West London’s Ealing Studios, the oldest studio in the UK, was a prolific producer of top-quality British filmmaking from around 1930 until the BBC purchased it in 1955. They had traded as an alternative on this side of the pond to the big studios in the Us, churning out a consistent and relatively successful line of pictures before the golden period began at the close of the 1940s. After producing the well-received Nicholas Nickelby and Scott of the Antarctic (the latter with the great John Mills), the studio shifted focus to razor-sharp caper comedies, often less laugh-out-loud funny that just pitch perfect in filmmaking and writing.
This trend kicked off with Passport to Pimlico and Whisky Galore before hitting an early peak with Kind Hearts and Coronets, primarily famed for Alec Guiness playing eight different characters with equal aplomb. The studio would then produce a huge number of films in the...
This trend kicked off with Passport to Pimlico and Whisky Galore before hitting an early peak with Kind Hearts and Coronets, primarily famed for Alec Guiness playing eight different characters with equal aplomb. The studio would then produce a huge number of films in the...
- 6/1/2009
- CinemaSpy
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