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Change: Videos by MrFonny61, daktaritubabu, CPvGc90, joecool85, ThatLogoDude, macrosunshineBackground: The company was founded in 1938 by producer Joseph Arthur Rank as General Film Distributors. Rank, as a company, still exists today as The Rank Group plc., a hotel, resort, and casino
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Change: man (Carl Dane), hitting a large gong twice with his mallet. As this happens, we zoom up to the gong, and the words “GENERAL FILM DISTRIBUTORS” in a long Times News Roman-like font fade in on the gong.FX: Live action.Cheesy Factor: The words appearing
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Change: gong man is seen repeatedly striking the gong (the footage is looped here).FX: Mainly live action, but on the Golden Age version, the words appear via a “wipe” effect.Cheesy Factor: The words appearing over the “live action” logo.Music/Sounds: The two “hits” of the gong.
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Change: prints (seeing as they have a nasty habit of removing/plastering logos), but now it is steadily reappearing on recently remastered TV prints and home video releases. Restoration and remastering of the Rank film archive continues under Granada International's ownership. Among the many Rank movies include the classics Henry V (1944),
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Change: distrubuteddistributed by this company, such as Young and Innocent (1937) and Pygmalion (1938) among others.Scare Factor: Medium._______________________________________________________________J. Arthur Rank Enterprises/Organisation(1944-1997) Nicknames: "Gong", “Man Hitting Gong”, “Gongman”, "The New Gongman"Logo: On a backdrop of draped red
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Change: plc (http://www.rank.com/),plc., a hotel, resort and casino operator. The Rank film archive is now owned by Granada International, a subsidiary of ITV.General Film Distributors(1938-1944)Nickname: “Gongman” Logo:On a backdrop of draped curtains, we see
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Change: International, a subsidiary of ITV.General Film Distributors(1938-1944)Nickname: “Gongman” Logo:On a backdrop of draped curtains, we see a shirtless man, hitting a large gong twice with his mallet. As this happens, we zoom up to the gong, and the words “GENERAL
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Change: Distributors, but it would wait until the name change to J. Arthur Rank Organisation in 1944 thatDistributors. itRank, gotas a proper logo. Rankcompany, still exists today as The Rank Group plc (http://www.rank.com/), a hotel, resort,resort and casino operator. The Rank film
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Change: (1938-1958)(1938-1944)Nickname: “Gongman”Logo:On a backdrop of draped curtains, we see a shirtless man, hitting a large gong twice with his mallet. As this happens, we zoom up to the gong, and the words “GENERAL FILM DISTRIBUTORS” in a
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Change: operator (the Hard Rock Café is among its properties).operator.General Film Distributors(1938-1958)Nickname: “Gongman”Logo:On a backdrop of draped curtains, we see a shirtless man, hitting a large gong twice with his mallet. As this happens, we zoom up to the gong, and the
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Change: “Gongman”, "The New Gongman"Logo: On a backdrop of draped red curtains, we see a shirtless man, hitting a large gong twice with his mallet. As this
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Change: Median.Medium._______________________________________________________________J. Arthur Rank Enterprises/Organisation(1944-1997) Nicknames: "Gong," “Man Hitting Gong,” “Gongman”Logo: On a backdrop of draped red curtains, we see a shirtless man, hitting a large gong
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