Summary
Elstree Film Studios has a long and colourful history - and we love to look back on it. The present facilities are built on land originally purchased in 1925 to locate a 'silent' studio, constructed one year later. At that time, Alfred Hitchcock was staff director and was responsible for a number of films, including the first British talkie, Blackmail. During the pre-war years, the studios at Borehamwood in Hertfordshire undertook pioneering work in colour films and produced the first French talkie and the first multi-lingual film.
It launched a number of pre-war movie acting careers including those of Charles Laughton, Ray Milland, Stewart Granger, Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh and Maureen O'Hara.See the full content of this document
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Elstree Studios
During 1939, the original studio closed and was commandeered for 'wartime purposes'. A few years later, Warner Bros purchased a share and the studio was largely rebuilt befor...
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