The Shepperton Story: The History of the World-Famous Film Studio

by Gareth Owen

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This exhaustive and affectionate history is crammed with information and rare pictures from the famous Shepperton Studios. From assistants to directors, producers, stars, prop men, production managers and studio executives, the author has interviewed over 200 industry people and has painstakingly researched the history of the studio site from its first recorded use in the Doomsday Book through its redevelopment as one of Britain's first major film studios in 1932. The studio has housed classic movies featuring comedy great Will Hay, to blood-churning horrors starring Todd Slaughter through the studio's covert use during the Second World War as a...

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  • ISBN10 0752449702
  • ISBN13 9780752449708
  • Publish Date 1 March 2009
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint The History Press Ltd