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July, 1937]
DENHAM STUDIOS OF LONDON
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racks, benches, and sewing machines, and .facilities for stencilling. A well on one side of the shop enables large quantities of drapes to be stored, up to a length of about 30 feet.
Fig. 7 shows the internal planning of the front block in more detail. There are 56 dressing rooms, 16 for stars and 40 for small-part players. Each star's room has a bathroom adjoining, and four of them have private sitting rooms. With the exception of the chairs, all the furniture was designed and made on the premises. Dressing table and table tops are covered with sheet aluminum, which looks attractive, does not crack, can be easily cleaned, and is fire proof . The two "crowd rooms," each capable of accommodating 500 extras are equipped with steel lockers, and showers in a separate room.
The wardrobe department, on the opposite side of the corridor from the make-up department, covers an area of 102 X 57 feet, and
FIG. 7. Plan of the front block.
contains the wardrobe room proper, a large workroom and storeroom, two fitting rooms for men and women, costume designers' rooms, and offices. Ten thousand costumes have been handled with ease.
The sound installation comprises equipment to cover the needs of the seven stages, two review theaters, and the large combined review, scoring, and dubbing theater. To assure maximum flexibility, only the dubbing channel is of the permanent type. Permanent wiring between the stages and "Bay X," a central control panel enables portable channels to be used from recording rooms to serve any two stages, other stages being served by recording trucks. By this means, the problem of location work is simplified, as a minimum of time is required to get a unit ready for changing over. Since it is imperative to construct cover sets owing to climatic conditions, flexibility is of paramount importance in equipping an English studio.