The Rank Organisation
| The Rank Organisation was a British film studio and propaganda machine, founded by Arthur Rank in 1937 to make propaganda for MI6 (in alliance with Hollywood film industry) with mind controlled actors Dirk Bogarde, Diana Dors (Marilyn Monroe-Diana archetype), Christopher Lee (Jesus Franco films, Lord of the Rings), Joan Collins,.. It owned General Film Distributors and bought Gainsbourgh Pictures. Dirk Bogarde was used in Holocaust propaganda after his visit to Bergen-Belsen, in The Mindbenders (distributed by AIP, about sensory deprivation) and in pedophilia propaganda Death in Venice (Thomas Mann). |  |
Diana Dors was trained at The Company of Youth (Christopher Lee,
Patrick McGoohan, Hazel Court, Joan Collins, Jean Simmons, Honor
Blackman, Shirley Eaton) and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA, Anthony Sharp, Malcolm
McDowell, Natasha McElhone,
Benedict Cumberbatch, Brian
Cox, Richard Harris, Chiwetel Ejiofor, David Oyelowo, John
Lithgow, Laura Harring, Kim
Cattrall, Jemma Redgrave, Donald
Sutherland, Leon Vitali).
Arthur Rank financed Pinewood Studios, used for MI6 propaganda James Bond.
Films
1935 The Iron Duke biopic of Arthur Wellesley.
1935 The 39 Steps Madeleine Carroll (married to Sterling Hayden, used in team of William Donovan)
1935 Moscow Nights Laurence Olivier
1936 Rhodes of Africa biopic of Cecil Rhodes.
1937 Oh Mr Porter! Betty Jardine (married to Wilfred Bion of Tavistock)
1938 Bank Holiday Carrol Reed
1938 Pygmalion (play of Fabian GB Shaw) Moyna MacGill (TS, mother of Angela Lansbury)
1941 The Ghost Train Betty Jardine
1944 A Canterbury Tale Dennis Price Kim Hunter
1944 2000 Women (camp in Germany)
1944 Don't Take It to the Heart Richard Greene
1945 Henry V (Shakespeare) Laurence Olivier
1945 The Seventh Veil James Mason
1946 Caesar and Cleopatra (play of GB Shaw)
1947 Black Narcissus Jean Simmons (Howard Hughes)
1947 Holiday Camp Flora Robson Hazel Court Dennis Price
1948 Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens) Alec Guinness Kay Walsh (wife of Tavistock founder Elliot Jacques) Diana Dors
1948 The Red Shoes (ruby slippers, Wizard of Oz programming of Theosophists) Léonide Massine (Ballets Russes) Robert Helpmann (Child Catcher in Ian Fleming's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) Michael Powell (married to Thelma Schoonmaker of Martin Scorcese movies) performance of Swan Lake.
1949 Christopher Columbus Frederic March
1949 Diamond City Honor Blackman Diana Dors
1950 The Blue Lamp Dirk Bogarde
1951 The Man in the White Suit Alec Guinness Howard Marion-Crawford (Dr Fu Manchu films)
1953 Turn the Key Softley Joan Collins
1953 Genevieve Kay Kendall
1953 Meet Mr Lucifer
1957 Across the Bridge (story of Graham Greene) Rod Steiger
1957 High Tide at Noon William Sylvester (2001 ASO) Flora Robson Patrick McGoohan
1958 Carve Her Name with Pride Virginia McKenna as SOE agent Violet Szabo (Ravensbrück)
1959 Ferry to Hong Kong Orson Welles
1960 Conspiracy of Hearts Lili Palmer
1960 The Challenge Jayne Mansfield Anthony Quayle
1962 Der Rosenkavalier Herbert von Karajan
1962 All Night Long Richard Attenborough Patrick McGoohan
1965 Be My Guest David Hemmings
1965 The Ipcress Files Michael Caine
1966 Romeo and Juliet
1967 The Quiller Memorandum Max von Sydow
1967 Two Weeks in September Brigitte Bardot
1968 Nobody Runs Forever Christopher Plummer Rod Taylor
1969 Twinky Charles Bronson
1970 Countess Dracula (about Elizabeth Bathory)
1971 Twins of Evil Peter Cushing
1973 Nothing But the Night Christopher Lee Peter Cushing
1972 Anthony and Cleopatra Charlton Heston
1974 Soft Beds, Hard Battles Peter Sellers
1975 Carry On Behind Elke Sommer
1975 That Lucky Touch Roger Moore Susannah York
1977 Holocaust 2000 (executive produced by Samuel Z Arkoff) Kirk Douglas Anthony Quayle (SOE)
1978 Soldier of Orange Paul Verhoeven Rutger Hauer
1978 Power Play Richard Harris Donald Pleasence
1979 Eagle's Wing Martin Sheen
1979 The Lady Vanishes Elliott Gould Angela Lansbury Cybill Shepherd
1980 Bad Timing Nicolas Roeg
1984 The Bostonians Christopher Reeves
1989 Welcome Home Franklin Schaffner JoBeth Williams Kris Kristofferson
1994 Four Weddings and a Funeral Hugh Grant Andie McDowell Rowan Atkinson
1997 Lawn Dogs Sam Rockwell