Walton Studios
Other Business Names:
- Hepworth, Cecil
- Wicks, Monty
- Hepwix
- Nettlefold, Archibald
- Roy, Ernest
- Sapphire Films
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Walton on Thames, Surrey, Surrey, South East, England
Sectors:
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Business services
Film & theatre industry services
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Recreation activities
Film production, distribution & exhibition
Notes:
Traced origins to the studios opened in 1899 by Cecil Hepworth, a maker of short documentary films in conjunction with Monty Wicks, operating as Hepwix. By 1900 making 100 films annually. By 1920s in difficulties when sold in 1926 to Archibald Nettlefold who sold on in 1947 to Ernest Roy when studios hired out to other film makers. In 1950s acquired by Sapphire Films, a television programme producer, when renamed Walton Studios. Closed in 1961
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Other Business Names:
- Hepworth, Cecil
- Wicks, Monty
- Hepwix
- Nettlefold, Archibald
- Roy, Ernest
- Sapphire Films
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Walton on Thames, Surrey, Surrey, South East, England
Sectors:
- Business services Film & theatre industry services
- Recreation activities Film production, distribution & exhibition