Anglo-Amalgamated

Cohen and Levy were both cinema owners and Cohen sold some of his cinemas to Levy. They decided to go into business together as Anglo-Amalgmated. The company began as a distributor, putting out some Hal Roach re-issues and documentaries. They then signed a deal with American Leasing Corporation to distribute some American films in Britain. In 1951, the company moved into production with Assassin for Hire. This was made at Merton Park Studios, starting a close relationship between those studios and Anglo. In 1959 Kinematograph Weekly wrote "Anglo is acknowledged as Britain’s largest independent distribution company, a success story which rates high even by spectacular Wardour Street standards." The magazine claimed this success was "based on two factors - an unfailing showmanlike flair for catching the public's eye and, just as important, a knack for surrounding themselves with people as enthusiastic as themselves... They have an approving eye for the ingenious; a snort of distaste for the precious." In 1962, Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC) purchased 50% of the shares of Anglo Amalgamated. In 1967 they took over 74%. At its peak Anglo Amalgamated made a return of £3 million a year. After the company went into partnership with EMI Films it became "Anglo-EMI". Its library is now owned by StudioCanal via Lumiere Pictures and Television. ==Selected credits==

• Assassin for Hire (1951) • Mystery Junction (1951) • Ghost Ship (1952) • Wide Boy (1952) • The Floating Dutchman (1952) • Street of Shadows (1953) • Noose for a Lady (1953) • Counterspy (1953) • The Sleeping Tiger (1954) • Dangerous Voyage (1954) • Little Red Monkey (1955) • Postmark for Danger (1955) • Dial 999 (1955) • Timeslip (1955) • Confession (1955) • The Brain Machine (1956) • The Intimate Stranger (1956) • ''Johnny, You're Wanted'' (1956) • The Hypnotist (1957) • Cat Girl (1957) • The Counterfeit Plan (1957) • The Flying Scot (1957) • The Tommy Steele Story (1957) • Man in the Shadow (1957) • Carry on Sergeant (1958) • The Duke Wore Jeans (1958) • Escapement (1958) • The Long Knife (1958) • Carry On Nurse (1959) • Horrors of the Black Museum (1959) • Carry On Teacher (1959) • Please Turn Over (1959) • The Headless Ghost (1959) • Watch Your Stern (1960) • Crossroads to Crime (1960) • Peeping Tom (1960) • No Kidding (1960) • Carry On Constable (1960) • Circus of Horrors (1960) • The Criminal (1960) • Carry on Regardless (1961) • Payroll (1961) • Dentist on the Job (1961) • The Frightened City (1961) • Raising the Wind (1961) • On the Fiddle (1961) • Night of the Eagle (1962) • A Kind of Loving (1962) • Play It Cool (1962) • Carry On Cruising (1962) • Crooks Anonymous (1962) • ''She'll Have to Go'' (1962) • Twice Round the Daffodils (1962) • Some People (1962) • The Mind Benders (1963) • Nurse on Wheels (1963) • Unearthly Stranger (1963) • Billy Liar (1963) • The Iron Maiden (1963) • Carry On Cabby (1963) • Carry On Jack (1963) • Gonks Go Beat (1964) • Carry On Spying (1964) • This Is My Street (1964) • The Masque of the Red Death (co-produced with AIP, 1964) • The Tomb of Ligeia (co-produced with AIP, 1964) • Nothing But the Best (1964) • Catch Us If You Can (1964) • Carry On Cleo (1964) • Three Hats for Lisa (1965) • Game for Three Losers (1965) • The Big Job (1965) • Carry On Cowboy (1965) • Invasion (1965) • The Face of Fu Manchu (1965) • Darling (1965) • Carry On Screaming (1966) • Our Man in Marrakesh (1966) • The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966) • Circus of Fear (1966) • Triple Cross (1966) • Five Golden Dragons (1967) • The Vengeance of Fu Manchu (1967) • ''Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon'' (1967) • The Million Eyes of Sumuru (1967) • Poor Cow (1967) • Eve (1968) • Shalako (1968) • The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968) • All Neat in Black Stockings (1969) • All the Way Up (1970) • Spring and Port Wine (1970) • Entertaining Mr. Sloane (1970) • The 14 (1973) ==References==