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- The company was renamed Associated British Picture Corporation in 1933 and was now in a position to vertically integrate production, distribution and exhibition of films.
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The company was founded during 1927 by Scottish solicitor John Maxwell after he had purchased British National Pictures Studios and its Elstree Studios complex and merged it with his ABC Cinemas circuit, renaming the company British International Pictures.
The company was renamed Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC) in 1933 and was now in a position to vertically integrate production, distribution and exhibition of films. After World War II, Maxwell made a deal with Warner Bros. to distribute ABPC films stateside.
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Logo: Superimposed on the screen, we see a ribbon. Beneath the ribbon is the white text "ASSOCIATED BRITISH PICTURE" with the small word "CORP. LTD". Below the ribbon is the words "presents" in a script font. FX/SFX: None. Music/Sounds: None. Availability: Extremely rare. Can be found on ABPC films from the period, such as The Terror and Thursday's...
Logo: On a black background, or superimposed on the opening credits, we see the text "ASSOCIATED BRITISH PICTURE CORPORATION LIMITED" with "presents" below it. FX/SFX: None. Music/Sounds: None. Availability: Rare. Can be found on ABPC films from the period, such as Last Holiday and The Dam Busters.
Logo: On a black background we see multiple rectangle outlines zoom forward bringing forth a blue EMI logo. The text fades out and we zoom into the blue rectangle bringing forth three white circles containing spinning black triangles each containing the letters A, B, P respectively. The triangles move away from the circles and each of the shapes fo...
Associated British Picture Corporation (UK) Background: Founder John Maxwell bought British National Studios at Elstree in 1927 and renamed the company British International Pictures. An early hit for BIP was Alfred Hitchcock's Blackmail (1929), regarded as Britain's first 'talkie'.
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.
The company was renamed Associated British Picture Corporation in 1933 and was now in a position to vertically integrate production, distribution and exhibition of films.
ABC Cinemas (Associated British Cinemas) was a cinema chain in the United Kingdom. Originally a wholly owned subsidiary of Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC), it operated between the 1920s and the 1980s. The brand name was reused in the 1990s until 2000.
