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Gate Studios was one of the many studios known collectively as Elstree Studios in the town of Borehamwood, England. Opened in 1928, the studios were in use until the early 1950s.Patricia Warren, Elstree, the British Hollywood, Publisher Elm Tree Books, 1983, , , 184 pages (page 18) The studios had previously been known as Whitehall Studios, Consolidated Studios, J.H. Studios and M.P. Studios." Gate Studios", BFI Film & TV Database website, retrieved 17 Dec 2011
In 1950, the site was bought by J. Arthur Rank, who renamed it Gate Studios and made religious films. The last film produced was John Wesley in 1954, and the site was sold to Andrew Harkness, a manufacturer of cinema screens.Chris Dry, Film and television in education: the handbook of the British Universities Film & Video, Edition 2, Publisher Routledge, 1995, , , 341 pages ( page 275) Harkness Screens moved out of the site in 2004 having established a global manufacturing base in France and United States and relocated its UK operation to a new production facility in Stevenage. The building in Borehamwood was demolished in 2006 to make way for 133 new properties, the development being named Gate Studios in homage to the former site." Final curtain falls at the historic Gate Studios", Watford Observer, 9 February 2006
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