Gaumont-British Cinemas
From Graces Guide
1898 Gaumont-British was founded as the British subsidiary of the French Gaumont Film Company. (See Léon Gaumont & Cie).
1922 It became independent of its French parent when Isidore Ostrer acquired control of Gaumont-British.
In 1927 the Ideal Film Company, a leading silent film maker, merged with Gaumont. Formation of Gaumont-British Picture Corporation
1941 Bought by
1995 Became part of the new Rank Organisation
G. B. Equipments, a subsidiary of Gaumont-British, made a number of 16-mm film sound projectors in Britain before and during the Second World War, including models such as the G.B.-Scope A and B, Grosvenor and G.B. K and L series.
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