British Lion Films
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The Bridal PathHis adventures are bizarre and comedic, involving poachers, police, imprisonments and escapes. The novel was adapted for film by the British Lion Film Corporation in 1959. It starred Bill Travers, George Cole and Gordon Jackson , it was... In this article: The Bridal Path, British Lion Film Corporation, Eorsa, B & W Publishing, Hodder & Stoughton, Geoffrey Willans, Nigel Tranter, Sidney Gilliat, and George Cole |
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Wikipedia | November 02, 2009
Shepperton Studios
...for positioning in the Middle East. After reopening in 1945, the studio changed hands. When Sir Alexander Korda purchased British Lion Films, he also acquired a controlling interest in Sound City and Shepperton Studios. Among the...
In this article: Roy Boulting, Alexander Korda, British Film Institute, Academy Award, World War II, Pinewood Studios, and Sugar
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Wikipedia | October 28, 2009
The Happiest Days of Your Life
...one of a stable of classic British film comedies produced by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat for British Lion Film Corporation. The film was made on location and at Riverside Studios, London. Set in 1949, confusion reigns when St...
In this article: Alastair Sim, The Happiest Days of Your Life, Frank Launder, British Lion Film Corporation, Joyce Grenfell, Sidney Gilliat, and Margaret Rutherford
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Wikipedia | October 21, 2009
Arnold Goodman, Baron Goodman
...while the Council began regular funding for a number of galleries and theatre companies in the English regions. He was also Chairman of British Lion Films, the Committee of Inquiry into Charity Law, the Committee on London Orchestras, the...
In this article: Arnold Goodman, Baron Goodman, Harold Wilson, Private Eye, Royal College of Art, University College, Oxford, and Next Century Foundation
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Wikipedia | October 05, 2009
Alexander Korda
...film director and producer . He was a leading figure in the British film industry, the founder of London Films and the owner of British Lion Films, a film distributing company. The elder brother of future filmmakers Zoltan Korda and...
In this article: Alexander Korda, London, United States, London Films, Merle Oberon, Hollywood, Service for Ladies, and Academy Award
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Wikipedia | September 17, 2009
Sailor Beware (1952 film)
...Martin and Lewis-like characters. It was released in the United Kingdom under the title Panic in the Parlour by British Lion Films. The film was re-released on a double-bill with another Martin and Lewis film, Jumping Jacks in 1957. It...
In this article: Sailor Beware, Corinne Calvet, Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla, Jumping Jacks, Sammy Petrillo, and Martin and Lewis
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Wikipedia | August 23, 2009
British Lion Films
...British Lion Films Ltd. was formed as a distribution company in January 1955. Until 1976 their distributor filmography includes 155 films. British Lion Film Corporation was taken over by EMI in 1976. The collection was subsequently sold to...
In this article: Alexander Korda, London Films, Academy Award, In Which We Serve, and Noel Coward
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Wikipedia | August 16, 2009
The Wrong Arm of the Law
...Bernard Cribbins, Lionel Jeffries, John Le Mesurier and Bill Kerr. It was written in part by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson and made by British Lion Films. In London, a gang of criminals from Australia lead by Jack Coombes (Bill Kerr)...
In this article: The Wrong Arm of the Law, DVD, Ray Galton, John Le Mesurier, Bernard Cribbins, Lionel Jeffries, Bill Kerr, Peter Sellers, and London
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Wikipedia | May 31, 2009
The Winslow Boy (1948 film)
...is a 1948 film adaptation of Terence Rattigan's play The Winslow Boy. It was made by De Grunwald Productions and distributed by the British Lion Film Corporation. It was directed by Anthony Asquith and produced by Anatole de Grunwald with...
In this article: The Winslow Boy, George Archer-Shee, Terence Rattigan, House of Commons, and British Lion Film Corporation
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Wikipedia | May 15, 2009
Herbert Smith (producer)
...(the last of them in 1940). He produced 69 films (including the majority of his director-credited films), for Denham Film Studios and British Lion Films from 1933 to 1963, including the war film They Were Not Divided in 1950. He died on 4...
In this article: Denham Film Studios, They Were Not Divided, and London
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Wikipedia | March 01, 2009
Sidney Gordon (businessman)
...highest award available to the Hong Kong government Sidney was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and was the son of the managing director of British Lion Films in Scotland. In his early life he suffered from chronic ill health and was diagnosed...
In this article: Sidney Gordon, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Hong Kong, World War II, and Pleurisy
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British Lion Films Corporation is a film production and distribution company active under several forms since 1919. Until 1976 they were also film distributors as British Lion Films Ltd, with a distributor filmography of 232 films. As a production company they are still active and have produced over 170 films.
British Lion Incorporated was founded in November 1927 by S.W. Smith. By the end of World War II, the company had released over 55 films including In Which We Serve for which writer/producer Noel Coward received an Academy Award. It is best known for the period when it was managed by Sir Alexander Korda. Korda's company London Films bought the controlling interest in British Lion in 1946 and then acquired Shepperton Studios, basing its productions there. In 1949, due to financial problems, they accepted a loan from the National Film Finance Corporation. Not being able to pay it back, the company went into receivership in 1955. As a result British Lion Films Ltd. was formed as a distribution company in 1933. Until 1976 their distributor filmography includes 155 films.
British Lion Film Corporation was taken over by EMI in 1976. The collection was subsequently sold to Cannon, then Weintraub Entertainment, then Movie Acquisitions Corporation, which was renamed Lumiere Pictures, then UGC (DA), now with Canal + Image. The British Lion name continued post-1976 in an independent production capacity.
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