The History of Cinema Timeline: Gt. Britain 1934

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	10/2 -	Cary Grant weds actress Virginia Cherrill at Caxton Hall. [ADD]

	25/4 -	Robert Flaherty’s realist film, Man of Aran, premieres in London. [ADD]

	10/9 -	Jessie Matthews’ Evergreen is released and becomes a box office success. [ADD]

	16/12 -	Basil Wright’s Song of Ceylon is released. Written, directed and photographed by Wright, the film is in four parts: ‘The Buddha,’‘The Virgin Island,’ ‘The Voices of Commerce,’ and ‘The Apparel of God.’ [ADD]

	Dec -	Alexander Korda leases Worton Hall Studios at Islesworth for £35,000 a year. [ADD]



	Dec -	Alfred Hitchcock’s The Man Who Knew Too Much is released. Leslie Banks, Edna Best and Peter Lorre star. [ADD]

		– Alexander Korda acquires a stake in United Artists through a deal with Douglas Fairbanks. [ADD]

		– Fox-British Pictures leases Wembley Studios. [ADD]

		– The recently modernised Whitehall Studios at Elstree is renamed Consolidated Film Studios. Alexander Korda begins shooting scenes there for his science-fiction epic Things to Come. [ADD]

		– The Albion Triphonic Sound System is developed by Glasgow-based Scottish Film Productions and installed in a number of cinemas. [ADD]



		Other Key British Films of 1934


		Granton Trawler (John Grierson) [ADD]



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The History of British Cinema: 1934