Eagle-Lion Films

Eagle-Lion Films was a British film production company owned by J. Arthur Rank intended to release British productions in the United States. In 1947 it acquired PRC Pictures, a small American production company, to produce B Pictures to accompany the British releases. The studio became one of the most respected makers of B-movies on what was known as Hollywood's "Poverty Row." Eagle-Lion was also a film distribution company under the name of Eagle-Lion Distributors Limited in the United Kingdom and Eagle-Lion Films Inc. in the United States. The relatively small film lot was located at 7324 Santa Monica Boulevard, and has long since been demolished. From 1946-1949 Eagle-Lion was under the control of Arthur Krim who in addition to...