Gaumont-British

The Gaumont-British Picture Corporation is a defunct British company that produced and distributed films and operated a cinema chain in the United Kingdom.

In 1914, the Gaumont-British film studios were opened, then completely rebuilt for sound, re-opening on 29 June 1932.

"[1]Gaumont's British subsidiary became independent of its French parent in 1922 when Isidore Ostrer acquired control of Gaumont-British.

During her first attempt in 1933 at circumnavigation of the UK, kayaker Fridel Meyer gave lectures about her journey at various landing places, for the Gaumont-British Picture Corporation.

He felt it might have been different if the studio "had a sufficiently powerful and effective global selling organisation" and also that the decision to import American stars and directors was not worth it, artistically or financially.

Gaumont-British and its sister company Gainsborough Pictures are now owned by Gregory Motton.

One such property was the Holderness Hall in Hull, built by the pioneering William Morton in 1912 and managed by him until 1930, when he could no longer compete.

With ample supply of product, Rank maintained the separate Odeon and Gaumont release pattern for many years.

Equipments Ltd, a subsidiary of Gaumont-British, made a number of 16-mm film sound projectors in Britain before and during the Second World War, including models such as the G.B.-Scope A and B, Grosvenor and G.B.

[12][13] In 1888 Abram Kershaw established a business in Leeds making photographic items, including lanterns and projection equipment.