Table of Contents

Introduction OF FLOUR AND FILM 1 ON THE WAY TO AN EMPIRE 2 WAR AND MONOPOLY 3 TILTING AT THE WORLD MARKET 4 RANK AND HIS PRODUCERS 5 RESEARCH AND INNOVATION From kids and cartoons to the Charm School 6 THE BOGART OR BACON DEBATE British cinema and society, 1946-50 7 ET; The entertainment tax 8 RETRENCHMENT AND ECONOMY Davis prunes 9 RANK AND THE 1950s The Xerox years

About the Author

Geoffrey Macnab

Reviews

`J. Arthur Rank and the British Film Industry I will prove an invaluable source of reference for budding entrepreneurs and tycoons...an excellent portrait of a most unusual man.' - Moira Shearer, Sunday Telegraph

`His informative, often witty book illuminates an era and, for its contribution to an understanding of British filmmaking, belongs on the shelf beside Jake Eberts' My Indecision is Final.' - Philip French, The Observer

Nominated for the British Film Institute's Michael Powell Award