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The oldest known surviving film (from 1888) was shot in the United Kingdom as well as early colour films. While film production reached an all-time high in 1936, [6] the "golden age" of British cinema is usually thought to have occurred in the 1940s, during which the directors David Lean, [7] Michael Powell, [8] and Carol Reed [9] produced their most critically acclaimed works.
Pages in category "Cinema chains in the United Kingdom" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This is a chronological list of films produced in the United Kingdom split by decade. There may be an overlap, particularly between British and American films which are sometimes co-produced; the list should attempt to document films which are either British produced or strongly associated with British culture.
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Gaumont-British was founded in 1898 as the British subsidiary of the French film studio Gaumont. In 1910, Gaumont Graphic Studios were at Shepherds Bush, in London. In 1914, the Gaumont-British film studios were opened, then completely rebuilt for sound, re-opening on 29 June 1932.
ABC Cinemas was established in 1927 by solicitor John Maxwell [1] by merging three smaller Scottish cinema circuits. It became a wholly owned cinema subsidiary of British International Pictures when it was merged with the production arm of British National Pictures Studios, which had been formed by Maxwell in 1926.
In 2004, the British Film Institute published a list charting sound films that generated the most admissions at cinemas in the United Kingdom. [48] The list is reproduced here ranking the top fifty films released in the UK throughout the twentieth century, defined as covering the period from 1 January 1901 until 31 December 2000.
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