James Williamson and Cecil Hepworth green plaque
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# 27 Cecil Court: Flicker Alley Standing at 27 Cecil Court between 1897 and 1915, you would have found yourself at the epicenter of British cinema's most formative years, where Cecil Hepworth and James Williamson ran their pioneering film companies amid the controlled chaos of what locals called "F...
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27 Cecil Court
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Between 1897-1915 Cecil Court became the heart of the early British film industry and was known as Flicker Alley. British film pioneers Cecil Hepworth & James Williamson had offices here, alongside international companies such as Gaumont, Nordisk and Vitagraph