J. Arthur Rank
Production · 1888 – 1972 · Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK
The single most important person in the British film industry with his vertically integrated Rank Organisation, Rank was responsible for the 1940s Golden Age.
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MovieDocumentarySir Alexander Korda, one of the world's most flamboyant movie tycoons, rose from obscurity in rural Hungary to become a legendary filmmaker. With him were his brothers, Zoltan and Vincent, all living charmed lives in circles that included Vivien Leigh, Sir Laurence Olivier, Marlene Dietrich, H.G. Wells and Merle Oberon, who was soon to be Alex's wife. But along with Alex's flair for success lies an equally powerful impulse for destruction.