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  1. The Rank Organisation (founded as the J. Arthur Rank Organisation) is 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 ...

  2. Rank is a UK-based company that operates casinos, bingo halls and online gaming sites in several countries. Learn about its history, sustainability, annual report and social media updates.

  3. This is a list of notable films financed by J. Arthur Rank and The Rank Organisation. 1930s 1935. Year Title Company Director Producer Star Notes 1935 Turn of the ...

    Year
    Title
    Company
    Director
    Jan 1936
    Wilcox
    Herbert Wilcox
    Jan 1936
    City
    Harry Hughes
    Feb 1936
    City
    Redd Davis
    Feb 1936
    Gaumont
    Berthold Viertel
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  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › GongmanGongman - Wikipedia

    Gongman. The Gongman (also known as the "man-with-the-gong") is a company trademark for the J. Arthur Rank Organisation. It was used as the introduction to all Rank films, many of which were shot at their Pinewood Studios, and included those Rank distributed. The Gongman logo first appeared on films distributed by General Film Distributors ...

  6. The Fourth Protocol. August 28, 1987. Led by Kim Philby, Plan Aurora is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A crack Soviet agent, placed under cover in a quiet English country town, begins to assemble a nuclear bomb, whilst an MI5 agent attempts to prevent it's detonation.

  7. Feb 24, 2023 · Learn about the history and legacy of The Rank Organisation, a film company founded by J. Arthur Rank in 1937. Discover how it became the largest and most vertically integrated film company in the UK, and how it produced classics like "The Red Shoes" and "Brief Encounter".

  8. Rank Organisation bought the Odeon cinema chain. In 1938, it also bought Amalgamated Studios in Elstree, and in 1941, it absorbed the Gaumont-British Picture Corporation, which owned 251 cinemas, and the Lime Grove Studios, (which Rank later sold to BBC Television.) It also acquired the Paramount cinema chain, so that by 1942, the Rank ...

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