film distribution
Film distribution, also called film exhibition or film distribution and exhibition, is the process of making a film available for viewing to an audience. This is normally the task of a professional film distributor, who would determine the marketin ...
company active during the 1940s and 1950s. It specialised in supplying
second feature
A B movie, or B film, is a type of cheap, low-budget commercial motion picture. Originally, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, this term specifically referred to films meant to be shown as the lesser-known second half of a double feature, s ...
s to British cinemas. The company handled a mixture of British and American films, as well as the Australian film '' Strong Is the Seed''. It involved itself in production at times, and produced several more ambitious features including '' Hindle Wakes'' (1952) and ''
A Yank in Ermine
''A Yank in Ermine'' is a 1955 British comedy film directed by Gordon Parry (film director), Gordon Parry and starring Peter Thompson, Noelle Middleton, Harold Lloyd Jr. and Diana Decker, and featuring Jon Pertwee and Sid James. It was adapted b ...
'' (1956). It had an arrangement with ACT Films under
John Croydon
John Croydon (3 November 1907 – February 1994) was a British film producer and Unit production manager, production manager.
He was employed at Ealing Studios for a number of years during the Michael Balcon era. He then moved to Highbury Studio ...
to handle films made at
Walton Studios
Walton Studios, previously named Hepworth Studios and Nettlefold Studios, was a film production studio in Walton-on-Thames in Surrey, England.Men Against the Sun'' (1952) was, unusually for the second feature market, a costume adventure film despite its running time.Chibnall & McFarlane p.208
It should not be confused with John R. Freuler's American company of the same name active during the early 1930s.
Circumstantial Evidence
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'' (1952)
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Private Information
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A Yank in Ermine
''A Yank in Ermine'' is a 1955 British comedy film directed by Gordon Parry (film director), Gordon Parry and starring Peter Thompson, Noelle Middleton, Harold Lloyd Jr. and Diana Decker, and featuring Jon Pertwee and Sid James. It was adapted b ...
Silent Fear
''Silent Fear'' is a 1956 American adventure film
The adventure film is a broad genre of film. Some early genre studies found it no different than the Western film or argued that adventure could encompass all Hollywood genres. Commonality was fo ...