Film companies

Eagle-Lion Films
Eagle-Lion Films was a British film production company owned by J. Arthur Rank intended to release British productions in the United States. In 1947 it acquired PRC Pictures, a small American production company, to produce B Pictures to accompany the British releases. The studio became one of the most respected makers of B-movies on what was known as Hollywood's "Poverty Row." Eagle-Lion was also a film distribution company under the name of Eagle-Lion Distributors Limited in the United Kingdom and Eagle-Lion Films Inc. in the United States. The relatively small film lot was located at 7950 Santa Monica Boulevard, and has long since been demolished.
From 1946-1949 Eagle-Lion was under the control of Arthur Krim who in addition to releasing films by Rank and David O. Selznick produced his own B-movies as support. In 1951 Krim was offered the leadership of United Artists to improve their fortunes.[1]
Eagle-Lion had acquired the film studio of PRC who had acquired the building from Grand National Pictures that ceased in 1939. In 1954 Frederick Ziv bought the studio for his Ziv Television Programs.

Hammer Film Productions
Hammer Film Productions is a film production company based in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1934, the company is best known for a series of Gothic "Hammer Horror" films made from the mid-1950s until the 1970s. Hammer also produced science fiction, thrillers, film Noir, and comedies – and in later years, television series. Hammer films had low budgets, but nonetheless appeared lavish, making use of quality British actors and cleverly designed sets. During its most successful years, Hammer dominated the horror film market, enjoying worldwide distribution and considerable financial success. This success was due, in part, to distribution partnerships with major United States studios, such as Warner Bros.
During the late 1960s and 1970s the saturation of the horror film market by competitors and the loss of American funding forced changes to the previously lucrative Hammer-formula, with varying degrees of success. The company eventually ceased production in the mid-1980s and since then has remained in effective hibernation. But in 2000 the studio announced plans to begin making films again after it was bought by a consortium including advertising executive and art collector Charles Saatchi, but no films have been produced. In May 2007, the company behind the movies was sold again, this time to a group headed by Big Brother creator John de Mol. At least $50m (£25m) will be spent on new horror films after Hammer Film Productions was sold to Dutch consortium Cyrte Investments. The new owners have also acquired the Hammer group's film library.
The term "Hammer Horror" is often used generically to refer to other films of the period made in a similar style by different companies, such as Eros Films, Amicus and Tigon.

Denham Film Studios
Denham Film Studios were a British film production studio operating from 1936 to 1952.
The studios were founded by Alexander Korda, on a 165 acre (668,000 m²) site near the village of Denham, Buckinghamshire. At the time it was the largest facility of its kind in the UK. It was eventually merged with Rank's Pinewood Studios, and was closed in 1952.
The studios were known by various names during their lifetime including London Film Studios, the home of Korda's London Films, and D&P Studios after the merger with Pinewood.
In the 1960s and 70s Rank Xerox occupied the Art Deco office buildings and used most of the sound stages as warehouses.
The site has subsequently been demolished.

Davis Entertainment
Davis Entertainment is an American independent film production company, founded by John Davis in 1985.




Sands Films


Sands Films is a small British film production company, founded by producer Richard Goodwin and director Christine Edzard in the early 1970's, and based in Rotherhithe, London. The company is particularly noted for its production of costumes for period dramas. It also has a picture library.
Notable productions for which the company has produced costumes include all the Agatha Christie films produced by EMI (including Death On The Nile)[1] , Vanity Fair (2004), The Phantom of the Opera (2004), Fingersmith (2005), or Pride & Prejudice (2005)[2]
The building that Sands Films occupies is a former granary, now a grade II listed building. Since 1976, it houses a small film stage, film theatre, picture library, workshops and costume stores.