| Gaumont - British |
The Gaumont-British Picture Corporation - produced and
distributed films and operated a cinema chain in the United Kingdom.
It is the parent company of Gainsborough Pictures
It was founded in 1898 as the British subsidiary of the French Gaumont
Film Company. It became independent of its French parent in 1922 when
Isidore Ostrer acquired control of Gaumont-British. In 1927 a leading
silent film maker, the Ideal Film Company, merged with Gaumont.
British-Gaumont with Gainsborough Pictures at their Lime Grove
Studios made films including Alfred Hitchcock's adaptation of The 39
Steps (1935). In the 1930s the company employed 16,000 people.
In the USA Gaumont-British had its own distribution operation for its films
until December 1938, when it gave up distribution to 20th Century Fox. In
1941 the Rank Organisation bought Gaumont-British and its sister
company Gainsborough Pictures
The Gaumont-British name is now owned by Gregory Motton
distributed films and operated a cinema chain in the United Kingdom.
It is the parent company of Gainsborough Pictures
It was founded in 1898 as the British subsidiary of the French Gaumont
Film Company. It became independent of its French parent in 1922 when
Isidore Ostrer acquired control of Gaumont-British. In 1927 a leading
silent film maker, the Ideal Film Company, merged with Gaumont.
British-Gaumont with Gainsborough Pictures at their Lime Grove
Studios made films including Alfred Hitchcock's adaptation of The 39
Steps (1935). In the 1930s the company employed 16,000 people.
In the USA Gaumont-British had its own distribution operation for its films
until December 1938, when it gave up distribution to 20th Century Fox. In
1941 the Rank Organisation bought Gaumont-British and its sister
company Gainsborough Pictures
The Gaumont-British name is now owned by Gregory Motton
For more information about Gaumont-British visit the excellent website
created by the nephew of Isidore Ostrer who started Gaumont-British as
a seperate company from French Gaumont. You can also buy a book
about Gaumont-British there.
http://www.gaumont-british.co.uk/
created by the nephew of Isidore Ostrer who started Gaumont-British as
a seperate company from French Gaumont. You can also buy a book
about Gaumont-British there.
http://www.gaumont-british.co.uk/
Gaumont-British films, in blue type indicates also listed as a
Gainsborough Pictures film
Supersonic Saucer (1956) ... Production Company (presents)
We Dive at Dawn (1943) ... Production Company (presents) (as Gaumont -
British Picture Corpn. Ltd.)
Cottage to Let (1941) ... Production Company (presents) (as Gaumont-British
Picture Corpn. Ltd.)
Climbing High (1938) ... Production Company
Bank Holiday (1938) ... Production Company (presents) (as Gaumont-British
Picture Corporation Ltd.)
Sailing Along (1938) ... Production Company
Young and Innocent (1937) ... Production Company (A Gaumont British
Production)
Oh, Mr. Porter! (1937) ... Production Company (presents) (as Gaumont-British
Picture Corporation Ltd.)
Non-Stop New York (1937) ... Production Company
Doctor Syn (1937) ... Production Company
Gangway (1937) ... Production Company
King Solomon's Mines (1937) ... Production Company
Take My Tip (1937) ... Production Company
Head Over Heels (1937) ... Production Company
O.H.M.S. (1937) ... Production Company
All In (1936) ... Production Company
Sabotage (1936) ... Production Company (presents) (as Gaumont-British
Picture Corpn. Ltd.) (controlled throughout the United Kingdom and the Irish
Free State)
His Lordship (1936) ... Production Company
Strangers on Honeymoon (1936) ... Production Company
Everybody Dance (1936) ... Production Company
East Meets West (1936) ... Production Company
Everything Is Thunder (1936) ... Production Company
Seven Sinners (1936) ... Production Company
Secret Agent (1936) ... Production Company (presents) (as Gaumont British
Picture Corpn. Ltd.)
It's Love Again (1936) ... Production Company
Rhodes of Africa (1936) ... Production Company
Dry Dock (1936) ... Production Company
King of the Damned (1935) ... Production Company
Foreign Affaires (1935) ... Production Company
First a Girl (1935) ... Production Company
The Tunnel (1935) ... Production Company
Forever England (1935) ... Production Company
The Guv'nor (1935) ... Production Company
The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1935) ... Production Company
Bulldog Jack (1935) ... Production Company (presents) (as Gaumont-British
Picture Corporation Limited) (as A Gaumont-British Picture also)
Me and Marlborough (1935) ... Production Company
The Night of the Party (1935) ... Production Company
The Clairvoyant (1935) ... Production Company (presents) (A Gainsborough
Picture) (as Gaumont-British Picture Corpn. Ltd.)
