Items ready for auction, Denham Film Studios

Apr. 17 Finely carved chairs and a comfortable settee are among the hundreds of pieces of furniture, all of which have been used in films, offered for auction at Denham. The Death of Denham Film Studios: On Feb. 24th the last chapter in the story of Denham Film Studios will be written when their final 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 studio 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 15 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

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Aimed Auction Bits Chapter Cleopatra Comfortable Contents Cost Denham Finely Gradually Hundreds Importance Korda Offered Recordings Rembrandt Settee

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