schedules served as the filming site of some high-budget productions, including Richard Donner's "The Omen" (1976), Franklin Schaffner's "The Boys from Brazil" (1978), Ridley Scott's "Alien" (1979), David Lynch's "The Elephant Man" (1980), Attenborough's "Gandhi" (1982) and David Lean's "A Passage to India" (1984).
Shepperton Studios | 1970s to the present
Many films have used Shepperton Studios, including (in chronological order):
Shepperton Studios | Selected film credits
Shepperton Studios are home to a multi-disciplinary film production facility from on-set, through to television and various forms of animation. This also acts as a base for on-location film work for television dramas in the South East and in films, for instance for productions partly shot in the Burnham Beeches woods less than away. As mentioned these adjoining Shepperton Green, in the now negligible village of Littleton. In the 1930s its manor's core, which covered was converted into television and film production lots. This was reduced into in 1973 and is Shepperton Studios, due to its small nature named after instead the post town of Shepperton instead.
Shepperton | Shepperton Studios
Hertsmere Borough Council stepped in and bought the remaining facilities in February 1996 and appointed a management company, Elstree Film & Television Studios Ltd., to run the studios in 2000. The purchase ended an eight-year struggle that was due to have culminated in High Court action. Brent Walker's offer to sell the site to the Council, for an undisclosed sum (but no more than its worth as a film studio), represented a victory for the local authority in upholding the planning agreements that protected the studios. The studios are now most commonly known for being the home of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" and the Big Brother UK house (previously at Three Mills Studios in Bow, East London).
Elstree Studios (Shenley Road) | Sale, partial demolition, and present
In April 1972 Barclay Securities, headed by John Bentley, bid £5.4 million for British Lion, and the board - by that stage consisting of Lord Goodman, Sir Max Rayne, John and Roy Boulting and Sidney Gilliat - accepted. British Lion owned a considerable amount of property including Shepperton. £2 million was for the film library, £1.8 million for the land of the studios and the rest for Pearl and Dean. Bentley was notorious at the time for buying businesses, shutting them down and selling off the real estate. By this stage Shepperton was losing money and Barclay wanted to sell off part of the land for real estate development.
British Lion Films | Barclay Securities
Following an over £110m refurbishment by Warner Bros. the studios are now one of the largest and most state-of-the-art secure filmmaking facilities in the world. Though the studios are owned by Warner Bros., all of the studio facilities are available to rent for any production. Since acquiring the site Warner Bros. has opened a public attraction called "Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter", which receives over 6,000 visitors a day at peak times all whilst the site maintains a secure studio space within the same complex.
Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden | Introduction
Filming was conducted at Wrotham Park for the exteriors, staircase, dining room and drawing room, and Syon House for the upstairs bedrooms. The opening sequence outside Lady Trentham's home was shot at Hall Barn, near Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, whose grounds were also used as the scene for lunch after the shoot. Sound stages were built to film the scenes of the manor's downstairs area. Shepperton Studios was used for off-location filming. The film was shot with two cameras, both moving perpetually in opposite directions. The cameras pointed toward no specific area, intended to cause the audience to move their eyes throughout the scene.
Gosford Park | Filming and editing
In 1955 Sapphire Films, owned by the American producer Hannah Weinstein, rented the Studio, and subsequently bought it from Ernest R. Roy, renaming them as The Walton Studios. Sapphire Films productions at the facility, all shown on ITV, began with "The Adventures of Robin Hood" (143 episodes) in the late 1950s for Lew Grade's ITC. Other Sapphire/ITC television series were also produced on the site, including "The Adventures of Sir Lancelot" (1956), "The Buccaneers" (1956), "Sword of Freedom" (1957) and "The Four Just Men" (1959).
Walton Studios | Walton Studios
In 1922, the studios, generally known as Isleworth Film Studios, were sold to British Super Films, in which Samuelson retained an interest. However, in 1928, an expensive lawsuit with the American actress Betty Blythe forced Samuelson to sell Worton Hall to British Screen Productions. By 1931 the studios were being used by Fidelity Films. Films produced here included "Madame Guillotine", with Madeleine Carroll. In 1934, they were leased by Alexander Korda and in 1936 he produced "Things to Come", based on "The Shape of Things to Come" by H G Wells. Wells wrote the screenplay, Arthur Bliss the music. From 1936 to 1944, the studios were owned by Criterion Film Productions, and afterwards by British Lion.
Isleworth Studios | Worton Hall Studios 1913-1952
The purchase of Shepperton Studios from a consortium headed by Ridley and Tony Scott, gave rise to the Pinewood Group, eventually comprising Pinewood Studios, Shepperton Studios, Teddington Studios, Pinewood Toronto Studios, Pinewood Indomina Studios, Pinewood Studio Berlin, Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios, and a joint venture in the US with Pinewood Atlanta Studios.
Pinewood Studios | 1990s
Ealing Studios, built in 1902, is Britain's oldest film studio. In the mid-2000s, Handelsman purchased the site along with Fragile Films' Uri Fruchtmann and Barnaby Thompson; all of whom are directors. Manhattan Loft Corporation went on to re-develop the site to include the existing Grade II listed sound stages. Manhattan Loft Corporation remains linked to Ealing Studios as the company is working on the second phase of its restoration and expansion.
