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Opening logo. General Film Distributors (GFD), later known as J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors and Rank Film Distributors Ltd., was a British film distribution company based in London. It was active between 1935 and 1996, and from 1937 it was part of the Rank Organisation . General Film Distributors was created in 1935 by the British film ...
21 de mar. de 2024 · The Rank Organisation (founded as J. Arthur Rank), was a British entertainment conglomerate founded by industrialist J. Arthur Rank in April 1937, Rank also served as the company chairman. It quickly became the largest and most vertically integrated film company in the United Kingdom, owning production, distribution and exhibition facilities as well as manufacturing projection equipment and ...
The Rank Organisation. и др. The Rank Organisation — британский конгломерат в сфере шоу-бизнеса, основанный промышленником Артуром Рэнком в 1937 году. За несколько лет стал крупнейшим производителем ...
29 March 1972. (1972-03-29) (aged 83) Winchester, Hampshire, England. Years active. 1932–1972. Known for. Founder of the Rank Organisation. Joseph Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank (22/23 December 1888 – 29 March 1972) was an English industrialist who was head and founder of the Rank Organisation .
In 1975 Rank Organisation Ltd, an entertainment company, decided to offer 20 million ordinary shares to the public, with a preference to existing Rank shareholders. This preference offer did not however extended to shareholders based in the United States and Canada (including Mutual Life ), because it was thought not to be in the company's interest to have to register there.
Language. English. Look at Life was a regular British series of short documentary films of which over 500 were produced between 1959 and 1969 by the Special Features Division of the Rank Organisation for screening in their Odeon and Gaumont cinemas. The films always preceded the main feature film that was being shown in the cinema that week.
Abstract. THROUGHOUT the 1940s, J. Arthur Rank had been seen as the saviour of the British film industry. But by the start of 1950s he was in deep financial trouble. This was partly due to his financial over-commitments, but also partly due to Dalton’s ill-fated attempt to impose an ad valorem tax on American films.
