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Work began almost immediately on the first Hammer
film, The Public Life of Henry the Ninth at the MGM/ATP
studios, with shooting concluding on 2 January 1935.
Hound of the
Baskervilles - Sir Henry Barrymore
During this period Hinds met Spanish émigré Enrique
Carreras, a former cinema owner, and on 10 May 1935 they
formed a film distribution company Exclusive Films,
operating from a single office at 60-66 National House, Wardour Street.[3] Hammer produced a further four films
distributed by Exclusive:
- The Mystery of the Marie Celeste (US: The Phantom
Ship) (1936), featuring Bela Lugosi
- The Song of Freedom (1936), featuring Paul Robeson
- Sporting Love (1937)
- The Bank Messenger Mystery (1936)
A slump in the British film industry forced Hammer into
bankruptcy and the company went into liquidation in
1937. Exclusive, however, survived and on 20 July 1937
purchased the leasehold on 113-117 Wardour Street, and
continued to distribute films made by other
companies.
Hammer Film Productions - History
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