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The company was founded by John Maxwell after he had purchased British National Studios and their Elstree Studios complex, renaming the company British International Pictures. Wardour Films Ltd acted as the UK distributor for the company.
Owner John Maxwell, whose paternalistic influence was well known throughout the company, bought British National Studios at Elstree in 1927 and renamed the company British International Pictures - already with an eye on the American market.
International Pictures, founded by producer William Goetz and RKO executive Leo Spitz, had a brief history that echoed Twentieth Century Pictures from the decade before.
Associated British Picture Corporation (UK) Background: Founder John Maxwell bought British National Studios at Elstree in 1927 and renamed the company British International Pictures. An early hit for BIP was Alfred Hitchcock's Blackmail (1929), regarded as Britain's first 'talkie'.
Founder John Maxwell bought British National Studios at Elstree in 1927 and renamed the company British International Pictures. An early hit for BIP was Alfred Hitchcock's Blackmail (1929), regarded as Britain's first 'talkie'.
Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC), originally British International Pictures (BIP), was a British film production, distribution and exhibition company active from 1927 until 1970 when it was absorbed into EMI.
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British International Pictures announces that Alfred Hitchcock's next production will be an adaptation of Charles Bennett's play Blackmail. 1929. February. Principal photography starts on Hitchcock's fifth film for British International Pictures, Blackmail, staring Anny Ondra, John Longden and Donald Calthrop. March
