Renown Pictures

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Renown Pictures Corporation
Type Film distributor
Industry Film
Founded1938;84 years ago (1938)
Founder George Minter
Headquarters
UK
Website www.renownfilms.co.uk

Renown Pictures Corporation is a British film distributor founded by producer George Minter in 1938. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 McFarlane, Brian (2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film (fourth ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 1887. ISBN   9781526111968.
  2. Harper, Sue; Porter, Vincent (2003). British Cinema of the 1950s: The Decline of Deference. Oxford University Press. p. 162. ISBN   9780198159346.