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The Rank Organisation (founded as the J. Arthur Rank Organisation) is a British entertainment conglomerate founded by industrialist J. Arthur Rank in April 1937, Rank also served as the company chairman.
Production company. The Gypsy and the Gentleman is a 1958 film starring Melina Mercouri, Keith Michell, Flora Robson. A penniless Regency rake marries a tempestuous gypsy, with melodramatic and tragic results .
Production Company: The Rank Organisation, Maurice Cowan Productions. Stars: Peter Finch, Eva Bartok, Tony Britton. Location (s): London, Noord-Holland (Netherlands) Region (s): London O-Q, Netherlands. Storyline: It is 1940, and the German invasion of the Netherlands is under way.
Operation Amsterdam is a 1959 black and white British action film, directed by Michael McCarthy, and featuring Peter Finch, Eva Bartok and Tony Britton. It is based on a true story as described in the book Adventure in Diamonds, by David E. Walker.
Production. Joseph Losey had been offered a three-picture deal with Rank at the recommendation of Dirk Bogarde; the director was also admired by James Archibald who was a Rank executive. Losey was going to make a film with Bogarde, Bird of Paradise based on The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo.
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The production of the “classic” Rank TV ran in the mid to late 70s, some interim models appeared and the “modern” Rank TV appeared in the early 80s. J. Arthur Rank finally stepped down as Managing Director of the Rank Organisation in 1952, but remained as Chairman until 1962. Much of the diversification came under the management of Sir John