Harry Handelsman | Ealing Studios
Works produced or shot wholly or in part on its 15 stages, other lots or in its extensive animation facilities since the new millennium include:
Shepperton | Shepperton Studios
All Ridley's subsequent feature films, starting with "White Squall" and "G.I. Jane", have been produced under the Scott Free banner. In 1995 the two brothers purchased a controlling interest in the British film studio Shepperton Studios. In 2001, Shepperton merged with Pinewood Studios to become The Pinewood Studios Group, which is headquartered in Buckinghamshire, England.
Ridley Scott | 1990s: "Thelma & Louise"
The BBC owned and filmed at the Studios for forty years from 1955 until 1995. Since 2000, Ealing Studios has resumed releasing films under its own name, including the revived "St Trinian's" franchise. In more recent times, films shot here include "The Importance of Being Earnest" (2002) and "Shaun of the Dead" (2004), as well as "The Theory of Everything" (2014), "The Imitation Game" (2014), "Burnt" (2015) and "Devs (miniseries)" (2020). Interior scenes of the British period drama television series "Downton Abbey" were shot in Stage 2 of the studios. The Met Film School London operates on the site.
Ealing Studios | Introduction
The studios were put up for sale in 1985. A management team beat off all other prospective buyers with the help of Alan Bond but the team had difficulty raising their share of the purchase price and Bond took over. Soon afterwards he sold the studios to the Herron-Cannon Group in 1986. In 1988, Cannon sold the studios to the leisure and property company Brent Walker plc and much of the backlot was sold off and demolished with a Tesco superstore being built on the land. A "Save Our Studios" campaign was launched in 1988 by managing director, Andrew Mitchell, local Town Councillor and studio historian Paul Welsh, with the support of many film actors and the general public.
Elstree Studios (Shenley Road) | Sale, partial demolition, and present
EMI Films also owned Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire, England; in turn, Cannon ended up purchasing the studio as well, but later sold it to Brent Walker Group in 1988, who in turn ended up selling half of the EMI Elstree Studios site to Tesco for a supermarket, before Hertsmere Council eventually acquired what was left of the Elstree Studios, and, as of 2018, still operates it as a film and television studios centre.
EMI Films | Denouement
Inside is a step "back into the golden age of film" when going to the movies was an experience; the cinema features luxurious seating and two licensed bars. It is managed by its owner James Hannaway, who introduces films. Sometimes there is a question and answer session with directors and actors involved in the films; these sessions have included Dame Judi Dench, Charles Dance, Mike Leigh and Terry Jones. Prior to the cinema's construction, an Elizabethan mansion, Egerton House, had occupied the site at the east end of the high street for 350 years. The house was occupied briefly (1904–07) by Arthur and Sylvia Llewelyn Davies, whose children were J.
Berkhamsted | Cinema
The studios were originally built as a power station for the Great Northern & City Railway, and were acquired by the major American company Famous Players-Lasky which wanted to set up a British subsidiary. The building was converted into a two-stage studio, and production began in 1920. During this era Alfred Hitchcock made his start in films, when he was employed as an intertitle writer at Islington. In 1924 the Hollywood company sold off the studios which were bought by Michael Balcon's Gainsborough Pictures. The company enjoyed some success turning out silent films during the 1920s, at a time when other British companies were struggling.
Islington Studios | History
Principal photography took place in early 2010 at Shepperton Studios in Shepperton, Surrey, with some outdoor scenes shot in Camden and Primrose Hill. The film is based on a screenplay by Enda Walsh, who wrote the stage play of the same name.
Chatroom (film) | Production
The film was shot at Shepperton Studios. The Executive Producer was Otto Plaschkes and the cinematographer was Gerry Fisher.
Butley (film) | Production
During 1928, the studio was sold to Ludwig Blattner, who connected it to the electricity mains and introduced a German system of sound recording. The Blattner Studio was leased to Joe Rock Productions during 1934, and two years later it purchased the site. Rock Productions built four new large stages, and began making films, including the drama film "The Edge of the World" (1937), directed by Michael Powell. The studios were owned by British National Films Company between 1939 and 1948, although during this period a large portion of the studio was taken over by the British government for war work.
BBC Elstree Centre | Film studio
Shepperton Studios covers most of the west of Littleton, and has used some of the River Ash and adjoining woodland in certain feature films. Littleton Manor was home to the Wood family: Thomas Wood was elected to Parliament in the 18th century. It is a Grade II* listed building. Astleham Manor Cottage in large grounds survives by the Ash with remaining woodland to its north. It is a Grade II listed building.
Littleton, Spelthorne | Landmarks
Interior scenes were completed at Shepperton Studios in Surrey.
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | Filming
Although a small replacement was built this was divided into, in the 20th century, a staggered terraced estate and the front studios of Shepperton Studios.
