It was founded in 1918 by two pioneering film figures, George Pearson and Thomas Welsh, with the single-stage Craven Park Studios as their base.
[2] Pearson recruited Betty Balfour for the company's films, and she was transformed into the leading British female star of the 1920s.
[4] In 1929 the company moved into sound production, with a tie-up with Gainsborough Pictures to make Journey's End, which was filmed in America.
[5] Shortly afterwards the company abandoned film production and Pearson, who had once been a leading force in British direction, drifted into making quota quickies.
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