MGM-British Studios
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (
MGM) established a British operation, initially, at
Denham Film Studios in
1936. However, in
1948 they took control of the former
Amalgamated Studios site, between Shenley Road and Elstree Way, in
Borehamwood.
Productions made at the MGM-British studios include
2001: A Space Odyssey,
The Dirty Dozen,
Ivanhoe, and
The Prisoner.
2001 has been cited as one of the primary causes behind the closing down of the studio, due to the fact that
Stanley Kubrick's film occupied more and more of the available studio space - eventually using all of it - for almost two years, thus rendering the facilities massively unprofitable in the long run.
The studio was in operation until
1970, one of the last shows in production being
UFO. At that time, the studio operation was merged with the
EMI facility (commonly known as
Elstree Studios) and the site was cleared.
