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
Cherokee Studios location, and an additional three studios at a satellite location acquired on Beverly Drive (formerly Lion Share/ABC Dunhill Records). The Robb family lived in Chatsworth with Del Shannon as a neighbor. The three brothers had a struggling band called "The Robbs". After a while their father, Dave, told them that if they did not get any more gigs they would have to get real jobs. When Shannon heard this he told them they should open a recording studio in their barn and loaned them money for the board. After logging time in countless studios across the country as a band,