Precision Film Studio
Founded by brothers David William and Thomas J. Gobbett, it was the first purpose-built film studio in Walthamstow. It produced few notable films, but one, 'Anarchy in England' retold the story (us...
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Emeric Pressburger
Author and screenwriter. Born Imre Josef Pressburger at 3 St Peter's Street, Miskolc, Hungary. He moved to Berlin in 1926 to work as a journalist and scriptwriter. In 1935 he came to Britain and in...
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John Alfred Prestwich
Inventor and designer of engines. Born Kensington.  He worked with Sebastian de Ferranti and the cinema pioneer William Friese-Greene to produce cameras, mutoscopes, cutting and perforation machine...
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Montagu Pyke
In 1908 Pyke converted two shops at 164-166 Edgware Road into a cinema. This was a success and he created more, naming each one the Cinematograph Theatre. By 1910 he had 5 cinemas, each an independ...
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J. Arthur Rank
Flour miller and film-maker. Born Joseph Arthur Rank at Chestnut Villas, Holderness Road, Drypool, Kingston upon Hull. He worked for many years in his (very wealthy) father's flour milling business...
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Ronald Reagan
Actor and 40th President of the USA, 1981 - 1989. Â Honorary knighthood - Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath. Â Best film line? Â In the 1942 film "King's Row" on realising that his legs have...
Person, Cinema, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous, USA
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Redgrave family
The acting dynasty, fully documented at Wikipedia. The photo shows, left to right: Lynn Redgrave, Jemma Redgrave, Corin Redgrave, Corin's wife Kika Markham, Luke Redgrave, Annabel Clark (Lynn's da...
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Red Hall Picture Palace
Cinema designed by H. George Leslie. The entrance facade was dominated by a figure of Mercury perched on top of a windmill-shaped tower. In May 1950 it was re-named the Gaumont. After the final fil...
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Sir Carol Reed
Born Daisyfield, West Hill, Wandsworth. Film director, best known for The Third Man (1949), The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) and Oliver! (1968). Knighted in 1953. Illegitimate son of the actor-prod...
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Cliff Richard
Born as Harry Webb in India. Starred with Olivier in Dave Clark's Time. The Shadows were his backing group.
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