Re: Studios and locations

Posted by Marc Martin on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/Studios-and-locations-tp1510449p1510463.html

> Marc, do you (or anyone else on the group) know if the "Elstree Way
> Hotel" seen on this website is the "Elstree Moat House Hotel" where
> the Fanderson Convention was held?

I don't know! Although I suspect that one could do a Google search
and find something out, as it seems that all sorts of things are
documented SOMEWHERE on the web...

Also, if one wants more details about MGM Borehamwood Studios, one
need look no further than Chris Bentley's THE COMPLETE BOOK OF UFO...
on page 33, it notes that UFO was mostly filmed in Stage 6, and they
also had occasional use of stage 7. And on page 51, it notes
that UFO was the last thing ever filmed at MGM Borehamwood. The
site was then bought by a cold storage company, and warehouse
buildings were built over the studio soundstages after being
demolished in 1974. The studio backlot remained the property
of EMI-MGM until the late 1970's (used during the filming
of THE SHINING in 1978). In the 1980's the backlot was sold
for redevelopment as a housing estate. Today, there is
an industrial park where the soundstages once were, and houses
where the backlot was.

Marc