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Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC), originally British International Pictures (BIP), was a British film production, distribution and exhibition company active from 1927 until 1970 when it was absorbed into EMI.
Associated British Picture Corporation. 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'.
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'.
Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC), originally British International Pictures (BIP), was a British film production, distribution and exhibition company active from 1927 until 1970 when it was absorbed into EMI. ABPC also owned approximately 500 cinemas in Britain by 1943, and in the...
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.
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.
1933 ABC, BIP, and Wardour Films were consolidated into a single company, the Associated British Picture Corporation. Its short-film subsidiary, Pathé Pictures, with subsidiaries Pathé News and Pathé Pictorial was expanded into production of documentaries.