Littleton, Spelthorne | 19th century to date
The rights to "The Treacle People" is now owned by Shepperton Studios-based production company, Fire Mountain Productions Limited. Fire Mountain Productions was set up by the show's producer, Iain Russell.
The Treacle People | Rights
The Neptune Film Company opened the first studios in Borehamwood in 1914. Production ceased during 1917, and the studio was sold to the Ideal Film Company who used the site up until 1924. During 1928, the studio was sold to Ludwig Blattner who connected it to the electricity mains and introduced a German system of sound recording. The Blattner Studio was leased to Joe Rock Productions during 1934, which purchased the site two years later. Rock Productions built four new large stages. The site was again sold, and taken over by the British National Films Company between 1939 and 1948, although during this period a large portion of the studio was taken over by the British government for war work.
Elstree Studios | Eldon Avenue Studios, Borehamwood
In the late 1920s Gainsborough merged with the larger British Gaumont which owned the Lime Grove Studios. The conglomerate had ambitious plans to challenge Hollywood and produce more than twenty films a year. The larger Lime Grove complex was selected to make expensive films while Islington was designated the cheaper films, particularly comedies. However, during these years it served as an overflow studio and many films scheduled for Shepherd's Bush were made partly at Islington. During the Slump of 1937, British Gaumont shut down production. Although it considered giving up filmmaking completely, it was decided to continue Gainsborough Pictures making slightly cheaper films.
Islington Studios | History
Having first created a film production company and having made a movie at another studio, Rank, Lady Yule and John Corfield began talking to Charles Boot who had recently bought the estate of Heatherden Hall at Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, for the purpose of turning it into a movie studio that would rival those in Hollywood, California. In 1935 the trio became owner-operators of Pinewood Film Studios. Lady Yule later sold her shares to Rank while John Corfield resigned from its board of directors.
J. Arthur Rank | Pinewood Film Studios
At the start of the 1960s, the studio ran into serious difficulty with its financing. Unable to compete with other television studio production facilities, it ceased trading and was closed in March 1961. Most of its equipment was sold to the nearby Shepperton Studios, and some of its 200 former employees transferred there. The majority of the studio's buildings were demolished in the early 1960s, and the site was sold for house building. All that remains of the Studio today is the power generating house, originally built by Hepworth, that was converted into a theatre in 1925. It is now known as the Walton Playhouse, and is primarily used as a theatre for amateur dramatics.
Walton Studios | Closure & demolition
Elstree Studios on Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire is a British film and television production centre operated by Elstree Film Studios Limited. One of several facilities historically referred to as Elstree Studios, the Shenley Road studios first opened in 1925. The studio complex has passed through many owners during its lifetime, and is now owned by Hertsmere Borough Council. Known as the studios used for filming "The" "Shining", "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones" (its largest stage is known as the George Lucas Soundstage), the studios are used both for film and television productions. With the BBC Elstree Centre nearby, a number of the stages are leased to BBC Studioworks, and are used for recording television productions such as "Strictly Come Dancing".
Elstree Studios (Shenley Road) | Introduction
Norman Loudon was a British businessman and film producer. Loudon was the driving force behind the creation of Shepperton Studios, which he established in 1931. Loudon ran Sound City Films, which despite ambitious plans, often found itself producing quota quickies during the 1930s. He sold controlling interest in the studios in 1945 to Sir Alexander Korda.
Norman Loudon | Introduction
Walton Studios, previously named Hepworth Studios and Nettlefold Studios, was a film production studio in Walton-on-Thames in Surrey, England. Hepworth was a pioneering studio in the early 20th century and released the first film adaptation of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" ("Alice in Wonderland", 1903). The decline of the British cinematic production industry in the mid-20th century led to a decline in work for the facility, and after failing to financially survive as a television production outlet it was closed in 1961. The studio was subsequently demolished and the land sold for house-building.
Walton Studios | Introduction
The film was made in Shepperton Studios, with shooting finished in early June 1954, just a week after the studio's owner and the film's intended distributor, British Lion Film Corporation, went into receivership on 1 June 1954. The opening scenes were filmed on location at New Quay and Aberaeron, Ceredigion, Mid Wales, and others at Kensington, Millbank, Wormwood Scrubs, Holborn, and St. Paul's, London. When the film was screened by the censors at BBFC on 10 September 1954, it was submitted by Frank Launder's company Launder Productions, as it did not yet have a new distributor. In January 1955, Launder, Gilliat and the Boulting brothers formed a new company, British Lion Films Ltd., which took over the running of Shepperton as well as British Lion's distribution business, and the film finally received its world premiere at the London Pavilion on 21 April 1955.
The Constant Husband | Production
In 1951, Hammer Film Productions bought Down Place, a location they had used in 1950 to film "The Dark Light". The premises were largely derelict, and Hammer used the building's interior for filming before constructing a sound stage on the estate in 1952. The first full production at the studios was the 1951 film "Cloudburst". In 1959, Columbia Pictures bought a 49% share in the studios worth £300,000 (£ in 2019); the agreement saw a co-production deal whereby Columbia would produce five films a year at the studios. As this five-year agreement ended, Hammer founder James Carreras sold shares in the company to Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC).
