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Mancunian Films was a British film production company first organised in 1933. From 1947 it was based in Rusholme, a suburb of Manchester, and produced a number of comedy films, mostly aimed at audiences in the North of England.
Mancunian Film Corporation was unique in the history of British film. Their tiny studio was the only one operating outside the Home Counties, and they concentrated on ultra-low budget productions filled with variety acts popular in the North West.
The Mancunian Film Corporation was a British film production company founded by the film distributor John E. Blakeley in 1934. The company specialised in low-budget comedies and programme fillers, particularly aimed at cinema goers in the North of England, and is notable for establishing the only regional feature film studio outside London and ...
John E. Blakeley (1 October 1888 – 20 February 1958) was a British film producer, director and screenwriter, the founder of Mancunian Films.
Although the studios were located in Rusholme, Mancunian's registered office: Film Studios (Manchester) Limited, was more centrally located, at 3, The Parsonage, Manchester; occupying a prestigious suite in the old Calico Printers Association building, which towered over the rear of Deansgate.
Feb 18, 2022 · It was around this time that Mancunian Films, launched under the title of Blakeley’s Productions Limited, changed its name to Mancunian Film Distributors. The company moved up a gear in 1947 when Blakeley spent £70,000 creating the best state-of-the-art movie studios outside London in a former Wesleyan Chapel on Dickenson Road.
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Jul 27, 2009 · MANCUNIAN FILM CORPORATION. Not all British films were produced in the Home Counties. Even by the standards of most of the companies listed here, Mancunian was a tiny operation, set up by Ardwick lad John E Blakeley in the ’30s to capture the North’s leading music hall acts on celluloid.
