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The History of British Cinema: 1945 |
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The Rank Organisation creates a production company: J. Arthur Rank Productions Ltd, based at Pinewood. [ADD] |
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Leslie Arliss’s The Wicked Lady is released for Gainsborough. James Mason stars as dashing highwayman Captain Terry Jackson, while Margaret Lockwood plays Barbara Worth, the wicked lady of the title. The film was cut by US censors when released there because of the amount of cleavage exposed by Lockwood’s plunging neckline. [ADD] |
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26/11 - |
David Lean’s Brief Encounter, adapted from Noel Coward’s one-act stage play Still Life, is released. Stage actress Celia Johnson stars as the provincial housewife who embarks on a platonic romance with newcomer Trevor Howard’s urbane – and married – doctor. [ADD] |
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– Warner Bros increases its stake in the Associated British Picture Corporation to 37.5% . [ADD] |
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– Sir Alexander Korda buys London Film Productions back from MGM. He also gains control of British Lion. [ADD] |
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– Islington Studios, having been acquired by the Rank Organisation during the war, re-opens for production. [ADD] |
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– The Rank Organisation acquires Highbury Studios. [ADD] |
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– The British Federation of Film Societies is formed. [ADD] |
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Other Key British Films of 1945 |
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Blithe Spirit (David Lean) [ADD] |
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