 This is a history of the England s Ealing Film Studios, from its beginnings in 1902. It follows the studio s successes through the 1930 s, World War II dramas, the well-known  Ealing comedies  with  Alec Guinness  (qv), and the BBC s television productions. At the end we see the resurrection of Ealing with the release of _Importance of Being Earnest, The (2002)_ (qv).