Editing Lime Grove Studios (section)

==Gaumont-British Picture Corporation==
In 1922, [[Isidore Ostrer]] along with brothers Mark and Maurice, acquired control of [[Gaumont British|Gaumont-British]] from its French parent. In 1932 a major redevelopment of Lime Grove Studios was completed, creating one of the best equipped sound studio complexes of that era. The first film produced at the remodelled studio was the [[Walter Forde]] thriller ''[[Rome Express]]'' (1932), which became one of the first British sound films to gain critical and financial success in the United States (where it was distributed by [[Universal Pictures]]).

The studios prospered under Gaumont-British, and in 1941 were bought by the [[Rank Organisation]]. By then Rank had a substantial interest in [[Gainsborough Pictures]], and ''[[The Wicked Lady]]'' (1945), among other Gainsborough melodramas, was shot at Lime Grove.