The Rank Organisation the Rank Group acquired all the outstanding shares of the Rank Organisation. In spring 1997, Rank sold Rank Film Distributors, including its library of 749 films, to Carlton Television for £65 million and immediately became known as Carlton/RFD Ltd. Pinewood Studios and Odeon Cinemas were both sold off in 2000. The company finally severed its remainings connection with the film industry in 2005 when it sold its DVD distribution business and Deluxe technical support unit. A = The Archers<br> BB Betty E. Box–Ralph Thomas Productions<br> C = Cineguild Productions<br> GB = Gainsborough Pictures<br> H = Hammer Studios<br> I = Individual
The Crimson Circle (1936 film) The Crimson Circle (1936 film) The Crimson Circle is a 1936 British crime film directed by Reginald Denham and starring Hugh Wakefield, Alfred Drayton, and Niall MacGinnis. It is based on the 1922 novel "The Crimson Circle" by Edgar Wallace. It was made by the independent producer Richard Wainwright at Shepperton and Welwyn Studios. Detectives at Scotland Yard try to track down The Crimson Circle, a secret society of blackmailers. There was a British silent version in 1922; and a previous UK/German co-production of "The Crimson Circle", produced in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film system, which was trade-shown in London in