Mancunian Films was a British film production company first organised in 1933. From 1947 it was based in Rusholme, a suburb of Manchester, and produced a number of comedy films, mostly aimed at audiences in the North of England.
Mancunian Films production logo
Dickenson Road Studios, Manchester (pictured c. 1965 after sale to the BBC)
A plaque on a house wall marks the former site of Dickenson Road Studios
George Formby in Mancunian's 1934 production Boots! Boots!
Rusholme is an area of Manchester, England, two miles south of the city centre. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 13,643. Rusholme is bounded by Chorlton-on-Medlock to the north, Victoria Park and Longsight to the east, Fallowfield to the south and Moss Side to the west. It has a large student population, with several student halls and many students renting terraced houses, and suburban houses towards Victoria Park.
Wilmslow Road in Rusholme
Platt Lane in Rusholme
A view of Platt Fields Park
St James House (the former chapel of St James)