Elstree Calling

An unofficial website dedicated to Elstree Studios

John Maxwell Building, Elstree Studios. Photo: © Paul Burton

Film Credits:

The many films which have had all or some form of pre-production, production and/or post production at Elstree Studios over the years have included: 

1920s:

  • Blackmail
  • The Farmers Wife
  • Madame Pompadour
  • The Manxman
  • Moulin Rouge
  • Piccadilly
  • Poppies of Flanders
  • The Ring
  • The Silver Lining
  • The White Shiek

1930s:

  • Aren't Men Beasts
  • The Dominant Sex
  • Dr Josser, K.C.
  • Elstree Calling
  • Jamaica Inn
  • Josser in the Army 
  • Juno and the Paycock
  • Kiss Me Sergeant
  • Let's Make a Night of It
  • Mr Cinders
  • Song of Soho 
  • St. Martin's Lane
  • Young Woodley

1939 - 48:

  • Closed for film production.

1940s: 

  • The Dancing Years
  • The Hasty Heart
  • Man on the Run
  • Portrait of Clare
  • Stage Fright
  • Woman With No Name

1950s:

  • Angels One Five
  • Captain Horatio Hornblower
  • Castle in the Air
  • The Dam Busters
  • The Elstree Story
  • Father's Doing Fine
  • The Good Companions
  • Green Grow the Rushes 
  • Happy Go Lovely
  • Ice Cold in Alex
  • It's Great to be Young
  • Laughter in Paradise
  • Look Back in Anger
  • Moby Dick
  • Night of the Demon
  • School For Scoundrels
  • Tommy the Toreador
  • Will Any Gentleman 
  • Valley of Song
  • Yield to the Night
  • The Young Wives' Tale 

1960s:

  • The Anniversary
  • The Bargee
  • Crooks in Cloisters
  • The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
  • The Devil Rides Out
  • Lolita
  • The Long and the Short and the Tall
  • The Man Who Haunted Himself
  • The Naked Edge
  • The Nanny
  • One Million Years B.C.
  • The Punch and Judy Man
  • Rattle of a Simple Man
  • The Rebel
  • The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone
  • Sands of the Desert
  • A Story of David  
  • Summer Holiday
  • The Theatre of Death
  • The Trials of Oscar Wilde
  • The Vengeance of She
  • Wonderful Life
  • The Young Ones

1970s:

  • Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall
  • The Adominable Dr Philbes
  • The Alf Garnett Saga
  • Alien
  • Are You Being Served?
  • Blood From the Mummy's Tomb
  • The Boyfriend
  • Confessions From a Holiday Camp
  • Confessions of a Driving Instructor
  • Confessions of a Pop Performer
  • Confessions of a Window Cleaner
  • Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde
  • Dulcima
  • The Empire Strikes Back
  • Endless Night
  • Father, Dear Father
  • Fear in the Night
  • For the Love of Ada
  • Get Carter
  • The Go-Between
  • Great Expectations
  • Hanover Street
  • Holiday On the Buses 
  • The Horror of Frankenstein
  • The Likely Lads
  • Love Thy Neighbour 
  • Lust for a Vampire
  • Not Now Darling
  • On the Buses
  • Our Miss Fred
  • Man About the House
  • Murder On the Orient Express
  • Mutiny On the Buses
  • Not Now Comrade
  • Percy
  • The Raging Moon
  • The Railway Children
  • Scars of Dracula
  • The Shining
  • Stand Up Virgin Soldiers
  • Star Wars: A New Hope 
  • Tales of Beatrix Potter
  • Taste the Blood of Dracula
  • Up Pompeii
  • Up the Chastity Belt
  • Up the Front
  • Valentino
  • The Vampire Lovers

1980s:

  • The Boys in Blue
  • Clockwise
  • The Dark Crystal
  • Empire of the Sun
  • Fourth Protocol
  • George & Mildred
  • Give My Regards to Broadstreet 
  • The Great Muppet Caper
  • Greystoke: The Creation of Tarzan and His Epic Adventures
  • Haunted Honeymoon
  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
  • Labyrinth
  • Lady Chatterley's Lover  
  • Monty Python's Meaning of Life
  • Never Say Never Again
  • Tomorrow Never Dies
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark 
  • Return of the Jedi
  • Return to Oz
  • Superman IV
  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
  • Whoops Apocalypse!
  • Young Sherlock Holmes

1990s:

  • The Borrowers
  • Engima
  • Final Curtain
  • The Man Who Knew Too Little
  • Saving Grace
  • Sorted
  • Star Wars: The Attack of the Clones
  • Wives and Daughters

2000s:

  • The Albert Walker Story
  • Amy
  • Ashes and Sand
  • Capture the Castle
  • Closer
  • Colour Me Kubrick
  • Dustbin Baby
  • Flyboys
  • 44" Chest
  • 1408
  • The Gathering  
  • Harry Brown
  • Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
  • Importance of Being Earnest
  • Is Anybody There?
  • Kick-Ass
  • The Lost Prince
  • Nicholas Nickleby
  • Notes on a Scandal
  • The Other Boleyn Girl
  • Proof
  • Shanghi Knights  
  • Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
  • Troy
  • Vanity Fair
  • Young Rambow

2010s:

  • Details to follow.

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