Group 3 Films

Logo from opening of Laxdale Hall (1953)

Group 3 Films was a short lived British film production company that operated from 1951 to 1955.[1][2]

Background

It was set up by the NFFC to help finance movies from newer filmmakers.[3] Its films were to be distributed by ABFD and mostly financed by the NFFC with ABFD to make up the balance of finance. Michael Balcon and James Lawrie sat on the board and the company was run by John Grierson and John Baxter. [4]

They produced over 20 films and lost half a million pounds before the NFFC brought the company to a halt.[5]

Critical appraisal

FilmInk wrote "are there any decent Group 3 pictures?"[6]

Select Films

References

  1. ^ Popple, Simon. “Group Three: A Lesson in State Intervention?” Film History, vol. 8, no. 2, 1996, pp. 131–142. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3815330. Accessed 26 June 2020.
  2. ^ Balcon, Sir Michael (7 January 1953). "Group 3, Brit Prod Unit, a Reservoir of Future Talent". Variety. p. 193.
  3. ^ "John Grierson, Screen Pioneer Who Made Documentaries Dies (Published 1972)". The New York Times. 21 February 1972 – via NYTimes.com.
  4. ^ Grierson, John (27 September 1951). "Three's Company Adds Up". Kine Weekly.
  5. ^ Harper, Sue; Porter, Vincent (2003). British Cinema of the 1950s: The Decline of Deference. Oxford University Press. pp. 185–187. ISBN 9780198159346.
  6. ^ Vagg, Stephen (17 November 2020). "John Guillermin: Action Man". Filmink.

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