• Source: Group 3 Films

      • 3/info/group" target="_blank">Group 3 Films was a short lived British film production company that operated from 1951 to 1955.


      Background


      It was set up by the NFFC to help finance movies from newer filmmakers. 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.
      They produced over 20 films and lost half a million pounds before the NFFC brought the company to a halt.


      Critical appraisal


      FilmInk wrote "are there any decent 3/info/group" target="_blank">Group 3 pictures?"


      Select Films


      Judgment Deferred (1951) - directed by John Baxter starring Joan Collins
      Brandy for the Parson (1952) - directed by John Eldridge starring Kenneth More
      Time Gentlemen Please! (1952) - directed by Lewis Gilbert
      You're Only Young Twice (1952) - directed by Terry Bishop
      The Brave Don't Cry (1952) - directed by Philip Leacock starring John Gregson
      Miss Robin Hood (1952) - directed by John Guillermin starring Margaret Rutherford
      Laxdale Hall (1952) - directed by John Eldridge
      Child's Play (1952) - directed by Margaret Thomson, written by Don Sharp
      The Nutcracker (1952) (short) - directed by Cyril Frankel
      The Oracle (1953) - directed by C. M. Pennington-Richards
      Man of Africa (1953) - directed by Cyril Frankel
      Background (1953) aka Edge of Divorce - written by Don Sharp, directed by Daniel Lowe
      The Conquest of Everest (1953) (documentary) directed by George Lowe
      The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp (1953) - directed by Alan Bromly starring Diane Cilento
      Devil on Horseback (1954) - directed by Cyril Frankel
      Conflict of Wings (1954) aka Fuss Over Feathers - directed by John Elddridge, written by Don Sharp, starring Kieron Moore and Edwin Richfield
      The End of the Road (1954) - directed by Wolf Rilla
      Orders are Orders (1954) - directed by David Paltenghi
      Make Me an Offer (1954) - directed by Cyril Frankel from debut novel of Wolf Mankowitz starring Peter Finch in his first solo lead
      Doublecross (1954) aka Queer Fish
      The Love Match (1954) - directed by David Paltenghi starring Arthur Askey
      The Blue Peter (1955) - directed by Wolf Rilla, written by Don Sharp, starring Kieron Moore and Edwin Richfield
      John and Julie (1955) - directed by William Fairchild
      Tensing's Country (1955) (documentary)
      The Challenge of the North (1955) (documentary)


      References




      Notes


      MacCann, Richard Dyer (July 1977). "Subsidy for the Screen Grierson and 3/info/group" target="_blank">Group 3". Sight and Sound. pp. 168–173.


      External links


      3/info/group" target="_blank">Group 3 at BFI
      3/info/group" target="_blank">Group 3 at British Films

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