Editing Elstree Studios (section)

===Imperial Studios, Borehamwood===
[[File:1936-elstree-film-studio-fire.jpg|thumb|Fire destroys three stages of British and Dominions Studios. ''[[The Illustrated London News]]'' 15 February 1936]]
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In 1930, the British and Dominions Film Corporation bought three new sound stages from British International Pictures Ltd on the adjoining site before their construction was completed, which they named "Imperial Studios". [[Alexander Korda]] made one of his greatest successes at the studio,  ''[[The Private Life of Henry VIII]]'' (1933), which starred [[Charles Laughton]] as the King. The film's success in the United States and elsewhere persuaded [[United Artists]] and [[Prudential plc|The Prudential]] to invest in Korda's proposed [[Denham Film Studios]].<ref>Patricia Warren ''British Film Studios: An Illustrated History'', London: B. T. Batsford, 2001, pp. 26, 28</ref>

Film production continued until 1936 when fire destroyed the three stages.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DB1kAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MHsNAAAAIBAJ&dq=elstree&pg=3532%2C4449867 "British Film Studios at Elstree Destroyed in $2,250,000 Blaze"].  ''[[Calgary Herald|Calgary Daily Herald]]''. 10 February 1936. p. 9.</ref> British and Dominions made a substantial investment in [[Pinewood Studios]] at [[Iver Heath]], Buckinghamshire, and moved production there. The support buildings in Borehamwood that remained after the fire were sold off to various companies including Frank Landsdown Ltd, which opened a film vault service. The Rank Organisation bought the music stage for the production of documentary films. It later became the headquarters of the film and sound-effect libraries.