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Rank Film Distributors Ltd.

General

Name
Rank Film Distributors Ltd.
Start date
1935-XX-XX
End date
1997-XX-XX
Info
Werd in 1935 opgericht als General Film Distributors, werd in 1936 een dochterbedrijf van J. Arthur Ranks General Cinema Finance Corporation en tegen 1936 was het onmisbaar in de The Rank Organisation. In 1957 kreeg het de naam Rank Film Distributors Ltd.. In 1997 werd het overgenomen door Carlton Communications en werd het bedrijf gesloten. Bron: https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/people/ap28017/rank-film-distributors & https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Film_Distributors
Nature

Company names

General Film Distributors
Start date
1935
End date
1955
J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors Ltd.
Start date
1955
End date
1957

Subsidiary of

Carlton Communications
Subsidiary type
Take over
Start date
1997-XX-XX
End date
The Rank Organisation
Subsidiary type
Mother company
Start date
End date

Films

Reach for the Sky (1956)
Company type
distributor Source
Campbell's Kingdom (1957)
Company type
distributor Source
N/A (N/A)
Company type
distributor Source

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Annotation
Daniël Biltereyst, e.a. "Cinema Belgica: Database for Belgian Film History," https://www.cinemabelgica.be, consulted on 2024-09-20, https://data.cinemabelgica.be/company/1286.
Bibliography
Biltereyst, Daniël, Philippe Meers, Dries Moreels, Julia Noordegraaf en Christophe Verbruggen. "Cinema Belgica: Database for Belgian Film History." https://www.cinemabelgica.be. Consulted on 2024-09-20.