Ealing Studios, Film production facility in West London, England
Description
Ealing Studios is a working film production facility in West London with five sound stages and technical areas distributed across a compound that once centered on a Victorian lodge. The site includes workshops for carpentry and metalwork, storage rooms for props, and suites where costume and makeup teams prepare actors.
History
Will Barker bought White Lodge on Ealing Green in 1902 and began filming there long before Hollywood took shape. The property changed hands several times over the decades, surviving economic downturns and shifts in the film industry.
Culture
The site became known as the home of the Ealing comedies, a series of postwar films with dry humor and understated performances that defined a particular British sensibility. Visitors sometimes recognize the Art Deco facade from opening credits and film scenes that showcased the building itself.
Practical
The site sits in a residential area about 12 miles (19 km) from central London and is not normally open to the public except during special events or organized tours. Visitors interested in seeing the exterior can take the tube to Ealing Broadway and walk from there.
Did you know?
A new carbon-neutral sound stage is expanding the compound and linking modern environmental design to prewar buildings. The contrast between the new construction and the older structures shows how film production has evolved over more than a century.
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