The 39 Steps (1935) ... Production Company (presents) (as Gaumont-British
Picture Corporation Ltd.) (as A Gaumont-British Picture also)
Fighting Stock (1935) ... Production Company
Car of Dreams (1935) ... Production Company
Things Are Looking Up (1935) ... Production Company
Dirty Work (1934) ... Production Company
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) ... Production Company (presents) (as
Gaumont British Picture Corpn. Ltd)
Road House (1934) ... Production Company
Lady in Danger (1934) ... Production Company
Jew Süss (1934) ... Production Company
Evensong (1934) ... Production Company
Unfinished Symphony (1934) ... Production Company
My Song for You (1934) ... Production Company
Little Friend (1934) ... Production Company
Aunt Sally (1934) ... Production Company
Wings Over Everest (1934) ... Production Company
Orders Is Orders (1934) ... Production Company
Evergreen (1934) ... Production Company (presents) (as Gaumont British
Picture Corp. Ltd.), Production Company (as a Gaumont-British Picture)
The Battle (1934) ... Production Company
Waltzes from Vienna (1934) ... Production Company (presents) (as
Gaumont-British Picture Coprn Ltd.)
The Fire Raisers (1934) ... Production Company
The Fair City of Udaipur (1934) ... Production Company
The Constant Nymph (1933) ... Production Company
Turkey Time (1933) ... Production Company
A Cuckoo in the Nest (1933) ... Production Company
Channel Crossing (1933) ... Production Company
Just Smith (1933) ... Production Company
I Was a Spy (1933) ... Production Company
The Ghoul (1933) ... Production Company
Sleeping Car (1933) ... Production Company
Waltz Time (1933) ... Production Company
Falling for You (1933/I) ... Production Company (presents) (as Gaumont-British
Picture Corporation)
I Lived with You (1933) ... Production Company
F.P.1 (1933) ... Production Company
The Good Companions (1933) ... Production Company
Baroud (1933) ... Production Company (presents)
Britannia of Billingsgate (1933) ... Production Company
Sign Please (1933) ... Production Company
The Dreamers (1933) ... Production Company
The Man from Toronto (1933) ... Production Company (presents)
They're Off (1933) ... Production Company
Tooth Will Out (1933) ... Production Company
After the Ball (1932) ... Production Company
The Midshipmaid (1932) ... Production Company
Rome Express (1932) ... Production Company
Baroud (1932) ... Production Company
Tell Me Tonight (1932) ... Production Company (co-production)
Love on Wheels (1932) ... Production Company (presents)
A Gentleman of Paris (1931) ... Production Company
The Happy Ending (1931) ... Production Company
East Lynne on the Western Front (1931) ... Production Company
Down River (1931) ... Production Company
No Lady (1931) ... Production Company
Bracelets (1931) ... Production Company
Bed and Breakfast (1930) ... Production Company
The Great Game (1930) ... Production Company
The Message (1930) ... Production Company
The Night Porter (1930) ... Production Company
Alf's Button (1930) ... Production Company
A Sister to Assist 'Er (1930) ... Production Company
Thread O' Scarlet (1930) ... Production Company
The Devil's Maze (1929) ... Production Company
High Treason (1929) ... Production Company
The Last Post (1929) ... Production Company
You Know What Sailors Are (1928) ... Production Company
Smashing Through (1928) ... Production Company
What Money Can Buy (1928) ... Production Company
Palais de danse (1928) ... Production Company
Mademoiselle Parley Voo (1928) ... Production Company
The Physician (1928) ... Production Company
Victory (1928) ... Production Company
His House in Order (1928) ... Production Company
Sailors Don't Care (1928) ... Production Company
Bright Young Things (1927) ... Production Company
Fear (1927) ... Production Company
Whispering Gables (1927) ... Production Company
Quinneys (1927) ... Production Company
A Woman in Pawn (1927) ... Production Company
The Arcadians (1927) ... Production Company
With Cobham to the Cape (1927) ... Production Company
A Sister to Assist 'Er (1927) ... Production Company
Hindle Wakes (1927) ... Production Company
The Glad Eye (1927) ... Production Company
Roses of Picardy (1927) ... Production Company
Mademoiselle from Armentieres (1927) ... Production Company
Back to the Trees (1926) ... Production Company
Cash on Delivery (1926) ... Production Company
Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty (1926) ... Production Company
The Escape (1926/II) ... Production Company
The Greater War (1926) ... Production Company
The Woman Juror (1926) ... Production Company
London Love (1926) ... Production Company
Somebody's Darling (1925) ... Production Company
Settled Out of Court (1925) ... Production Company
The Happy Ending (1925) ... Production Company
The Eleventh Commandment (1924) ... Production Company
Claude Duval (1924) ... Production Company
The Great White Silence (1924) ... Production Company
Fires of Fate (1923) ... Production Company
Silent Evidence (1922) ... Production Company
Rob Roy (1922) ... Production Company
Gainsborough Pictures film
Supersonic Saucer (1956) ... Production Company (presents)
We Dive at Dawn (1943) ... Production Company (presents) (as Gaumont -
British Picture Corpn. Ltd.)
