Elstree Studios before their construction was completed. Alexander Korda made one of his greatest successes at the studio, "The Private Life of Henry VIII" (1933), which starred Charles Laughton as the King. The film's success in the United States and elsewhere persuaded United Artists and The Prudential to invest in Korda's proposed Denham Film Studios. Film production continued until 1936 when fire destroyed the three stages. British and Dominion made a substantial investment in Pinewood Studios and moved production to Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire. The support buildings that remained after the fire were sold off to various companies including Frank Landsdown Ltd, which
Mann (military rank) most Nazi Party organizations, the rank of "Mann" held no distinctive insignia. Some groups, however, granted a minor form of rank insignia such as a blank collar patch or simple shoulder board to denote the rank of "Mann". (see right: SS rank insignia pattern from 1933) Even lower ranks, e.g. "Bewerber, Jungmann, Anwärter, Vollanwärter", were established in the mid-1930s as a recruit or candidate position, held by an individual seeking an appointment as a "Mann" in a Nazi Party paramilitary organization. Mann (military rank) Mann (German for "man" or "male"), was a paramilitary rank used by several Nazi Party paramilitary