What do you know about Grosvenor Films Ltd., makers of The Telegoons?
Grosvenor Films Ltd., was founded 19th January, 1954 by Jennifer Wendy Danielli (actress) and Lionel Bamburgh-Young (film director). Lionel Bamburgh-Young was apparently Tony Young’s legal name, but was perhaps considered too unwieldy and perhaps too ‘upper-class’ for someone wishing to make a career as a film director. Jennifer Wendy Danielli, who listed her occupation as actress, likewise may have considered that ‘Wendy Danielli’ looked better on a cinema marquee than ‘Jennifer Danielli’. Since Tony’s father Ralph Young (who was co-designer and co-builder of the Telegoons puppets) and Tony’s brother David Young (Puppets supervisor on The Telegoons, who also helped his father build the Telegoon puppets), went by plain ‘Young’, it’s not clear how Tony gained the extra barrel on his surname. The initial address of Grosvenor Films Ltd., was 77 Dean Street, Soho, London, W1. This was the address of Morton M. Lewis’s Sunset Film Productions Ltd., establishment, which occupied the whole top