Cottage to Let (1941) ... Production Company (presents) (as Gaumont-British
Picture Corpn. Ltd.)
Climbing High (1938) ... Production Company
Bank Holiday (1938) ... Production Company (presents) (as Gaumont-British
Picture Corporation Ltd.)
Sailing Along (1938) ... Production Company
Young and Innocent (1937) ... Production Company (A Gaumont British
Production)
Oh, Mr. Porter! (1937) ... Production Company (presents) (as Gaumont-British
Picture Corporation Ltd.)
Non-Stop New York (1937) ... Production Company
Doctor Syn (1937) ... Production Company
Gangway (1937) ... Production Company
King Solomon's Mines (1937) ... Production Company
Take My Tip (1937) ... Production Company
Head Over Heels (1937) ... Production Company
O.H.M.S. (1937) ... Production Company
All In (1936) ... Production Company
Sabotage (1936) ... Production Company (presents) (as Gaumont-British
Picture Corpn. Ltd.) (controlled throughout the United Kingdom and the Irish
Free State)
His Lordship (1936) ... Production Company
Strangers on Honeymoon (1936) ... Production Company
Everybody Dance (1936) ... Production Company
East Meets West (1936) ... Production Company
Everything Is Thunder (1936) ... Production Company
Seven Sinners (1936) ... Production Company
Secret Agent (1936) ... Production Company (presents) (as Gaumont British
Picture Corpn. Ltd.)
It's Love Again (1936) ... Production Company
Rhodes of Africa (1936) ... Production Company
Dry Dock (1936) ... Production Company
King of the Damned (1935) ... Production Company
Foreign Affaires (1935) ... Production Company
First a Girl (1935) ... Production Company
The Tunnel (1935) ... Production Company
Forever England (1935) ... Production Company
The Guv'nor (1935) ... Production Company
The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1935) ... Production Company
Bulldog Jack (1935) ... Production Company (presents) (as Gaumont-British
Picture Corporation Limited) (as A Gaumont-British Picture also)
Me and Marlborough (1935) ... Production Company
The Night of the Party (1935) ... Production Company
The Clairvoyant (1935) ... Production Company (presents) (A Gainsborough
Picture) (as Gaumont-British Picture Corpn. Ltd.)
The 39 Steps (1935) ... Production Company (presents) (as Gaumont-British
Picture Corporation Ltd.) (as A Gaumont-British Picture also)
Fighting Stock (1935) ... Production Company
Car of Dreams (1935) ... Production Company
Things Are Looking Up (1935) ... Production Company
Dirty Work (1934) ... Production Company
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) ... Production Company (presents) (as
Gaumont British Picture Corpn. Ltd)
Road House (1934) ... Production Company
Lady in Danger (1934) ... Production Company
Jew Süss (1934) ... Production Company
Evensong (1934) ... Production Company
Unfinished Symphony (1934) ... Production Company
My Song for You (1934) ... Production Company
Little Friend (1934) ... Production Company
Aunt Sally (1934) ... Production Company
Wings Over Everest (1934) ... Production Company
Orders Is Orders (1934) ... Production Company
Evergreen (1934) ... Production Company (presents) (as Gaumont British
Picture Corp. Ltd.), Production Company (as a Gaumont-British Picture)
The Battle (1934) ... Production Company
Waltzes from Vienna (1934) ... Production Company (presents) (as
Gaumont-British Picture Coprn Ltd.)
