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
The Crimson Circle (1936 film) The Crimson Circle (1936 film) The Crimson Circle is a 1936 British crime film directed by Reginald Denham and starring Hugh Wakefield, Alfred Drayton, and Niall MacGinnis. It is based on the 1922 novel "The Crimson Circle" by Edgar Wallace. It was made by the independent producer Richard Wainwright at Shepperton and Welwyn Studios. Detectives at Scotland Yard try to track down The Crimson Circle, a secret society of blackmailers. There was a British silent version in 1922; and a previous UK/German co-production of "The Crimson Circle", produced in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film system, which was trade-shown in London in