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In the United States, Gaumont-British had its own distribution operation for its films until December 1938, when it outsourced distribution to 20th Century Fox. In 1941 the Rank Organisation bought Gaumont-British and its sister company Gainsborough Pictures. Rank also took control over rival cinema chain Odeon Cinemas the same year.
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Gaumont opened foreign offices and acquired the theatre chain Gaumont British, which later notably produced several films directed by Alfred Hitchcock such as The 39 Steps (1935) and The Lady Vanishes (1938).
View full company info for Gaumont British Distributors. 1. The 39 Steps (1935) Approved | 86 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller. 7.6. Rate this. 93 Metascore.
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.
Gaumont established an alliance with Ufa of Germany and started work on British version of several major Ufa films. Unfortunately, this alliance ceased abruptly when Hitler took control of the country in the early 1930s.
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.
