Denham Film Studios

The studios were founded by Alexander Korda in 1935,[1] on a 165-acre (668,000 m2) site known as 'The Fisheries' near the village of Denham, Buckinghamshire, and designed by architects Walter Gropius and Maxwell Fry.

"[6] Colin Sorensen, who as a schoolboy often watched the work going on at Denham recalled the sight "of the main studio buildings, a great mass of, probably asbestos, grey-green roofs" and the smell of "cellulose paint merged with newly cut soft wood."

Mary Morris remembered that an intimate scene with Leslie Howard, for Pimpernel Smith was "interrupted 22 times by aircraft noise.

"[7] Denham's final film was made in 1952,[8] and the J. Arthur Rank Company went on to rent the facility to the United States Air Force between 1955 and December 1961.

Important films recorded during their time at the studio, included Ryan's Daughter, Jane Eyre, International Velvet, Superman, Star Wars, the TV miniseries Jesus of Nazareth, Alien and The Empire Strikes Back.

[12] In 2017 the Grade II listed main studio building and surrounding land were redeveloped as luxury flats and houses.