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Amalgamated Productions was a film company established by Richard Gordon in association with Charles F. "Chuck" Vetter, Jr., in the 1950s. They made a series of films in England. The first seven were crime films mostly using American stars and stories transplanted to England.
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Anglo-Amalgamated Productions was a British film production company, run by Nat Cohen and Stuart Levy, which operated from 1945 until roughly 1971 (after which it was absorbed into EMI Films). Low-budget and second features, often produced at Merton Park Studios, formed much of its output.
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Cohen was the son of a kosher butcher from the east end of London who was president of the Jubilee Street synagogue. He was the only son with one elder sister. Cohen's parents had emigrated from Poland in the early 1900s and his father was a silent partner in a cinema in the east end. Cohen attended a local LCV[clarification needed]school and then ...
With Stuart Levy he co-founded Cohen and Levy Films in 1945 which eventually became Anglo-Amalgamated. His first film was an £800 documentary called Horse and Country. Cohen produced some films with Dan Angel that were directed by Val Guest, Mystery at the Burlesque (1949) and Miss Pilgrim's Progress(1949).
Anglo Amalgamated were majority owned by ABPC. Cohen joined the board of Associated in March 1969.Cohen continued to have his own unit. Among the films made by Associated British-Anglo Amalgamated were: 1. Spring and Port Wine- this would be the first film issued under the EMI banner 2. The Body 3. Entertaining Mr Sloan 4. All the Way Up- co pro wi...
With the success of his film company, Cohen was able to become a racehorse owner. His blue colours with white diamond, hooped sleeves and amber cap were carried to victory by Kilmore in the 1962 Grand National.
Cohen died in hospital in February 1988 after suffering a heart attack. He was predeceased by a wife and a daughter who both died of cancer; he was survived by another daughter.
In 1974 a profile of Cohen described him as: Another 1971 article called him "a natty, cool, watchful man he does not admit to, and has never admitted to a crisis in the British film industry." Cohen said of himself:
Walker, Alexander, Hollywood EnglandStein and Day, 1974Walker, Alexander, National Heroes, Harrap, 1985Nat Cohen at IMDbNat Cohen at BFIObituary at Los Angeles TimesObituary at New York TimesView full company info for Amalgamated Productions. 1. Fiend Without a Face (1958) Approved | 74 min | Horror, Sci-Fi. 6.1. Rate this. A scientist's thoughts materialize as an army of invisible brain-shaped monsters (complete with spinal-cord tails!) who terrorize an American military base in this nightmarish chiller.
A small but resourceful production/distribution company, Anglo-Amalgamated was set up in 1945 by two energetic and astute businessmen, Nat Cohen and Stuart Levy. They began by making low-budget thrillers for the bottom half of the double bill, and, gambling shrewdly on new talents, showed themselves cleverly attuned to changing market demands ...
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