Bray Studios (UK) | Hammer Film Productions (1951–1970)
British National Pictures Ltd. purchased of land on the south side of Shenley Road and began construction of two large film stages in 1925. The first film produced there was "Madame Pompadour" (1927). The company was renamed British International Pictures (BIP) and a second stage was ready for production in 1928. Alfred Hitchcock made "Blackmail" (1929), the first British talkie at the studios in 1929. At the end of the silent-film era, six new sound stages were built; three of these were sold to the British & Dominions Film Corporation. BIP became Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC) in 1933. During World War II, the studios were used by the War Office for storage.
Elstree Studios | Elstree Studios, Shenley Rd, Borehamwood
Jake and Jordan both work from Los Angeles; Luke is based in London. In 1995, Shepperton Studios was purchased by a consortium headed by Ridley and Tony Scott, which extensively renovated the studios while also expanding and improving its grounds.
Ridley Scott | Early life
Walthamstow Studios was a British film studio located in Walthamstow, London which operated between 1914 and 1930. Two earlier studios had existed in Walthamstow. It was the base of Broadwest films for a number of years, which also used Catford Studios as an overflow facility. Later it was owned by British Filmcraft. After the bankrupt the studio's were sold off for non-film use.
Walthamstow Studios | Introduction
Of the 194 employees in 1950, 46 transferred to Associated British Picture Corporation's studios at Elstree. The three-studio complex was sold in 1951 to a tobacco company.
Welwyn Studios | Introduction
The BBC bought the studios in 1955, though productions bearing the Ealing name continued to be made at the MGM British Studios at Borehamwood for two years. The BBC based its Film Department at the studios; and at its peak 56 film crews used the studios as a base for location filming of dramas, documentaries and other programmes; shot on 16 mm and occasionally 35 mm film. Led by a director, these crews usually consisted of a Lighting Cameraman, a camera assistant, a lighting technician (known as a 'spark'), and a sound recordist. Initially these crews were equipped with Arriflex ST cameras and EMI L2 quarter inch tape recorders that had to be tethered to one another with a physical sync cable to ensure the picture and sound ran in lock.
Ealing Studios | Owned by the BBC (1955–1995)
The Highbury Studios were a British film studio located in Highbury, North London which operated from 1937 until 1956. The studios were constructed by the producer Maurice J. Wilson. During its early years the studio was hired out to independent production companies.
Highbury Studios | Introduction
In 1933, a former Victorian iron foundry on Crisp Road, London, was bought by Triumph Films and converted into a relatively compact film studio with two stages and a dubbing theatre. In 1935 the studios were taken over by Julius Hagen (then owner of Twickenham Studios) with the idea of using Riverside as an overflow for making quota quickies. However, by 1937 his company had gone into liquidation. Between 1937 and 1946, the studios were owned by Jack Buchanan and produced such films as "We'll Meet Again" (1943) with Vera Lynn and "The Seventh Veil" (1945) with James Mason. In 1946 the studios were acquired by Alliance Film Studios (then owners of Twickenham Studios and Southall Studios) and produced films including "They Made Me a Fugitive" (1948) with Trevor Howard, "The Happiest Days of Your Life" (1950) with Alistair Sim and Margaret Rutherford and "Father Brown" (1954) with Alec Guinness.
Riverside Studios | Film studio
Welwyn Studios was a British film studio located at Broadwater Road, Welwyn Garden City, in Hertfordshire. The facility operated between 1928 and 1950. The studios were first constructed by British Instructional Films, and converted to make sound films shortly afterwards. The studios were later taken over by British International Pictures (from 1933, the Associated British Picture Corporation) who used them as the base for production of the company's supporting features as well as an overflow facility for the main complex at Elstree Studios. A number of films were also made there by independent companies. Welwyn Garden City, anxious to develop the town with home industries, had initially approached A.E Bundy, who had bought British Instructional Films, from Sir Oswald Stoll.
Welwyn Studios | Introduction
Ince relocated down the street and built the Culver Studios at that location. In 1918, Triangle Studios was sold to film producer Samuel Goldwyn. Goldwyn also added a few sound stages before selling his shares in Goldwyn Studios.
Sony Pictures Studios | Early history (1912-1924)
A co-production between the United States and the United Kingdom, the film was shot at Shepperton Studios in Shepperton, England in the spring of 1971.
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? | Production
Islington Studios, often known as Gainsborough Studios, were a British film studio located on the south bank of the Regent's Canal, in Poole Street, Hoxton in the former Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch, London between 1919 and 1949. The studios are closely associated with Gainsborough Pictures which was based there for most of the studio's history. During its existence Islington worked closely with its sister Lime Grove Studios in Shepherd's Bush and many films were made partly at one studio and partly at the other. Amongst the films made at the studios were Alfred Hitchcock thrillers, Will Hay comedies and Gainsborough Melodramas.
