From The Red Shoes to Bond and Harry Potter, some of cinema's most iconic scenes were shot on its sound stages. As Pinewood marks 75 years in the business, we chart the studio's rise to the pinnacle of British film production
75 years after the first film started shooting at Pinewood - London Melody, starring Anna Neagle - we take a look back through the archive at other major events in the studio's history.
The studio opened on 30 September 1936, with owners Sir Charles Boot and J Arthur Rank inspired by Hollywood to create a thriving British film industry, a desire that led to a series of mergers with other studios over the years - the first in 1938, when Pinewood took over Alexander Korda's Denham Studios.
Pinewood quickly established itself as a location for great British films. The Red Shoes, starring Moira Sheaerer, was one of two Powell and Pressburger films to...
75 years after the first film started shooting at Pinewood - London Melody, starring Anna Neagle - we take a look back through the archive at other major events in the studio's history.
The studio opened on 30 September 1936, with owners Sir Charles Boot and J Arthur Rank inspired by Hollywood to create a thriving British film industry, a desire that led to a series of mergers with other studios over the years - the first in 1938, when Pinewood took over Alexander Korda's Denham Studios.
Pinewood quickly established itself as a location for great British films. The Red Shoes, starring Moira Sheaerer, was one of two Powell and Pressburger films to...
- 9/30/2011
- by Lauren Niland, Guardian Research Department
- The Guardian - Film News
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