Talk:Elstree Studios

2001: A Space Odyssey

There may be some categorization I'm not understanding, but Kubrick's film was made at MGM Studios Borehamwood, so it might be appropriate for it to be moved to the MGM section. Cellmaker (talk) 02:30, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Bryan Forbes

It is disgraceful that Bryan Forbes' entire tenure at Elstree Studios has been whitewashed out. Indeed there is no mention of him or his successful films (Railway Children, Go-Between, Tales of Beatrix Potter etc) at all. I hope that I have now corrected this, but shame on whoever withheld this information. Having just watched the extras on the newly released DVD The Elstree Story it would appear that the so-called Studio Historian who presents the piece has also chosen not to mention Forbes AT ALL. What sort of historian is that and what does it say about Wikipedia that such a glaring omission has not been picked up on? Manxwoman (talk) 20:16, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Perhaps I'm reading your message in completely the wrong way (apologies if that is the case), but the talk page really isn't the right place to vent your frustration. It's main aim is to provide a space to discuss the article in question, talk over points in detail, and resolve any edit disputes. I don't know what connection you have to Forbes (family, friend, biggest fan, I really have no idea) but you're clearly very passionate about him, and I can understand your grievances about the omission. However, attacking Wikipedia editors over some apparent conspiracy to wipe him out of history is a little out of order - I'm sure it's just simply that no editor present was aware of Forbes' contributions, and hence didn't add it in. That's certainly my personal position, and I'm sure that many of my fellow editors would agree with me. Aw16 (talk) 13:08, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

Your point is well taken and for clarity I have no connection with Forbes at all, except for being a huge British Films fan and was truly shocked at the omission. I would have thought that if anyone had been compiling the history of the studio and had done their research, they would have found the huge contribution that he had made. It would be like doing a history of Ealing Studio and missing out Michael Balcon! I was just in a double-shock having just watched the DVD I mentioned. Conspiracy's jump to mind!!! Anyhow, I have now added the detail and sources. Manxwoman (talk) 21:01, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

Orphaned references in Elstree Studios

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Elstree Studios's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "bfi":

• From Googie Withers: Arthur, Nigel. "...One of Our Aircraft is Missing (1942)". BFI Screenonline. Retrieved 2012-02-13.
• From Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (UK game show): Dyja 2002, p. 20
• From Bryan Forbes: British Film Institute: Profile at screenline.org. Retrieved 9 May 2013

Reference named "bbc":

• From Holby City: "Major BBC organ donation season launches in August" (Press release). BBC. 28 April 2005. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
• From BBC Studios and Post Production: "BBC announces successful bidder for BBC Outside Broadcasts". BBC. 2008-03-07. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
• From Bryan Forbes: "Stepford Wives film director Bryan Forbes dies aged 86". BBC. 8 May 2013.
• From The Daily Telegraph: "The UK's 'other paper of record'". BBC News. 19 January 2004. Retrieved 20 December 2007.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT⚡ 20:32, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Elstree Studios (company)

This article describes Elstree Studios as a collective term. However http://www.elstreestudios.co.uk seems to describe a single company. What is the true (current) situation? --139.222.99.102 (talk) 14:07, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

It is the facility discussed in the article as Elstree Studios, Shenley Rd, Borehamwood only. Compare the photographs used here with those on the website for confirmation. Philip Cross (talk) 17:24, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

British and Dominion

Hello.

It says that The Private Life of Henry VIII was produced by British & Dominion Film Studios. However the article itself says it was produced by London Film Productions. I'm currently tying up some redirects with B & Dom (at Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2014_October_4) and came across this anomaly. Si Trew (talk) 23:34, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Should this article be split?

Although they share portions of their history, I do find this article's shared history section detailing both Clarendon Road and Shenley Road quite confusing, given that there are essentially two separate entities located in the same town (plus a variety of other studios). Does anyone agree that moving some of the content from the Clarendon Road section to the current redirect BBC Elstree Centre would mean that the histories and usage of both sites could be explored more fully? Bob talk 22:33, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

Decided to be bold and make a split-off for the BBC Elstree Centre. Perhaps this one could become more about the Shenley Road studios? Bob talk 00:30, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

Have now split some of the content into a Elstree Studios (Shenley Road) article. Bob talk 19:53, 14 November 2015 (UTC)