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Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC), originally British International Pictures (BIP), was a British film production, distribution and exhibition company active from 1927 until 1970 when it was absorbed into EMI.
Alfred Hitchcock joined British International Pictures in 1927 where he became the highest paid director in England. [1] For his initial silent films for the company, Hitchcock continued his productive collaboration with scenario writer Eliot Stannard.
In the 1940s and 50s, The Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC), originally British International Pictures (BIP), was the greatest rival to the Rank film empire, with a chain of cinemas as well as studios.
This is a list of the 40 MOST HANDSOME Actors hailing from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. (FUN FACT: Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom, and is separate from the Republic of Ireland.)
Principal photography starts on Hitchcock's fifth film for British International Pictures, Blackmail, staring Anny Ondra, John Longden and Donald Calthrop. [13] British International Pictures announces that Alfred Hitchcock will direct an adaptation of Sean O'Casey 's play Juno and the Paycock.
Other visible U.S. pictures included The Beach (2000) with Leonardo DiCaprio, fantasy epic Constantine (2005) with Keanu Reeves, her Oscar-decorated performance in Michael Clayton (2007) and, of course, her iconic White Witch in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005).
The glamorous studio portraits of the Thirties and Forties present British stars who were the idols of millions throughout the world: Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, James Mason, Margaret Lockwood.
