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Jan 1, 1970 · 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 chairs. [1]
The Rank Organisation. Sign in to edit History Talk (0) Contents. 1 General Film Distributors. 1.1 1937–1944; 2 J. Arthur Rank Enterprise. 2.1 1944–1955; 3 The ...
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The Rank Organisation Pic. 6 Connaught Place London W2 2EZ England 71-706-1111 Fax: 71-262-9886. Public Company Incorporated: 1937 as Odeon Theatres Holdings Ltd. Employees: 39,700 Sales: £ 2.2 billion (US$3.3 billion) Stock Exchanges: London Toronto Amsterdam Frankfurt Brussels NASDAQ SICs: 7812 Motion Picture and Video Production; 5049 Professional Equipment, Not Elsewhere Classified; 5065 Electronic Parts & Equipment, Not Elsewhere Classified; 3825 Instruments to Measure Electricity
Jun 11, 2018 · Though the Rank Organisation all but dominated British film production between the early 1940s and the late 1960s, its founder, J. Arthur Rank, born into the Yorkshire flour-milling business, was nearly 40 before his proprietorship of the Methodist Times led, indirectly, to film. Dissatisfied with existing films for church purposes, he sponsored his own, through producer John Corfield, and in 1933 moved into mainstream cinema, establishing British National with another idealistic millionaire ...
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