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imported>Lorcan Wooster m (The Carlton-era prints for A Matter of Life and Death and Oliver Twist (1948) retain the Rank Gongman so not all of Rank's films were modified by Carlton to remove the Rank Gongman and add their logo.) |
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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
'''The Rank Organisation''' was founded in 1938 by producer Joseph Arthur '''Rank''' as "General Film Distributors". Rank, as a company, still exists today as The Rank Group plc., a hotel, resort, and casino operator. The Rank Group acquired all of The Rank Organisation's shares and company in 1995. The Rank film archive is now owned by ITV Studios Global Entertainment, a subsidiary of ITV plc., | '''The Rank Organisation''' was founded in 1938 by producer Joseph Arthur '''Rank''' as "General Film Distributors". Rank, as a company, still exists today as The Rank Group plc., a hotel, resort, and casino operator. The Rank Group acquired all of The Rank Organisation's shares and company in 1995. The Rank film archive is now owned by ITV Studios Global Entertainment, a subsidiary of ITV plc., while the North American rights are held by either [[The Criterion Collection]] or [[Shout! Factory]] (previously, North American rights had been held by [[Embassy Home Entertainment]], [[Paramount Home Entertainment|Paramount Home Video]], and [[Samuel Goldwyn Home Entertainment]]). The films Rank merely distributed have gone to different owners. | ||
==General Film Distributors== | ==General Film Distributors== | ||