General Film Distributors (GFD), later known as J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors and Rank Film Distributors Ltd., was a British film distribution company...
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list of films released by the British distribution company General Film Distributors. GFD was part of the Rank Organisation, and handled films produced...
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Film Distributors Buena Vista International Cannon Distributors (UK) Cinema International Corporation (CIC) Columbia Pictures Columbia TriStar Film Distributors...
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The Rank Organisation (redirect from Rank Film Distributors)
distribution company General Film Distributors and seen in the opening titles of the films, became a celebrated and enduring film emblem. The company founder...
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Gongman (category Film studio mascots)
than the prop. During the sequence, the text "General Film Distributors", " J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors", "J. Arthur Rank presents" or "'The Rank Organisation"...
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Witchfinder General (directed by Michael Reeves, 1968) and The Blood on Satan's Claw (directed by Piers Haggard, 1971). Other Tigon films include The...
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ITC Entertainment (redirect from Associated Film Distributors)
theatrical distribution handled by Shout!'s Westchester Films division, passed on from former distributors Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Park Circus). In turn, Shout...
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The Million Pound Note (category Template film date with 1 release date)
directors John Box and Jack Maxsted. It was released by Rank's General Film Distributors. The American release was handled by United Artists under the...
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1932 and 1955. Most were filmed using three-strip Technicolor cameras though a few had sequences, or even their entirely, filmed using other techniques...
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Danzigers Denham Film Studios Eagle-Lion Films Eros Films G. B. Samuelson Productions Gainsborough Pictures Gate Studios General Film Distributors Halas and...
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logo originally used by the Rank Organisation's film distribution subsidiary General Film Distributors. Its brands now include Mecca Bingo, and Grosvenor...
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The History of Mr. Polly is a 1949 British film based on the 1910 comic novel The History of Mr. Polly by H. G. Wells. It was directed by Anthony Pelissier...
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Black Narcissus (redirect from Black Narcissus (1947 film))
corporate heir to the Rank Organisation's General Film Distributors, released a restored version of the film on Blu-ray in the United Kingdom. The Criterion...
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independent production by Apollo Film, it was released by Rank's General Film Distributors. In London, the wealthy and reclusive artist Paul Mangin is fixated...
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The Seventh Veil (category Template film date with 1 release date)
company established by producer Sydney Box) and released through General Film Distributors in the UK and Universal Pictures in the United States. The screenplay...
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Carry On (franchise) (redirect from Carry On film)
(1958–1962) and Talbot Rothwell (1963–1974). Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors Ltd produced 12 films (1958–1966), and the Rank Organisation made 18 (1966–1978)...
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The Long Memory (category Template film date with 1 release date)
Duchess of Gloucester as guests of honour, and entered general release the following day. The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "The story of The Long Memory is...
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The Red Shoes is a 1948 British drama film written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. It follows Victoria Page (Moira Shearer)...
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Trouble in Store (category Two Cities Films films)
Rank's General Film Distributors and was later released in America by Republic Pictures. The film's success led to Wisdom appearing in a string of films for...
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49th Parallel is a 1941 British war drama film, the third made by the team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. It was released in the United States...
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Harry Potter is a film series based on the Harry Potter series of novels by J. K. Rowling. The series was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures...
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Cricklewood Studios in London. A second feature, it was distributed by General Film Distributors on a double bill with The Man in the Iron Mask. Two brothers undergo...
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John and James Woolf (redirect from Independent Film Distributors)
Hitchcock films, Downhill (1927) and Easy Virtue (1928). Woolf senior was a major figure at Gaumont British and established General Film Distributors in 1937...
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British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTA Awards, is an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts...
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the United Kingdom by General Film Distributors on September 1, 1954. The film won the Golden Lion at 15th Venice International Film Festival, and was nominated...
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Vice Versa by F. Anstey. The film was produced by Two Cities Films and distributed by General Film Distributors. The film begins with an elderly Paul Bultitude...
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Waterloo Road is a 1945 British film directed by Sidney Gilliat and starring John Mills, Stewart Granger, and Alastair Sim. It is based on the Waterloo...
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Eon Productions (redirect from EON Bond Film)
rights to the film. The distribution rights for all of Eon's films are owned by MGM Home Entertainment, and were controlled by MGM's distributor Warner Bros...
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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (redirect from Colonel Blimp (film))
insistence an export ban, much exploited in advertising by the British distributors, remained in place until August of that year. In an interview for a 1971...
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The Magdalene Sisters (category Template film date with 3 release dates)
The Magdalene Sisters is a 2002 British-Irish drama film written and directed by Peter Mullan, about three teenage girls who were sent to Magdalene asylums...
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