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    Rank, J. Arthur
    /raŋk/
    • 1. 1st Baron (1888–1972), English industrialist and film executive; full name Joseph Arthur Rank. In 1941 he founded the Rank Organization, a film production and distribution company that acquired control of the leading British studios and cinema chains in the 1940s and 1950s.