Elin Morgan: 'Combing out' Walthamstow's filmmaking past

Elin Morgan: 'Combing out' Walthamstow's filmmaking past

There is currently just one cinema in the whole of Waltham Forest. It recently reopened after the chain that used to run it went bust. But 100 years ago an entire film industry was based in the area. In the early days of the art form, between 1910 and 1930, Walthamstow’s Wood Street was home to three film studios before there were any in Hollywood. Nearly 400 films were made in E17 during the silent era. If you think it impossible that this thre…