Islington Studios | Introduction
Twickenham Studios (formerly known as Twickenham Film Studios) is a film studio in St Margarets, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, that is used by various motion picture and television companies. It was established in 1913 by Dr Ralph Jupp on the site of a former ice rink. At the time of its original construction, it was the largest film studio in the United Kingdom. In February 2012, it was announced that due to the studio going into administration, it would close before June, just a year before its centenary. The studio was subsequently saved from closure, with a new owner acquiring the studio in August 2012.
Twickenham Studios | Introduction
Hughes almost succeeded in making the film in 1968 but finance fell through at the last minute. In 1969, London's Parliament Square was constructed at Shepperton Studios.
Cromwell (film) | Production
The Craven Park Studios were a British film studio that operated between 1918 and 1926. They were located in Harlesden in London. The studios established in 1918 by the Welsh-Pearson company, who enjoyed significant success during the 1920s. The limited space available led to the use of other, better-equipped studios such as Islington Studios for some of the company's larger scenes. In 1926 the studio was shut.
Craven Park Studios | Introduction
The studio began in the early 20th century as film studios when stockbroker Henry Chinnery, owner of Weir House, Teddington, allowed filmmakers to use his greenhouse as a studio. Dedicated studio facilities were then built in the 1910s. The studio was greatly expanded by a partnership of filmmaker E. G. Norman and actor Henry Edwards, and renamed Teddington Film Studios Limited in 1931. After only one production, "Stranglehold" (1931), the studio was acquired by Warner Brothers to turn out so-called "quota quickies" – British-made films which fulfilled a legal quota (created by the Cinematograph Films Act 1927) before American-made films could be shown.
Teddington Studios | History
Korda bought property in Denham, Buckinghamshire, including Hills House, and built film studios on the property. London Film's Denham Film Studios was financed by the Prudential and opened in 1936. On 21 June 1936, Thurston Macauley, London correspondent to The New York Times, filed a story headlined "The Korda Workshop at Denham" describing the facility, located on 165 acres of woodland, field and river scenery suitable for filming, with 28 acres of buildings and a planned total of fifteen 250-foot by 130-foot sound stages (state of the art at the time). It was "not only the most up-to-date of all the world's studios" but a "complete community in itself" from foundry and blacksmith's shops to projection theatres, with "unusually good dressing and bathroom accommodations" and able to easily manage crowds of 500.
Alexander Korda | Denham
Worton Hall Studios were based on Worton Hall, in Isleworth. This house was built in 1783 and rebuilt and extended in the early 19th century. In 1913, it was acquired, together with a nine-acre estate, by film producer George Berthold Samuelson. The ground floor rooms became dressing-rooms, canteen, wardrobe and other offices; the upper rooms became bedrooms for anyone staying overnight. Filming of Conan Doyle's "A Study in Scarlet" began in summer 1914 and the studios were officially opened on 1 July. Samuelson gained publicity by producing a fictitious newsreel during the early years of the First World War and over the next few years many silent films were shot here, many based on novels such as "Little Women".
Isleworth Studios | Worton Hall Studios 1913-1952
Catford Studios was a British film studio located in Catford in Southeast London which operated from 1914 to 1921. It was also known as the Windsor Studios. The studio was constructed in 1914, and produced a number of notable films during the First World War such as "Tom Brown's Schooldays" and the first Edgar Wallace adaptation "The Man Who Bought London". After the war the studio was acquired by the Broadwest Company of Walter West who used it largely as an overflow facility for his main base at Walthamstow Studios. When Broadwest ran into financial problems, the studio was closed.
Catford Studios | Introduction
The film was an independent production shot at Shepperton Studios. The final third of the film makes extensive use of railway locations. Among these, the main line between Bath and Westbury (Wiltshire) was employed, with a stolen train smashing through fake level crossing gates at Freshford station. The branch line through Limpley Stoke and Camerton was also featured, and a closed colliery in the Somerset coalfield was the location for the scene in which a steam locomotive crashes through wooden shed doors.
Kate Plus Ten (film) | Production
Programmes wholly shot on film were made there also, such as "Alice in Wonderland" (1966), "The Singing Detective" (1986), Portrait of a Marriage, (1986) and "Fortunes of War" (1987).
Ealing Studios | Owned by the BBC (1955–1995)
Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden is an studio complex in Leavesden in Hertfordshire, in southeast England. Formerly known as Leavesden Film Studios and still colloquially known as Leavesden Studios or simply Leavesden, it is a film and media complex owned by Warner Bros. The studios were all converted from an aircraft factory and airfield called Leavesden Aerodrome, a centre of British aircraft production during World War II. It is situated in Leavesden, Watford, in southwest Hertfordshire. Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden is one of only a few places in the UK where large-scale film productions can be made. The studios contain approximately of flexible space which includes stage space, one of the largest filtered and heated stage-based water tanks in Europe, production office space, workshops and support buildings, along with an extensive backlot which offers a 180-degree uninterrupted horizon, favourable for exterior sets.
Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden | Introduction
Shepherd's Bush was shut down and all production switched to Islington. The success of some of these late 1930s Islington productions such as "The Lady Vanishes" helped Gainsborough to keep in business.
