Ealing Studios - History
1902
Will Barker establishes a film studio at Ealing and created a series of lavish historical dramas.
1929
Talkies arrive in Britain
1931
Basil Dean builds a new studio at Ealing Green for his company Associated Talking Pictures (ATP). He took established stage acts such as George Formby and Gracie Fields and launched their movie careers.
1938
Basil Dean's attempts to produce serious dramatic films failed, so he gave up on the movie business and returned to his first love, the theatre. He was replaced by Michael Balcon, a producer who\'d helped Alfred Hitchcock to success at Gainsborough Pictures in the mid 1920s. He decided to rename the production company Ealing Studios.
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