J. Arthur Rank

Nacimiento : 1888-12-22, Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK

Muerte : 1972-03-29

Películas

Once Upon a Dream
Presenter
An officer's wife has a romantic dream about her husband's man (servant) and comes to believe it is true. Meanwhile the husband has asked his servant to help him, after the war, to suggest ways to ignite the romance he and his wife had before the war, as well as find a way to make money in a post-war economy.
Portrait from Life
Producer
A British army officer becomes fascinated by the portrait of a young woman. He travels to Germany to find her, only to discover that she is suffering from amnesia.
London Belongs to Me
Executive Producer
Classic British drama about the residents of a large terrace house in London between Christmas 1938 and September 1939. Percy Boon lives with his mother in a shared rented house with an assortment of characters in central London. Although well intentioned, he becomes mixed up with gangsters and murder. The story focuses on the effects this has on Percy and the other residents.
Oliver Twist
Presenter
Inglaterra, siglo XIX. Famosa adaptación de la novela homónima de Charles Dickens. Oliver es un niño huérfano al que su madre, una joven soltera, abandonó a las puertas de un orfanato. Para librarse de él, el malvado director de la institución, decide venderlo a un empresario como aprendiz de su taller. Cansado de los malos tratos que recibe, huye y acaba uniéndose a un grupo de pequeños rateros que viven bajo la férula de un viejo tiránico.
Querido asesino
Presenter
Un exitoso hombre de negocios descubre que su mujer está teniendo un "affaire" y va en busca de su amante para matarlo y enmascarar el asunto como un suicidio. El plan se complica cuando descubre en casa del "suicidado" que su mujer se encuentra con otro amante, modificando su planteamiento inicial y complicando aún más el asunto.
The Upturned Glass
Presenter
A neurosurgeon relates to his students in medical school a story about an affair he had with a married woman and how after the affair was over, the woman fell out a window and died. The surgeon, suspecting that she was murdered, set out to find her killer -- but, instead of turning the suspect over to the police, he planned to take his own revenge on the murderer.
Life of St. Paul
Producer
The Life of St. Paul, including reenactment of the Book of Acts, and St. Paul's Epistles.