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The majority of the studio's buildings were demolished in the early 1960s and the site was sold for house building. Today, all that remains of the studio is the power generating house, originally built by
Hepworth, which was converted into a theatre in 1925. It was known for some years as the Walton
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leased a house for £36 per annum in Hurst Grove, Walton-on-Thames, in 1899, and established
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company which operated at the studio declared bankruptcy, due in part to the increasing competition from rival film companies. All of the original film negatives in
Hepworth's possession were melted down by the receiver in order to sell the constituent silver, and thus Hepworth's entire back
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on the site in order to reinforce and disperse its production capacity, following damage by enemy bombing attacks at its factory site at
Brooklands, Weybridge, on 4 September 1940. Archibald Nettlefold died in 1944, and when the studio reopened after the war it was sold in 1947 to
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in the early 1930s. The 1930s saw the studio mainly producing what were known in the industry as "Quota
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as well as filmed material in other genres. In 1907 the studio was wrecked by a fire, which killed a member of staff. The studio continued production through the
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