The Fire Raisers (1934) ... Production Company
The Fair City of Udaipur (1934) ... Production Company
The Constant Nymph (1933) ... Production Company
Turkey Time (1933) ... Production Company
A Cuckoo in the Nest (1933) ... Production Company
Channel Crossing (1933) ... Production Company
Just Smith (1933) ... Production Company
I Was a Spy (1933) ... Production Company
The Ghoul (1933) ... Production Company
Sleeping Car (1933) ... Production Company
Waltz Time (1933) ... Production Company
Falling for You (1933/I) ... Production Company (presents) (as Gaumont-British
Picture Corporation)
I Lived with You (1933) ... Production Company
F.P.1 (1933) ... Production Company
The Good Companions (1933) ... Production Company
Baroud (1933) ... Production Company (presents)
Britannia of Billingsgate (1933) ... Production Company
Sign Please (1933) ... Production Company
The Dreamers (1933) ... Production Company
The Man from Toronto (1933) ... Production Company (presents)
They're Off (1933) ... Production Company
Tooth Will Out (1933) ... Production Company
After the Ball (1932) ... Production Company
The Midshipmaid (1932) ... Production Company
Rome Express (1932) ... Production Company
Baroud (1932) ... Production Company
Tell Me Tonight (1932) ... Production Company (co-production)
Love on Wheels (1932) ... Production Company (presents)
A Gentleman of Paris (1931) ... Production Company
The Happy Ending (1931) ... Production Company
East Lynne on the Western Front (1931) ... Production Company
Down River (1931) ... Production Company
No Lady (1931) ... Production Company
Bracelets (1931) ... Production Company
Bed and Breakfast (1930) ... Production Company
The Great Game (1930) ... Production Company
The Message (1930) ... Production Company
The Night Porter (1930) ... Production Company
Alf's Button (1930) ... Production Company
A Sister to Assist 'Er (1930) ... Production Company
Thread O' Scarlet (1930) ... Production Company
The Devil's Maze (1929) ... Production Company
High Treason (1929) ... Production Company
The Last Post (1929) ... Production Company
You Know What Sailors Are (1928) ... Production Company
Smashing Through (1928) ... Production Company
What Money Can Buy (1928) ... Production Company
Palais de danse (1928) ... Production Company
Mademoiselle Parley Voo (1928) ... Production Company
The Physician (1928) ... Production Company
Victory (1928) ... Production Company
His House in Order (1928) ... Production Company
Sailors Don't Care (1928) ... Production Company
Bright Young Things (1927) ... Production Company
Fear (1927) ... Production Company
Whispering Gables (1927) ... Production Company
Quinneys (1927) ... Production Company
A Woman in Pawn (1927) ... Production Company
The Arcadians (1927) ... Production Company
With Cobham to the Cape (1927) ... Production Company
A Sister to Assist 'Er (1927) ... Production Company
Hindle Wakes (1927) ... Production Company
The Glad Eye (1927) ... Production Company
Roses of Picardy (1927) ... Production Company
Mademoiselle from Armentieres (1927) ... Production Company
Back to the Trees (1926) ... Production Company
Cash on Delivery (1926) ... Production Company
Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty (1926) ... Production Company
The Escape (1926/II) ... Production Company
The Greater War (1926) ... Production Company
The Woman Juror (1926) ... Production Company
London Love (1926) ... Production Company
Somebody's Darling (1925) ... Production Company
Settled Out of Court (1925) ... Production Company
The Happy Ending (1925) ... Production Company
The Eleventh Commandment (1924) ... Production Company
Claude Duval (1924) ... Production Company
The Great White Silence (1924) ... Production Company
Fires of Fate (1923) ... Production Company
Silent Evidence (1922) ... Production Company
Rob Roy (1922) ... Production Company
Poster from the pro-Jewish
British film the Nazis later
remade into its opposite
British film the Nazis later
remade into its opposite
Nova Pilbeam the young British
actress who had originally been
cast in Rebecca, here seen in
Little Friend
actress who had originally been
cast in Rebecca, here seen in
Little Friend
Peter Lorre in original version
The Man Who Knew Too Much
(dir Hithcock.)He re-made his
own film 20 years later.
The Man Who Knew Too Much
(dir Hithcock.)He re-made his
own film 20 years later.
Cedric Hardwicke as Quatermass
in King Solomon's Mines, 1934
in King Solomon's Mines, 1934
Isidore Ostrer, founder of Gaumont-British
https://thebritishstudiotour.wordpress.com/2014/04/05/lime-grove-five-brothers-one-brain/
https://thebritishstudiotour.wordpress.com/2014/04/05/lime-grove-five-brothers-one-brain/