Gate Studios
| Gate Studios | |
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| Former names |
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| Alternative names | Station Road Studios |
| General information | |
| Type | Film studios |
| Address | Station Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°39′13″N 0°16′45″W / 51.6537°N 0.2791°WCoordinates: 51°39′13″N 0°16′45″W / 51.6537°N 0.2791°W |
| Inaugurated | 1928 |
| Demolished | 2006 |
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Gate Studios was one of the many studios also known as "Elstree Studios" in the town of Borehamwood, England. Opened in 1928, the studios were in use until the early 1950s.[1] The studios had previously been known as Whitehall Studios, Consolidated Studios, J.H. Studios and M.P. Studios.[2]
History[]
A single large stage was built in Station Road, Borehamwood, 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, J.H. Studios.
Financial difficulties forced Hagen to sell the studios to M.P. Productions in 1937.
During World War II, the studio was used by the government for storage.
In 1950, the site was bought by J. Arthur Rank, who renamed it Gate Studios and made religious films.
The last film produced was John Wesley in 1954,[2] and the site was sold to Andrew Harkness, a manufacturer of cinema screens.[3] Harkness Screens moved out of the site in 2004 having established a global manufacturing base in France and the US and relocated its UK operation to a new production facility in Stevenage. The building in Borehamwood was demolished in 2006 to make way for 133 new properties, the development being named Gate Studios in homage to the former site.[4]
References[]
- ^ Patricia Warren, Elstree, the British Hollywood, Publisher Elm Tree Books, 1983, ISBN 0-241-10955-8, ISBN 978-0-241-10955-7, 184 pages (page 18)
- ^ a b "Gate Studios", BFI Film & TV Database website, retrieved 17 Dec 2011
- ^ Chris Dry, Film and television in education: the handbook of the British Universities Film & Video, Edition 2, Publisher Routledge, 1995, ISBN 1-85713-016-2, ISBN 978-1-85713-016-4, 341 pages (page 275)
- ^ "Final curtain falls at the historic Gate Studios", Watford Observer, Thu 9 Feb 1996
External links[]
- Elstree Screen Heritage, "Creating a record of The Gate Studios"
- "Remembering the Gate Studios" DVD, at Elstree Screen Heritage
- "The Gate Studios" at the Elstree and Boreham Wood Museum website
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