Islington Studios control of the Rank Organisation when it bought Gainsborough in 1941. Following the war, Islington were re-opened. In 1946 Betty Box was placed in charge of the studios when her brother Sydney Box was appointed by Rank to run Gainsborough Pictures. Over the next three years the studio turned out a large number of thrillers and comedies. In 1949 both Islington and Shepherd's Bush were closed when Rank concentrated production at Pinewood Studios. Today a block of flats stand where the studio used to be. Islington Studios Islington Studios often known as Gainsborough Studios were a British film studio located
Popeye the Sailor filmography (Fleischer Studios) Color Specials" ("Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor" from 1936, "Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves" from 1937, and "Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp" from 1939), which are two-reels (20 minutes) long and in Technicolor. The first 8 cartoons used the "Out of the Inkwell" logo. Dave Fleischer was the credited director on every cartoon produced by Fleischer Studios. Fleischer's actual duties were those of a film producer and creative supervisor, with the head animators doing much of the work assigned to animation directors in other studios. The head animator is the first animator listed. Credited animators