General Film Distributors
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General Film Distributors (GFD), was a British film distribution company based in London. It was established in 1935 by the British producer C. M. Woolf (1879–1942) together with J. Arthur Rank.[1] The company was incorporated in Rank's General Cinema Finance Corporation in 1936, but continued to operate under its own name within the Rank Organisation until 1955, when it was renamed J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors.[2] It was C.M. Woolf's secretary who devised the man-with-a-gong trademark which was adopted by the Rank Organisation.[1]
During its 20 years, General Film Distributors distributed over 400 mainstream films.
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- ^ a b The Independent 1 July 1999: Obituary: Sir John Woolf Retrieved 2011-09-02
- ^ BFI: General Film Distributors Retrieved 2011-09-02
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