Islington Studios | History
Archibald Nettlefold died in 1944, and when the Studio reopened post-war it was sold in 1947 to Ernest G. Roy. The declining post-war British film industry meant that only a few domestic films were made there in the late 1940s/1950's on modest budgets. To keep the Studio afloat an 'open door' hiring policy was initiated, where the Studio's facilities were made available to hire for non-sited companies, which led to a contract being signed with Columbia Pictures, and American actors working in the Studio's facilities, including Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Bette Davis, and Rock Hudson, etc.
Walton Studios | Nettlefold Studios
Originally housed across two Victorian terrace houses at 201–203 Hackney Road, London, the studios were opened in 1986 by two local jazz musicians, Dill Katz and Colin Dudman, as a cost-effective alternative to London's more established music studios. The buildings themselves are said to have a somewhat illicit history, prior to the music studios taking residence, with one building "reputed to be a rendezvous for illicit trysts between Lord Hamilton and Lady Hamilton" and another of the terraces said to have been a club run by notorious East End gangsters the Kray brothers. After a difficult financial period the studios were forced to declare insolvency in 1996 and the business was bought by current owner and CEO, Viv Broughton.
The Premises Studios | History
In 1926, the Studio was purchased by Archibald Nettlefold, and renamed as "Nettlefold Studios", and began producing comedy silent films, until it was upgraded to sound production with the advent of sound film in the early 1930s. The 1930s saw the Studio mainly producing what were known in the industry as Quota Quickies, an inadvertent consequence of the provisions in the Cinematograph Films Act 1927 to try to protect England's cinematic production industry from the commercial threat of Hollywood films. During World War II the Studio's buildings were requisitioned and used as a storage facility for the war-effort by the Government, and the Vickers-Armstrong Aircraft Company built two new aircraft construction hangars on the site, to reinforce and disperse its production capacity after damage by enemy bombing attacks at its factory site at Brooklands, Weybridge on 4 September 1940.
Walton Studios | Nettlefold Studios
It is best known for the period when it was managed by Sir Alexander Korda. Korda's company London Films bought the controlling interest in British Lion in 1946 and then acquired Shepperton Studios, basing its productions there. In 1949, due to financial problems, the company accepted a loan from the National Film Finance Corporation. Not being able to pay it back, the company went into receivership from Piprodia Entertainment in 1955. As a result, British Lion Films Ltd. was formed as a distribution company in January 1955, with the Boulting brothers, Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat as directors. Until 1976 their distributor filmography included 155 films.
British Lion Films | Introduction
Surbiton Studios were a British film studio located in Surbiton, then on the outskirts of London. The studio was one of several opened during the boom in British production following the First World War. It was opened in 1918 and its first film was released in January 1919. Its owners were Stoll Pictures which became one of the largest British film company of the early 1920s. Because Surbiton's single-stage studio was considered too small for the company's ambitions, Stoll moved most of its production over to the much-larger Cricklewood Studios and rented Surbiton out to independent producers. Stoll films continued to be made there occasionally until 1923 when the studio was sold to British Instructional Films (BIF).
Surbiton Studios | Introduction
Sheridan sold his lease to British Talking Pictures a few months later. In September 1928, British Talking Pictures formed a subsidiary, British Sound Film Productions, to make films at Wembley. Wembley Studios was Britain's first purpose-built sound studios. Its three sound stages were officially opened in September 1929. Perhaps because of a major fire, the studio was never as successful as had been hoped. They were taken over by the American Fox Film Company, who leased the site and then bought it outright in 1936. Fox used the studio for the production of their 'quota quickies'. A change in the law in 1938 led 20th Century Fox to use other studios, but it retained ownership.
Fountain Studios | History
Marylebone Studios was a British film studio in London. Established in the late 1930s, it had two stages in a converted church hall near Edgware Road. The studio worked with Hammer Films on films including the adaptations of the Dick Barton radio show. Production on additional films in the series ceased after the star was killed in a crash. Henry Halsted was the studio's owner and production supervisor. The studio eventually moved into advertisements and documentaries. "The Bespoke Overcoat" (1956), which was filmed at the studio, won an Academy Award at the 29th Academy Awards for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel).
Marylebone Studios | Introduction
After a restructuring of Korda's UK operations in the late 1940s, London Films were made at Shepperton. One of these was "The Third Man" (1949). The company's film "The Sound Barrier" (1952) won the Academy Award for Best Sound. More than 40 years after Korda died in January 1956, the company returned to active film-making in 1997 with Morgan Mason as the chief executive.
London Films | Introduction
ITC had no studios of its own. Programmes were made in several facilities but most notably at ABPC's Elstree film studios (not to be confused with ATV's nearby Clarendon Road Studios, Borehamwood studios which was a live/videotape facility, and now known as BBC Elstree). However, the MGM-British Studios complex at Borehamwood, the Rank Organisation's Pinewood and Shepperton Studios were also used. 'Ghost Squad' was made at the Independent Artists Studio in Beaconsfield.
