Rank Organisation

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Rank Organisation
Other forms of name
J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Rank Organisation Limited
Associated country
Great Britain
Field of activity
Motion picture industry
Motion picture theaters
Motion pictures
Associated Language
eng
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 265109994
Wikidata: Q1535788
Library of congress: n 88019774
TAU10: 000199570
Sources of Information
  • Falk, Q. The golden gong, 1987:t.p. (Rank Organisation)
  • KBE, 1986(Rank Organisation PLC)
  • LC data base, 2-22-88(Rank Organisation Limited; usage: Rank Organisation Limited)
  • The rocking horse winner, c2002:credits (J. Arthur Rank Organisation)
  • Wikipedia, viewed 28 June 2016(Rank Organisation; headquarters in London, England; British entertainment conglomerate founded by industrialist J. Arthur Rank on 23 April 1937; film company, owning production, distribution and exhibition facilities; the company name lasted until 7 February 1996 when the name and some of the remaining assets were absorbed into the newly structured the Rank Group Plc; the film company emerged in 1937 as Rank sought to consolidate his film-making interests; by the late 1940s J Arthur Rank (or the Rank Organisation as it was now called) owned film studio complexes, cinemas, and associated businesses)