Archibald Nettlefold, from the wealthy Birmingham
industrialist family, made his entrance into show business in 1921 as a
producer, leasing London's Comedy Theater. In 1923, he formed Anglia Films
in an attempt to move from theater in film.
In 1926, Nettlefold purchased the defunct
Hepworth
studio, Walton-on-Thames,
and changed the name to Nettlefold Studios, moving his Anglia Film players
with him.
In 1930, Nettlefold changed direction and
leased the studio to independent and US studios until the war. Nettlefold
died in 1944.
Not much records of Anglia Films productions
after 1930.
