Ealing Studios 1931 Opening Ceremony

London: Ealing Studios, 1931. Collection of 2 vintage borderless black-and-white still photographs and 3 large inter-negatives from the 1931 grand opening of the UK film studio.

Ealing Studios opened in 1931, after Associated Talking Pictures acquired Will Baker Studios in 1929 and remodeled the stages and equipment to produce talkies, one of the earliest studios to do so. These 2 photographs and 3 inter-negatives commemorate the occasion, depicting a crowd of people on a soundstage that includes Ealing film producers and founders Reginald Baker and Basil Dean, as well as King Edward VIII.

8 x 10 inches. Inter-negatives Very Good plus, photographs Very Good.

[Book #135128]