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A British Lion films was established in 1918 and operated for a number of years before going broke. [4] It revived in 1927 under the chairmanship of Edgar Wallace. [5] [6]In the 1930s, British Lion focused on distributing "quota quickies", films produced to fulfill a quota of British-made films shown in cinemas in the UK.
This is a list of films released by the British studio British Lion Films which was established in 1927 during the silent era. In its early years the company produced adaptations of Edgar Wallace crime novels, and later focused mainly on quota quickies .
TitleRelease DateDirectorJune 1930September 1930November 1930Edgar WallaceFebruary 1931Manning HaynesFebruary 2, 1950 In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief ...
The Top 20 'British Lion Films' Movies of the 1950s Rank This Chart. Best | Worst. Detailed ...
The L-Shaped Room. Lady Godiva Rides Again. The Lady with a Lamp. Law and Disorder (1958 film) The League of Gentlemen (film) Left Right and Centre. Line Engaged. List of British Lion films. The Live Wire (1937 film)
After the Second World War British Lion was acquired by Alexander Korda and it became a distribution outlet for independent British films with government backing. While British Lion distributed many foreign films in Britain, such as a large number of Republic Pictures productions, these are not included in the list, 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s ...
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Safari: Directed by Terence Young. With Victor Mature, Janet Leigh, John Justin, Roland Culver. During the Mau Mau Uprising in British Kenya in the 1950s, settler-hunter Ken Duffield is a hired to guide a lion-hunting-party, but he also hopes to find the Mau Mau rebel who killed his family.
