The series on the Rank Organisation reaches its final chapter
As discussed in our previous piece in this series, the cinematic output of the Rank Organisation declined in the 1960s. However, in 1964 it was decided that the increasing profits
When the sixties started to swing in England
We have discussed in previous pieces for this series how the Rank Organisation contracted its filmmaking division in the early 1960s – there were less big “international” productions, and a
As mentioned in our previous piece in this series, October 1959 saw the Rank Organisation’s Film and Distribution Division record a large loss for the second year in a row.
As mentioned in our previous piece in this series, the year of 1958 saw the Rank Organisation’s film department hit with severe financial losses, the sacking of over 300 people,
A history of the production arm of Rank Organisation This piece is a sequel to British Film-Makers (BFM). Like BFM, Group Film Productions was a short-lived company that operated as
Our series on actors who never quite became movie stars looks at ‘50s British starlet Maureen Swanson. Legendary cricket player Greg Chappell had a philosophy that underpinned his mediocre reign
Our series on British film moguls discusses perhaps the most hated of them all, John Davis. It’s kind of cheating to include John Davis in this series because if you