Associated British Picture Corporation
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"British National Pictures" redirects here. For a similarly named company, see British National Films Company.
Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC), originally British International Pictures (BIP), was a British film production, distribution and exhibition company active from 1927 until 1970 when it was absorbed into EMI. ABPC also owned approximately 500 cinemas in Britain by 1943,[1] and in the 1950s and 60s owned a station on the ITV television network. The studio was partly owned by Warner Bros. from about 1940 until 1969; the American company also owned a stake in ABPC's distribution arm, Warner-Pathé, from 1958. It formed one half of a vertically integrated film industry duopoly in Britain with the Rank Organisation.
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Industry | Film, television |
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Founded | 1927 |
Defunct | 1970 |
Fate | Folded into EMI-Elstree |
Successor | EMI-Elstree |
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