In 1942, Nat Cohen, who owned a cinema before
the war, and Stuart Levy formed Anglo-Amalgamated to primarily handle low
budget films.
During the war, they set up as a distributor
for British National Films and to rerelease some London Productions from
the mid 1930s such as Scarlet Pimpernel.
After the war, Anglo-Amalgamated (called
A-A) distributed for a wide variety of studios including Merton Park and
Monogram and started into their own production.
They initially concentrated on low budget
films in the mystery and crime genre but later expanded into comedy and
a wide variety. A-A was able to ally itself with major directors such as
John Schlesinger and Joseph Losey and even moved into comedy( A-A was responsible
for the first 12 'Carry-On' films).
Unfortunately Stuart Levy died in 1966 and
by 1969 A-A was taken over by Associated British Picture (ABPC)-EMI.
Nat Cohen was placed on the board of Anglo-EMI
and eventually became head of Anglo-EMI.
Here are the films on Anglo-Amalgamated
and Anglo-EMI
from our database.
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