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Joseph Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank (22/23 December 1888 – 29 March 1972) was an English industrialist who was head and founder of the Rank Organisation . Family business.
The Rank Organisation (founded as the J. Arthur Rank Organisation) is a British entertainment conglomerate founded by industrialist J. Arthur Rank in April 1937, Rank also served as the company chairman.
J. Arthur Rank, Baron Rank (born December 22 or 23, 1888, Hull, Yorkshire, England—died March 29, 1972, Winchester, Hampshire) was a British industrialist who became Great Britain’s chief distributor and one of the world’s major producers of motion pictures.
Jun 11, 2018 · J. Arthur Rank was a British film producer and a peer of the realm who owned 60% of the British film industry in the 1940s. He produced many classic films, such as The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, The Thief of Bagdad, and The Red Shoes.
J Arthur himself had also fulfilled a great personal achievement as the 'man behind the gong', the Rank Organisation film trademark, and had personally given away 100 million pounds to...
Lord Rank, known professionally as J. Arthur Rank was the millionaire flour miller and devout Methodist who got into films to spread the gospel. When some early films that he was involved with didn't get an exceptionally good circulation he realized that control of cinemas was the key to success.
Lord Rank (1888–1972) J. Arthur Rank was born in 1888, the son of prominent Yorkshire mill owner Joseph Rank. He joined the family flour-milling business at 17 and worked there throughout the early part of his life.
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