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Policies changed after Clark left in
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Maxwell's paternalistic management the company prospered and during 1933 it acquired British Pathé, which as Associated British-Pathé now functioned as the distribution division. The company was renamed Associated British Picture Corporation in 1933 and was now in a position to vertically
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was head of production for the company between 1949 and 1958, and insisted on tight budgeting and the use of pre-existing properties such as books or plays as these already had a demonstrated "public value". Of the 21 films made by ABPC during the 1950s, only two were derived from original
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when remembering ABPC's
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circuit, renaming the company
British International Pictures. The Wardour Film Company, with Maxwell as chairman, was the distributor of BIP films. He appointed
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collapsed). The contract was to provide programming on the new
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integrate production, distribution and exhibition of films.
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and its Elstree Studios complex and merged it with his
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Associated British Cinemas (Television) Ltd. – 1955 –
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1511:British Film Studios: An Illustrated History
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1485:British Cinema and the Second World War
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138:Associated British Cinemas (Television)
3016:Associated British Picture Corporation
2569:Associated British Picture Corporation
1452:Burton, Alan; Chibnall, Steve (2013).
484:Associated British Productions Ltd. –
156:Associated British Picture Corporation
40:Associated British Picture Corporation
1664:. London: B. T. Batsford. p. 75.
502:Associated Talking Pictures - 1958 -
447:(who had bought the studio in 1944).
186:, from 1958. It formed one half of a
27:Film production company, 1927 to 1970
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2938:History of British film certificates
2802:British Board of Film Classification
1744:, London: Methen/BFI, 2003, p.511-12
1740:, BFI screenonline; Brian McFarlane
1675:Mitchell, Wendy (17 December 2012).
511:British and Overseas Film Sales Ltd.
2837:National Film and Television School
2822:British Society of Cinematographers
1416:. London: Methuen/BFI. p. 443.
1240:The Long and the Short and the Tall
490:Associated British Cinemas Ltd. –
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18:British International Pictures Ltd
2842:National Science and Media Museum
2729:Woolf & Freedman Film Service
213:British National Pictures Studios
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1546:British Cinema, Past and Present
1414:The Encyclopedia of British Film
955:(1953) - Marble Arch Productions
337:Independent Television Authority
2904:British Independent Film Awards
2832:Cinema Exhibitors' Association
2714:Tigon British Film Productions
2589:British National Films Company
2533:Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden
1513:. B. T. Batsford. p. 182.
164:British International Pictures
144:Associated British Productions
32:British National Films Company
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1802:Cinema of the United Kingdom
1742:Encyclopedia of British Film
1641:. 16 August 1962. p. 25
1590:Alexander, Lou (2003–2014).
1011:(1954) - Kenwood Productions
2899:British Academy Film Awards
2629:G. B. Samuelson Productions
2584:British Instructional Films
1762:20th Century Press Archives
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2827:Children's Film Foundation
2466:Mister Smith Entertainment
768:I Live in Grosvenor Square
486:Associated British Studios
341:Kemsley-Winnick Television
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267:After the Second World War
126:Associated British Cinemas
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2761:Documentary Film Movement
2724:Woodfall Film Productions
2644:General Film Distributors
1660:Warren, Patricia (2001).
1528:Vincent Sherman Interview
1509:Warren, Patricia (2001).
1412:McFarlane, Brian (2003).
523:A.B.C. Television Ltd. –
400:British Electric Traction
325:Expansion into television
282:screenplays. German-born
44:
2654:Hemdale Film Corporation
2503:Recorded Picture Company
1703:Farmer, Richard (2019).
1540:Porter, Vincent (2000).
1336:The World Ten Times Over
1120:The Young and the Guilty
1080:Woman in a Dressing Gown
497:Associated British-Pathé
394:drama anthology series.
263:, which closed in 1950.
257:company's smaller studio
132:Associated British Pathé
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2781:Gainsborough melodramas
2431:Hammer Film Productions
1482:Murphy, Robert (2000).
1163:(1958) - Herbert Wilcox
992:The Weak and the Wicked
771:(1945) - Herbert Wilcox
704:The House of the Arrow
688:Bulldog Sees It Through
514:Pathé Laboratories Ltd.
388:, and the long-running
310:(1958), whose director
211:after he had purchased
2807:British Film Institute
2599:Clarendon Film Company
2594:Butcher's Film Service
2508:Scott Free Productions
1312:The Punch and Judy Man
1168:No Trees in the Street
1136:Chase a Crooked Shadow
1040:It's Great to Be Young
968:The House of the Arrow
960:Will Any Gentleman...?
848:For Them That Trespass
760:It Happened One Sunday
555:Ltd. (51%) – from 1968
2972:National Theatre Live
2756:British horror cinema
2689:The Rank Organisation
2634:Gainsborough Pictures
2579:British and Dominions
2396:Double Negative (VFX)
1272:Don't Bother to Knock
1200:School for Scoundrels
1184:The Siege of Pinchgut
1064:These Dangerous Years
1008:For Better, for Worse
976:Isn't Life Wonderful!
872:No Place for Jennifer
445:The Rank Organisation
230:, including the film
188:vertically integrated
2955:London Film Festival
2812:BFI National Archive
2776:Kitchen sink realism
2381:Big Talk Productions
2352:Production companies
1160:The Lady Is a Square
1104:I Was Monty's Double
1043:(1956) - Marble Arch
904:The Franchise Affair
896:Laughter in Paradise
864:Murder Without Crime
292:Richard Attenborough
2684:Merton Park Studios
2679:MGM-British Studios
2669:London Film Company
2649:Halas and Batchelor
2614:Denham Film Studios
2548:Working Title Films
1401:on 23 October 2012.
1368:Mister Ten Per Cent
1344:Crooks in Cloisters
1208:Sands of the Desert
1176:Operation Bullshine
1056:The Good Companions
928:Father's Doing Fine
824:The Queen of Spades
800:My Brother Jonathan
784:Piccadilly Incident
672:The Gang's All Here
41:
2664:Ideal Film Company
2564:Amicus Productions
2496:Shepperton Studios
2451:Jellyfish Pictures
2386:British Lion Films
2371:Aardman Animations
1280:We Joined the Navy
1232:Follow That Horse!
1032:Yield to the Night
984:The Good Beginning
952:The Yellow Balloon
792:Temptation Harbour
736:East of Piccadilly
592:Star of the Circus
560:Select filmography
373:Opportunity Knocks
261:Welwyn Garden City
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1523:Davis, Ronald L.
1248:Petticoat Pirates
1216:Too Hot to Handle
1128:Wonderful Things!
1072:No Time for Tears
944:The Woman's Angle
920:Castle in the Air
912:Young Wives' Tale
888:The Dancing Years
880:Portrait of Clare
664:Just like a Woman
553:Thames Television
452:Anglo-Amalgamated
418:From 1958 onwards
408:Thames Television
284:Frederick Gotfurt
203:From 1927 to 1945
192:Rank Organisation
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1024:You Can't Escape
1000:Happy Ever After
819:(1949) - Pilgrim
744:My Wife's Family
720:Dead Man's Shoes
712:The Flying Squad
696:The Middle Watch
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