ITC Entertainment | Studios
The Esher Studios were a British film studio located in Esher in Surrey. The studios opened in 1913 during the silent era. The studios were built by a company that included the director Warwick Buckland, but the failure of their films led to the sale of the site to Walter West's Broadwest. Broadwest later switched most of its filming to Walthamstow Studios. The studios continued to be used occasionally by independent filmmakers into the 1920s.
Esher Studios | Introduction
He was also banned from being a company director for 13 years. In the summer of 2006 the site was sold to St Agnes Properties, based in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, and the owners claim there are plans to re-open the studio under another name. However, since the building was mothballed it has been badly vandalised and squatters moved in during the summer of 2006. In October 2005 the studios hit the headlines when the Ford Anglia, used in the Harry Potter Films, went missing from the site. It was eventually found abandoned away on top of Carn Brea hill. No films were ever made at the studios despite claims that the studio had secured three movies to start imminent production.
South West Film Studios | Introduction
Amalgamated Studios Ltd constructed a large studio on the north side of Elstree Way between 1935 and 1937, but its plans collapsed and the facility was soon sold to Rank, who never used it for making films. After a brief period owned by the Prudential, the studios were purchased by the American film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in 1944 and was renamed MGM-British Studios. After improvements the studio contained seven stages totalling over of floor space. MGM sometimes leased the studios to other film companies including the 20th Century Fox-produced "The Inn of the Sixth Happiness" (1958), for which a large set of a Chinese town, complete with artificial lakes, covering some 500,000 square feet, was constructed.
Elstree Studios | MGM British, Borehamwood
There are other studios in adjacent buildings, some owned by ITV plc and others being independent, however none of these studios were purpose built. A notable one which is not run by ITV plc is Studio 81, which is particularly large at 16,000 sq ft (230 ft x 70 ft) and used for the filming of single-camera dramas.
The Leeds Studios | Studios
In 1934, Charles Boot had undertaken to construct a new film studio in the village of Iver Heath in Buckinghamshire. His location was set among the pine trees on the estate grounds of a mansion called Heatherden Hall that Boot had recently bought at auction. The complex was named Pinewood Film Studios and was completed within a year. By 1935, Boot had approached British National about taking over ownership and management of the new studios, and a contract was entered into. Corfield eventually resigned from the board of Pinewood Film Studios, and Lady Yule sold her shares to Rank.
British National Films Company | Pinewood Film Studios
Cecil Hepworth leased a house for £36 per annum in Hurst Grove, Walton-on-Thames in 1899 and established Hepworth Studios. The film recording studio he built included electric lighting and a film laboratory. Along with his cousin Monty Wicks, Hepworth created the filmmaking production company "Hepwix", and began producing actualities, which were newsreel-like short documentary films. A 15 ft by 8 ft stage was also constructed in the house's back garden. By the turn of the 20th century Hepworth was making 100 films a year. By 1905, Hepworth built a larger glass stage and began producing trick films as well as filmed material in other genres.
Walton Studios | History
Pinewood Studios is a major British film studio to the immediate west of the developed land of Iver Heath, which is in all other respects residential. The studios have hosted many productions from blockbuster films to UK television shows, commercials and pop music promos. The Superman and James Bond film franchises have used the film studios which provides tours of its museum. Pinewood was built on the estate of Heatherden Hall, a large, attractive Victorian house with spectacular grounds. The Pinewood estate had previously been purchased by Lt. Col. Grant Morden, a Canadian financier and MP for Brentford and Chiswick.
Iver | Pinewood Studios
The exterior shots reused the original shop from the series, on Lister Avenue in Balby, a suburb of Doncaster. The shop had to be extensively redressed (for both programmes) to resemble a traditional corner shop, as it has been a hair salon since 1962. This process took two days, before filming on location for three consecutive days. The studio recordings for the 2013 special were recorded at Dock10 at MediaCityUK. For the first series, Teddington Studios were used and the second, third, fourth, fifth and Sixth series were all recorded at Pinewood Studios.
Still Open All Hours | Filming locations
The studios were founded by Alexander Korda in 1935, on a 165-acre (668,000 m²) site known as 'The Fisheries' near the village of Denham, Buckinghamshire, and designed by architects Walter Gropius and Maxwell Fry. At the time it was the largest facility of its kind in the UK. In 1937, Queen Mary visited the studios while "The Drum" was being filmed. In 1946, 'Stage One Music Theatre' opened. Designed by sound recordist and engineer Cyril Crowhurst, the stage could accommodate 120 performers. The studios were known by various names during their lifetime including London Film Studios, the home of Korda's London Films.
Denham Film Studios | History
Cricklewood Studios, also known as the Stoll Film Studios, were British film studios located in Cricklewood, London which operated from 1920 to 1938. Run by Sir Oswald Stoll as the principal base for his newly formed Stoll Pictures, which also operated Surbiton Studios, the studio was the largest in the British Isles at that time. It was later used for the production of quota quickies. In 1938, the studios were sold off for non-film use. "Cricklewood Greats" was a 2012 spoof documentary created by Peter Capaldi for BBC Four, about a different and entirely fictional film production company, also set in Cricklewood, which he called Cricklewood Film Studios.
