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Gaumont-British was founded in 1898 as the British subsidiary of the French Gaumont Film Company. It became independent of its French parent in 1922 when Isidore Ostrer acquired control of Gaumont-British.
The Gaumont Film Company (French:), often shortened to Gaumont, is a French film studio headquartered in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Founded by the engineer-turned-inventor Léon Gaumont (1864–1946) in 1895, it is the oldest extant film company in the world, established before other studios such as Pathé (founded in 1896), Titanus (1904 ...
Gaumont-British was a subsidiary of the French production company Gaumont, which had bought the land for a studio at Shepherd's Bush in 1912 and begun producing by 1914. It was a solely British company from 1922 (run by the Ostrer brothers), and was an exhibition giant in Britain by the late '20s, with 280 cinemas in 1929.
Gaumont British News was first released in January 1934, as a replacement for the Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont Sound News, and ran until January 1959.
Lime Grove Studios was a film, and later television, studio complex in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England. The complex was built by the Gaumont Film Company in 1915.
The one and only film by Dalton Trumbo will be screened on the beach during a special session presented by Nicolas Seydoux, President of Gaumont. Learn more. New romantic comedy-drama FILM CLUB from our UK team.
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We are creative producers and pioneers. It is in our house, where the philosophy of “talent first” reigns, that emotions come to life on the screen. For nearly 130 years, Gaumont has been creating strong and touching stories that travel the world.
