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Flexible Studios and Offices space with a range of studios from 214 sq ft - 3,000 sq ft. Islington Studios is located in an attractive part of North London in the London Borough of Islington, approximately one mile west of Finsbury Park, one mile south of Crouch End and approximately three miles north of Central London.
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.
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Islington Studios
In April 1919, Famous Players-Lasky British Producers Limitedwas formed with an initial capital of £600,000. An offshoot of the American Famous Players-Lasky company, the intention was to make British films in London with American expertise. By July 1919, the studio had identified a site on Poole Street, including a large former power station building, which could be converted into a modern studio complex and a 28 year lease was obtained for the site in October 1919. Development work, which i...
Gainsborough Studios
Following the failure of The White Shadow and the unexpected death of John Freedman, Balcon, Freedman & Saville was dissolved and Michael Balcon formed Gainsborough Pictureswith Graham Cutts, with an initial capital of £100. The company continued to make use of the Islington facilities and, after a series of financial successes, Balcon formed Piccadilly Pictures Limited and Piccadilly Studios Limited in 1926. Via the latter company, Balcon negotiated with Famous Players-Lasky and purchased th...
Conversion into Apartments
The buildings began to be cleared in 2002, and apartments named "Gainsborough Studios" were built on the site in 2004, by architects Munkenbeck and Marshall. In 2003, a large sculpture of Hitchcock's head (designed by Anthony Donaldson) was unveiled on the site.
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Jump up London's Hollywood: The Gainsborough Studio in the Silent Years(2014) by Gary Chapman, chapter 1.Jump up London's Hollywood: The Gainsborough Studio in the Silent Years(2014) by Gary Chapman, chapters 1 & 2.Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 3.2 London's Hollywood: The Gainsborough Studio in the Silent Years(2014) by Gary Chapman, chapter 2.Jump up to: 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 London's Hollywood: The Gainsborough Studio in the Silent Years(2014) by Gary Chapman, chapter 3.Jul 23, 2020 · Islington Studios, Poole Street N1, 1920s. Famous Players-Lasky. Islington Studios opened in 1919, converted from an old railway power station on Poole Street, a quiet road on the border between Islington and Shoreditch (now Hackney), on the south side of the Regent’s Canal.
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