London's Hollywood

Discover the secrets of the most iconic film studio in London during the silent era, from its inception in 1919 to part-destruction in 1930 just as the talkies took hold. Follow the careers of the leading lights in British film industry - Graham Cutts, Michael Balcon, Herbert Wilcox and a young Alfred Hitchcock - who made some of the most important British silent films starring a host of glamorous British film stars such as Ivor Novello, Betty Balfour, Isabel Jeans and American stars like Bettty Compson and Dorothy Gish.