 By the end of the Second World War the company had released over 55 films, including "In Which We Serve" (1942), for which writer/producer Noël Coward received an Academy Award.It is best known for the period when it was managed by Sir Alexander Korda.Korda's company London Films bought the controlling interest in British Lion in 1946 and then acquired Shepperton Studios, basing its productions there.