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Associated British Picture Corporation

Index Associated British Picture Corporation

Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC), originally British International Pictures (BIP), was a British film production, distribution and exhibition company active from 1927 until 1970 when it was absorbed into EMI. [1]

34 relations: ABC Cinemas, Alfred Hitchcock, Anglo-Amalgamated, Associated British Corporation, BBC Elstree Centre, Blackmail (1929 film), Cliff Richard, Elstree Studios, EMI, EMI Films, England, Film, Frederick Gotfurt, Gaumont-British, Ice Cold in Alex, J. Lee Thompson, John Maxwell (producer), Joseph Grossman, Michael Anderson (director), Richard Attenborough, Richard Todd, Robert Clark (executive), Screen International, Seven Arts Productions, Sound film, StudioCanal, Summer Holiday (1963 film), The Cannon Group, Inc., The Dam Busters (film), The Rank Organisation, The Young Ones (1961 film), Warner Bros., Welwyn Garden City, World War II.

ABC Cinemas

ABC Cinemas (Associated British Cinemas) was a cinema chain in the United Kingdom.

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Alfred Hitchcock

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English film director and producer, widely regarded as one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema.

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Anglo-Amalgamated

Anglo-Amalgamated Productions was a British film production company, run by Nat Cohen and Stuart Levy, which operated from 1945 until roughly 1971 (after which it was absorbed into EMI Films).

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Associated British Corporation

The Associated British Corporation (otherwise known as ABC Television) was one of a number of commercial television companies established in the United Kingdom during the 1950s by cinema chain companies, in an attempt to safeguard their business by becoming involved with television, which was taking away their cinema audiences.

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BBC Elstree Centre

BBC Elstree Centre, sometimes referred to as BBC Elstree Studios, is a television production facility located on Eldon Avenue in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire.

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Blackmail (1929 film)

Blackmail is a 1929 British thriller drama film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Anny Ondra, John Longden, and Cyril Ritchard.

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Cliff Richard

Sir Cliff Richard, (born Harry Rodger Webb, 14 October 1940) is a British pop singer, musician, performer, actor and philanthropist.

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Elstree Studios

Elstree Studios is a generic term which can refer to several current and defunct British film studios and television studios based in or around the towns of Borehamwood and Elstree in Hertfordshire.

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EMI

EMI Group Limited (originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries and also referred to as EMI Records Ltd.) was a British multinational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London.

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EMI Films

EMI Films was a British film studio and distributor.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Film

A film, also called a movie, motion picture, moving pícture, theatrical film, or photoplay, is a series of still images that, when shown on a screen, create the illusion of moving images.

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Frederick Gotfurt

Frederick Gotfurt (1901-73) was a German-British writer, scenario editor, producer and executive.

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Gaumont-British

The Gaumont-British Picture Corporation was a company that produced and distributed films and operated a cinema chain in the United Kingdom.

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Ice Cold in Alex

Ice Cold in Alex (1958) is a British film described as a true story in the film's opening credits, based on the novel of the same name by British author Christopher Landon.

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J. Lee Thompson

John Lee Thompson (1 August 1914 – 30 August 2002) was a British film director, active in London and Hollywood, best known for such movies as Ice Cold in Alex and The Guns of Navarone.

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John Maxwell (producer)

John Maxwell (1879–1940) was a British film producer.

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Joseph Grossman

Joseph Grossman (10 October 1888 – 18 January 1949) was a pioneer of the British film industry, most famous as the charismatic Studio Manager of Elstree Studios.

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Michael Anderson (director)

Michael Joseph Anderson Sr. (30 January 1920 – 25 April 2018) was an English film director, best known for directing the Second World War film The Dam Busters (1955), the epic Around the World in 80 Days (1956) and the dystopian sci-fi film Logan's Run (1976).

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Richard Attenborough

Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, (29 August 1923 – 24 August 2014), was an English actor, filmmaker, entrepreneur, and politician.

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Richard Todd

Richard Andrew Palethorpe Todd OBE (11 June 1919 – 3 December 2009) was an English actor.

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Robert Clark (executive)

Robert Clark (1905-1984) was a Scottish film executive best known for being head of production at Associated British Picture Corporation in the late 1940s and 1950s.

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Screen International

Screen International is a film magazine covering the international film business.

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Seven Arts Productions

Seven Arts Productions was a production company which made films for release by other studios.

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Sound film

A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film.

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StudioCanal

StudioCanal (formerly known as Le Studio Canal+, Canal Plus, Canal+ Distribution, Canal+ Production, and Canal+ Image) is a Franco-British film production and distribution company that owns the third-largest film library in the world.

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Summer Holiday (1963 film)

Summer Holiday is a British CinemaScope and Technicolor musical film featuring singer Cliff Richard.

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The Cannon Group, Inc.

The Cannon Group, Inc. was an American group of companies, including Cannon Films, which produced a distinctive line of low- to medium-budget films from 1967 to 1994.

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The Dam Busters (film)

The Dam Busters is a 1955 British epic war film starring Michael Redgrave and Richard Todd.

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The Rank Organisation

The Rank Organisation was a British entertainment conglomerate founded by industrialist J. Arthur Rank in April 1937.

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The Young Ones (1961 film)

The Young Ones (US title: It's Wonderful to Be Young!) is a 1961 British film musical, directed by Sidney J. Furie and featuring Cliff Richard, Robert Morley as his character's father, Carole Gray as his love interest, and The Shadows as his band.

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Warner Bros.

Warner Bros.

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Welwyn Garden City

Welwyn Garden City is a town in Hertfordshire, England.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Associated British, Associated British Pathé, Associated British Pictures, Associated British Pictures Corporation, Associated British-Pathé, British International Pictures, Wardour Films, Warner Pathe, Warner Pathe Distribution, Warner Pathé Distribution, Warner-Pathe, Warner-Pathe Distribution, Warner-Pathe Distributors, Warner-Pathé, Warner-Pathé Distribution, Warner-Pathé Distributors.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_British_Picture_Corporation

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