Elstree and Borehamwood Museum is an independent local history museum which opened its doors in 2000. It evolved out of a community history project with a small collection of objects and photographs. Run entirely by volunteers, the museum has acquired a large collection of items leading to the production of themed displays, talks, workshops for schools and local community groups and answering a busy enquiry service.
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100 Years of Elstree Studios - Part Ten
In 1937 Charles Laughton was filming I, Claudius at Denham for Alexander Korda when the filming was cancelled, and he was free to explore a new venture with producer Eric Pommer. Laughton and Korda had had a huge worldwide hit in 1933 with The Private Life Of Henry VIII which was filmed in the B & D studios at Elstree, and Laughton won the Oscar for his performance. But now, ...
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100 Years of Elstree Studios - Part Nine
Between 1941 and 1948 only one film was shot in the studios. Although 8 films had been produced in 1940, including the patriotic Old Mother Riley Joins Up which was shot in August 1939 and released in February 1940, Elstree closed down for the duration and after. It wasn't until 1949 that production returned to pre-war levels.
The studios were occupied by the Royal Army Ordnance Corp and Pioneer Corps and ...
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100 Years of Elstree Studios - Part Eight
We mentioned Star Wars a couple of weeks ago, and you can't really help it when talking about the Elstree Studio story. At the time in early 1976 George Lucas and Gary Kurtz had spent three years after their hit American Graffiti developing the film, and found Elstree had nine empty stages which were needed for all the interior sets. After filming for 2 to 3 weeks in
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Elstree & Borehamwood Museum
96 Shenley Road
Borehamwood
Herts
WD6 1EB
Tel: 01442 454888
Admission: Free
Opening times:
Opening times:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
12pm - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 3pm
Registered Charity No.1157770
