Gainsborough Pictures

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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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Label Occurrences
Gainsborough Pictures canonical 19
London Film Productions 2

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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

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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 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