The King's Speech Puts Elstree Studios Back On The Map For Hollywood Moguls

Dalya Alberge, Guardian Unlimited: Film
Sat, 04/30/2011 - 4:05pm

Warner Bros, Disney and Paramount thought to be bringing blockbusters to Borehamwood studio in megadeals that will benefit local peopleIn its heyday it was known as the "British Hollywood" – a world-class film studio where classics such as The Dam Busters and Moby Dick were shot, but in recent lacklustre years Elstree Studios was more likely to have hosted Big Brother than a big star.Now, however, boosted by the fact that The King's Speech was partly filmed there, the golden age looks to have returned to the Hertfordshire studios once described by Charlie Chaplin as the "home of the British film industry".After an era of hosting mass-market television shows such as Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

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