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The History of British Cinema: 1930 |
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| 8/1 – |
Sidney Bernstein and Cecil Bernstein open the first Granada cinema in Dover. Designer Theodore Komisarjevsky creates a foyer in the style of Louis XV and the auditorium in a Moorish style. [ADD] |
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| 18/1 – |
A major fire breaks out at Gainsborough Pictures’ studios in Islington. [ADD] |
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Thorold Dickinson and Maurice Elvey’s School for Scandal is released. Starring Basil Gill and Madeleine Carroll, it is Britain’s second all-talking colour film. [ADD] |
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| Dec – |
By the end of the year, Britain has 4,000 cinemas, 2,725 of which are fitted for sound. 195 new cinemas were built in 1930. [ADD] |
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| Dec – |
By the end of the year, Associated British Cinemas has a chain of 120 cinemas. [ADD] |
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– British International Pictures, the owner of Elstree studios, takes over British Instructional Pictures and its Welwyn Studio. [ADD] |
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– A waxwork model of Mickey Mouse playing the piano joins the other attractions at Madame Tussaud’s in London. [ADD] |
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– Oscar Deutsch opens his first Odeon cinema, in Birmingham. [ADD] |
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Other Key British Films of 1930 |
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| Murder! (Alfred Hitchcock) [ADD] | ||||
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