Warner Bros. at Teddington Studios from 1931 to 1944. : Warner Bros. First National Productions, Ltd. produced 144 films between 1932 and 1944

In 1931, Warner Bros. and its sister company, First National, decided to make their own British films, rather than "farm" their British-made film requirements to British film producers. This operation was done at Teddington Studios, which at first they rented and then bought the facility outright. This book then is the story of the Warner Bros. First National Productions film-making operation at Teddington Studios between 1932 and 1944. It contains a complete and extensively detailed filmography of the 144 films they made at the studio, including one co-production. Uniquely, most of this detailed information has never been published in book form.This is the THIRD EDITION of this book which has been made necessary due to the three following important factors: 1.

Further essential information about the progress of Teddington Studios, including details about the purchase of the freehold in 1934, which has just become available from American trade journals; 2.

The acquisition of the entire run of the British film-fan magazine, Picturegoer Weekly, for the year 1937, which has enabled access to the reviews of those films made by Warner Bros.

First National Productions which were covered during that year so that they can now be included in this book; and 3.

The inclusion of essential detail about the performance of the Warner Bros.

First National films individually at the box office and of the overall financial performance of Teddington Studios from 1932 to 1945 as a result of the kind permission of Professor Steve Chibnall to allow me access to key areas of his research.