Kew Bridge Studios

Kew Bridge Studios
General information
Location	Brentford, England
Address	Kew Bridge Court, Brentford, London, W4 3BF
Coordinates	51°29′20″N0°17′11″W / 51.489000°N 0.286500°W / 51.489000; -0.286500
Opening	1919
Closed	1924

The Kew Bridge Studios were a British film studio located in Kew Bridge, Brentford, west London which operated from 1919 to 1924. The site had originally been a theatre, but due to the rapid expansion of the British film industry after the First World War it switched to filmmaking as the existing studios were overspilling. The studios hosted a number of independent film-makers during the silent era, including Walter West and Guy Newall. ^[1]

The studios were hit by the rapid fall in the number of films being released due to the Slump of 1924 and by competition from better-equipped studios. After the studios closed down they were converted into the celebrated Q Theatre which occupied the site until the 1950s. ^[2]

References

1. Warren pp. 113–114
2. Low p. 152

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918–1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.
• Warren, Patricia. British Film Studios: An Illustrated History. Batsford, 2001.