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General Film Distributors (GFD), later known as J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors and Rank Film Distributors Ltd., was a British film distribution company based in London. It was active between 1935 and 1996, and from 1937 it was part of the Rank Organisation. General Film Distributors was created in 1935 by the British film distributor C. M. Woolf (1879–1942) after he had resigned from Gaumont British and closed his distribution company Woolf & Freedman Film Service.

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  • General Film Distributors (GFD), later known as J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors and Rank Film Distributors Ltd., was a British film distribution company based in London. It was active between 1935 and 1996, and from 1937 it was part of the Rank Organisation. General Film Distributors was created in 1935 by the British film distributor C. M. Woolf (1879–1942) after he had resigned from Gaumont British and closed his distribution company Woolf & Freedman Film Service. (en)
  • General Film Distributors ou GFD, connu ensuite comme J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors ou Rank Film Distributors Ltd., est une société de distribution britannique, basée à Londres, active de 1935 à 1996. General Film Distributors est créée en 1935 par Charles Moss Woolf, après son départ de la Gaumont British et la fermeture de sa société de distribution (en). (fr)
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  • General Film Distributors (GFD), later known as J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors and Rank Film Distributors Ltd., was a British film distribution company based in London. It was active between 1935 and 1996, and from 1937 it was part of the Rank Organisation. General Film Distributors was created in 1935 by the British film distributor C. M. Woolf (1879–1942) after he had resigned from Gaumont British and closed his distribution company Woolf & Freedman Film Service. In 1936, J. Arthur Rank and the paper magnate Lord Portal, convinced him to make it a daughter company to their General Cinema Finance Corporation, which just had acquired the British distribution rights for all Universal Pictures titles (by buying a large chunk of Universal in the US). One year later it became the cornerstone in The Rank Organisation. General Film Distributors kept its own name within the Rank Organisation until 1955, when it was renamed J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors, which in turn was renamed Rank Film Distributors Ltd. in 1957. Rank Film Distributors was acquired by Carlton Communications in 1997 and closed. It was C.M. Woolf's secretary who devised the man-with-a-gong trademark which was adopted by the Rank Organisation when it was founded in 1937. Athletes who played the Gongman in the film sequence over the years, included boxer Bombardier Billy Wells and wrestler Ken Richmond. Also, George Francis Moss Snr played the Gongman. During the 20 years General Film Distributors had its original name, the company distributed over 450 mainstream films. A British DVD distributor, active since 2005, uses the same name but is unrelated to this company. (en)
  • General Film Distributors ou GFD, connu ensuite comme J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors ou Rank Film Distributors Ltd., est une société de distribution britannique, basée à Londres, active de 1935 à 1996. General Film Distributors est créée en 1935 par Charles Moss Woolf, après son départ de la Gaumont British et la fermeture de sa société de distribution (en). En 1936, J. Arthur Rank et le magnat de la presse Lord Portal le convainquent d'en faire une filiale de General Cinema Finance Corporation, une société qui venait juste d'acquérir les droits de distribution au Royaume-Uni des films d'Universal Pictures. Un an plus tard, GFD devient la pierre angulaire de The Rank Organisation. General Film Distributors continue cependant de distribuer sous ce nom jusqu'en 1955, où elle devient J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors. Durant ces deux décennies pendant lesquelles elle garde son nom d'origine, cette société distribue plus de 450 films. NB : un distributeur de DVD britannique a remris la même dénomination mais n'a aucune relation avec cette société. (fr)
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