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
Popeye the Sailor filmography (Fleischer Studios) Color Specials" ("Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor" from 1936, "Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves" from 1937, and "Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp" from 1939), which are two-reels (20 minutes) long and in Technicolor. The first 8 cartoons used the "Out of the Inkwell" logo. Dave Fleischer was the credited director on every cartoon produced by Fleischer Studios. Fleischer's actual duties were those of a film producer and creative supervisor, with the head animators doing much of the work assigned to animation directors in other studios. The head animator is the first animator listed. Credited animators