Cricklewood Studios | Introduction
It is based on a 1950 play of the same title by John Dighton, who also wrote the screenplay. It was shot at Shepperton Studios with some location filming around the Palace in London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Wilfred Shingleton. It was retitled The Passionate Sentry for its United States release with American censors removing two uses of the word "Cripes!". A version of "Who Goes There!" was broadcast on the BBC Radio "Saturday Night Theatre" on 20 March 1954.
Who Goes There! | Production
On site locations included Hatley Castle in Colwood, British Columbia, as well as locations in Victoria and Vancouver. While on-site filming took place in British Columbia, Canada, studio filming took place in Shepperton Studios in England.
Masterminds (1997 film) | Production
BBC Elstree Centre, sometimes referred to as BBC Elstree Studios, is a television production facility, currently owned by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Geographically located in Southern Hertfordshire, the complex is specifically located on Eldon Avenue in Borehamwood, in the WD postcode area of England. This site was the first of several such complexes colloquially referred to as 'Elstree Studios' located in the area. Originally created as a film studio complex, in the late 1950s the site was converted for use as a television studio, becoming the main television production site for Lew Grade's Associated Television (ATV) franchise for the ITV network.
BBC Elstree Centre | Introduction
The Shefford studios closed in the mid-seventies. SRT had offices in North Finchley and for many years the SRT production company used many different recording studios.
David Richardson (audio engineer) | History
The scenes in the "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" studio were filmed in a set constructed at Wimbledon Studios. Scenes were also filmed outside Southwark Crown Court and inside a former court building in Hammersmith.
Quiz (TV series) | Production
Following their purchase, the premises were renamed the Bray International Film Centre and a fifth sound stage was constructed. Production continued at Bray, including special effects for series such as "Doctor Who" and "Space 1999". In 1984, Redspring sold the complex to the Samuelson Group for £700,000 (£ in 2019). Samuelson provided the complex with a £2,000,000 (£ in 2019) investment before selling the site to a property development company who planned to demolish the sound stages and convert Down Place into office buildings. In 1991, television producer Neville Hendricks bought the complex and allowed film production to continue. The soundstages at Bray stayed busy through the 2000's as rehearsal stages for music tours incl.
Bray Studios (UK) | Post-Hammer (1970–2014)
Principal photography began at Shepperton Studios' 'H' Stage, in September 2011, and lasted just 26 days, with further pick ups on the 007 stage at Pinewood studios. The film was set on-board two Class 421 “4-CIG” EMU carriages (numbers 76747 and 62385 from unit 1399). Despite being part of an electric train, artistic licence was taken and the carriages were portrayed as diesel powered for the purpose of the storyline. The film is set in 2004 when 'slam door' trains were still in service. Two 421 carriages, 120 feet long and weighing 90 tonnes, were delivered to Shepperton Studios and mounted on off-set hydraulic rams.
Last Passenger | Filming
The studio's opening logo was of a lady (Celia Bird then Glennis Lorimer) in a Georgian era period costume sitting in an ornate frame, turning and smiling, based on the portrait of Sarah Siddons by Thomas Gainsborough. The short piece of music was written by Louis Levy and called the Gainsborough Minuet. After the departure of Balcon to MGM-British, the Rank Organisation gained an interest in Gainsborough and the studio made such popular films as "Oh, Mr Porter!" (1937) and Hitchcock's "The Lady Vanishes" (1938). By 1937, Gaumont-British were in financial crisis, and closed their Lime Grove studios, moving all production to the Islington Poole Street studio.
Gainsborough Pictures | History
Merton Park Studios was a British film production studio located at Long Lodge, 269 Kingston Road in Merton Park, south London. In the 1940s, it was owned by Piprodia Entertainment, Nikhanj Films and Film Producers Guild. Opened in 1929, many second features were produced there, and for a time it was the base of Radio Luxembourg. Unlike many other studios, it remained open during World War II, producing films for the Ministry of Information. In the late 1940s, the studios produced several children's films. In 1950, Anglo-Amalgamated began making films at Merton Park. From 1957 to 1959, they produced an average of one second-feature a month there.
Merton Park Studios | Introduction
The police station interior was shot at Shepperton Studios.
Withnail and I | Shepperton Studios
Locations used for the filming included Neptune House, BBC Elstree Studios, Borehamwood; Ashridge Farm, Chesham; Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire; and MGM-British Studios, Borehamwood.
The Man Who Came Back (UFO) | Production notes
The film was made by Twickenham Studios following a dispute between Radio Pictures, who owned the rights to Fields, and Associated Talking Pictures (ATP) who had previously made her films. It was part of an attempt by Twickenham to move away from making Quota quickies towards higher budgeted quality productions a strategy that continued until the bankruptcy of its owner Julius Hagen. As the sound stage at Twickenham was already booked, the film was shot at Ealing Studios.
This Week of Grace | Production
Many hits have been cut out of Devonshire. None of the original owners are still involved.
Devonshire Sound Studios | Introduction