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The old complaint of producers has always been that the distributors tend to ask us for old formula films. Many of us have said this has forced us to be less enterprising than we would wish to be. But now the onus is on us. If I submit a script to Bryanston, I know it will be vetted by fellow
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was composed of 12 to 15 members who bought their way in by putting up £5,000; the equity of the group guaranteed distribution through British Lion and financing from the
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In operation until 1963, it was intended to be an unofficial group of independent film producers.
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Our London Staff (14 April 1959). "A NEW ERA IN FILM-MAKING: Artist-investors".
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In November 1961 the company announced it would go into co-production with
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Bryanston released its last film in 1964 and the company was sold to
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Women in British Cinema: Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know
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Index

Bryanston Distributing Company

A Taste of Honey
Michael Balcon
Maxwell Setton
Ealing Studios
British Lion Films
consortium
National Film Finance Corporation
Tony Richardson
Julian Wintle
Ronald Neame
Seven Arts Productions
Woodfall Film Productions
Tom Jones
Associated-Rediffusion
British Lion Films
The Battle of the Sexes
Cone of Silence
Light Up the Sky!
The Entertainer
The Big Day
The Boy Who Stole a Million
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Linda
Double Bunk
Two and Two Make Six
Girl on Approval
Dangerous Afternoon
The Wind of Change

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