Anglo-Amalgamated

Industry Film production
Film distribution
Fate Absorbed into EMI Films
Founded 1945
Defunct 1971
Headquarters United Kingdom
Key people
 Nat Cohen
Stuart Levy
Divisions Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors

Anglo-Amalgamated Productions was a British film production company, run by Nat Cohen and Stuart Levy, which operated from 1945 until roughly 1971 (after which it was absorbed into EMI Films). Low-budget and second features, often produced at Merton Park Studios, formed much of its output. It was the UK distributor of many films by American International Pictures.

It is widely remembered for the first 12 Carry On films (all of which were produced at Pinewood Studios) and B-movie series such as The Scales of Justice, Scotland Yard and Edgar Wallace Mysteries; it did, however, produce the Michael Powell film Peeping Tom.

Its film distribution subsidiary was Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors Ltd.

In 1962, Associated British Picture Corporation purchased 50% of the shares of Anglo Amalgamated.[1][2] In 1967 they took over 74%.[3]

At its peak Anglo Amalgamated made £3 million a year.[4]

Its library is now owned by StudioCanal.[5]

Insignia Films

Anglo had a film production arm called Insignia Films.

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References

  1. ↑ "Company Meeting: Associated British Picture Corporation". The Spectator. 16 August 1962. p. 25. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "A.B. Pictures Acquire 50% Of Anglo Amalgamated." Times [London, England 5 Apr. 1962: 21. The Times Digital Archive.] Web. 6 Apr. 2014
  3. ↑ "Associated British Picture Corporation." Sunday Times [London, England] 3 Sept. 1967: 44. The Sunday Times Digital Archive. Web. 29 Mar. 2014.
  4. ↑ "BUSINESS diary." Times [London, England] 28 Mar. 1969: 31. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 6 Apr. 2014.
  5. ↑ Mitchell, Wendy (17 December 2012). "Network Distributing acquires rights to 450 films from StudioCanal library". Screen Daily. Retrieved 24 April 2015.

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