J. Arthur Rank but continued to handle all distribution for the Rank organisation until 1955, when it was renamed J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors. In 1939 Rank consolidated his film production interests in both the Pinewood Film Studios and the Denham Film Studios. In 1938 Rank bought the Odeon Cinemas chain. and the Amalgamated Studios in Elstree, although the latter were never used as film studios by Rank. In 1941, it absorbed the Gaumont British, which owned 251 cinemas, and the Lime Grove Studios, (later owned by the BBC) and bought the Paramount Cinemas chain, so that by 1942 the Rank Organisation owned
Denham Film Studios the land was redeveloped once more as luxury flats, with only the laboratory designed by Gropius surviving from the original buildings. Made on the site during construction: The first film to be made at the studio proper was "Southern Roses" (1936). Others included: The last film to be made at Denham was Disney's "The Sword and the Rose" (1953). Denham Film Studios Denham Film Studios were a British film production studio operating from 1936 to 1952. Founded by Alexander Korda, notable films made at Denham include "Brief Encounter" and David Lean's "Great Expectations". From the 1950s to the 1970s the