Items ready for auction, Denham Film Studios
Mar. 27 The Death of Denham film Studios: On Feb. 24th the last chapter in the story of Denham Film Studios will be written when the contents will be sold by auction. It was in 1936 that Sir Alexander Korda opened the studios which were the largest in Britain, the first to be built here on Hollywood lines and had cost £1, 000, 000 Denham was to mark an era that aimed at making British films of international importance and drew to the studios world famous stars and directors. Famous films made there included The Ghost Goes West, Rembrandt, The Four Feathers Catherine The Great Caesar and Cleopatra and The Shape of Things to Come at one time the studio had 16 features on the floor. The last complete film made at the studio was Walt Disney's Robin Hood in 1951. Since then it has been gradually dying, only being used for a few bits and pieces and for music recordings Photo shows the Wardrobe Department looking rather empty except for the ironing board and a rail on which are two costumes left over from the last picture shot
