Joseph Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank
(1888-1972), Film producerSitter in 15 portraits
Film producer; built empire out of the family flour-milling business; a devout Methodist convinced of the potential power for good of the cinema.
Joseph Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank
by Yousuf Karsh
bromide print, 1949
NPG P490(65)
Joseph Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank
by Howard Coster
quarter-plate film negative, 1940s
NPG x19582
Joseph Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank
by Howard Coster
quarter-plate film negative, 1940s
NPG x19583
Joseph Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank
by Howard Coster
quarter-plate film negative, 1940s
NPG x19585
Joseph Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank
by Howard Coster
quarter-plate film negative, 1940s
NPG x19586
Joseph Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank
by Howard Coster
quarter-plate film negative, 1940s
NPG x19587
Joseph Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank with 21 actresses
by Central Press
bromide press print, 30 September 1957
NPG x136058
Joseph Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank; Anne Heywood
by Norman Gryspeerdt
bromide press print, July 1957
NPG x184055
Joseph Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank
by Norman Gryspeerdt
bromide press print, July 1957
NPG x184056
Joseph Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank
by Wolfgang Suschitzky
gelatin silver print, late 1950s
NPG x200755
Joseph Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank
by Rex Coleman, for Baron Studios
5 x 4 inch film negative, 30 December 1959
NPG x125705
Joseph Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank
by Howard Coster
quarter-plate film negative, 1940s
NPG x19584
Joseph Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank
by Rex Coleman, for Baron Studios
half-plate film negative, 5 April 1967
NPG x125968
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