ABC Cinemas

Associated British Cinemas (ABC Cinemas ) was a cinema chain in the UK, which existed from 1927 onwards. Its founder was the Scottish film producer John Maxwell, who first invested in 1912 in Glasgow, The Prince 's Cinema and in the establishment of ABC Cinemas operated a total of 29 venues. In July 1929, there were already 80 cinemas, the end of 1931, the chain had expanded to now 160 venues.

Soon the ABC Cinemas with founded by Maxwell in 1926 production company British International Pictures (BIP ) were transferred into a joint holding. Its name was changed in 1933 in Associated British Picture Corporation ( ABPC ). After the death of Maxwell's 1940 U.S. Warner Bros. Company acquired some shares in the company, as well as a partnership with the company in the distribution of the films was discussed.

1951 decreed ABC Cinemas over 400 screening locations, but more cinemas were closed or sold in the following years opened as a (new ), until 1965 only 267 theaters were operated. The market share of ABC Cinemas was in the year at about 13 percent, compared to 1951, the group had so compared to other can define, because they had to close cinemas less than other suppliers. ABC Cinemas had a high proportion of large theaters ( each with 1,500 seats or greater ) and could therefore bring to a share of about 20 per cent of the cinema seats. The venues also concentrated in London and other major UK cities, in small towns and in rural areas, ABC Cinemas was relatively little represented.

Overall, ABC Cinemas applied until at least well into the 1970s, in addition to the Rank Organisation, with its Odeon cinema chain as the most powerful chain in the UK.

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