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Gaumont British
Picture Corporation
 
Type of Company Production company
Country of Origination England
Years of Operation Began production in 1915, through circa 1929
Company Principals Colonel A.C. Bromhead
T.A. Welsh
Company Offices unknown
Company Studios Lime Grove, Shepherd’s Bush, England (opened in 1915)

Gaumont British Picture Corporation became a British-owned company in 1922 — another source says the corporation was established in 1927.

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[The Film Daily, 4 January 1929, page 3] Gaumont Expected to Enter U.K. Production / By Ernest W. Fredman, Editor, “The Daily Film Renter” / London (By Cable) — Production plans of Gaumont British Corp., which controls the largest and most influential chain in England, are unknown at the moment, but through its producing and distributing units such as Ideal and W. and F. Film Service, it is expected the company will enter production on a heavy scale.
 
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