Gainsborough Pictures

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British film studio film production company

Gainsborough Pictures was a prominent British film production company active in the early to mid-20th century, known for its melodramas and for helping launch the careers of notable directors and actors.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gainsborough Pictures canonical 19
London Film Productions 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British film studio ⓘ
film production company ⓘ
associatedWithActor James Mason ⓘ
Jean Kent ⓘ
Margaret Lockwood ⓘ
Michael Redgrave ⓘ
Patricia Roc ⓘ
Phyllis Calvert ⓘ
Stewart Granger ⓘ
associatedWithDirector Alfred Hitchcock ⓘ
Arthur Crabtree ⓘ
Carol Reed ⓘ
Harold Huth ⓘ
Leslie Arliss ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved 1951 ⓘ
distributionPartner General Film Distributors ⓘ
foundedBy Maurice Ostrer ⓘ
Sir Michael Balcon ⓘ
surface form: Michael Balcon

Victor Saville ⓘ
genreSpecialty costume drama ⓘ
melodrama ⓘ
inception 1924 ⓘ
industry film ⓘ
location London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
market British domestic audience ⓘ
Commonwealth territories ⓘ
notableEra 1940s ⓘ
notableFor helping launch the careers of British film stars ⓘ
popular melodramas aimed at mass audiences ⓘ
notableImpact contributed to the golden age of British cinema ⓘ
parentCompany Gaumont-British Picture Corporation ⓘ
peakPopularity World War II period ⓘ
producedFilm Caravan ⓘ
Fanny by Gaslight ⓘ
Love Story ⓘ
Madonna of the Seven Moons ⓘ
The Man in Grey ⓘ
The Wicked Lady ⓘ
They Were Sisters ⓘ
reasonForClosure reorganisation of Rank Organisation’s production operations ⓘ
studioSite Islington Studios ⓘ
Lime Grove Studios ⓘ
style emotionally charged narratives ⓘ
lavish period settings ⓘ
strong female protagonists ⓘ
successor Rank Organisation ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alfred Hitchcock → employer → Gainsborough Pictures ⓘ
The Clairvoyant → productionCompany → Gainsborough Pictures ⓘ
Man of the Moment → productionCompany → Gainsborough Pictures ⓘ
Rank Organisation → owned → Gainsborough Pictures ⓘ
Rank Organisation → parentCompanyOf → Gainsborough Pictures ⓘ
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 film) → productionCompany → Gainsborough Pictures ⓘ
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog → productionCompany → Gainsborough Pictures ⓘ
The Lady Vanishes → productionCompany → Gainsborough Pictures ⓘ
Alma Reville → employer → Gainsborough Pictures ⓘ
Things to Come → productionCompany → Gainsborough Pictures ⓘ
this entity surface form: London Film Productions
Sir Michael Balcon → employer → Gainsborough Pictures ⓘ
subject surface form: Michael Balcon
Victor Saville → workedFor → Gainsborough Pictures ⓘ
The Private Life of Henry VIII → productionCompany → Gainsborough Pictures ⓘ
this entity surface form: London Film Productions
Louis Levy → employer → Gainsborough Pictures ⓘ
Love Story (1944 film) → productionCompany → Gainsborough Pictures ⓘ
Anthony Asquith → employer → Gainsborough Pictures ⓘ
Bernard Knowles → employer → Gainsborough Pictures ⓘ
British International Pictures → collaboratedWith → Gainsborough Pictures ⓘ
Edward Black → employer → Gainsborough Pictures ⓘ
Miss Froy → filmStudioContext → Gainsborough Pictures ⓘ
Margaret Lockwood → employer → Gainsborough Pictures ⓘ