Kew Bridge Studios
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| Kew Bridge Studios | |
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 Interactive map of the Kew Bridge Studios area | |
| General information | |
| Location | Brentford, England, Kew Bridge Court, Brentford, London, W4 3BF |
| Coordinates | 51°29′20″N 0°17′11″W / 51.489000°N 0.286500°W |
| 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]
