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Two Cities Films

United Kingdom(approximate location)

Two-Cities Films, the great film company of the 30s and 40s, and 50s, gone back into production in 2018 with The Four Gospels of Dracula the Messiah by Gregory Motton, and most recently "Lilith" (2022).

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Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Film
Founded1937Wikidata
Founded byFilippo Del GiudiceWikidata
Statusclosedclosed 1955 i

How their work is rated

Average rating
7.2IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

39 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
Oscars5of12nominations42%
BAFTAs1of5nominations20%

44 wins from 70 nominations across all awards

Mostly
drama, comedy, romance
Active
1940–1955
Rotten Tomatoes
93%
Best known for
Hamlet

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Titles per year52 titles · busiest 1944 with 8 · 19401955

52 titles across 16 years, averaging 3.3 a year. The last five years average 1.4 a year, below their long-run rate.

Quality over time39 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
579their average 7.219401950

Their 1940s work is their strongest, averaging 7.2 across 31 titles. The 26 titles since 1946 average 7.3, holding at their 7.2 overall. 5 of 39 rated titles sit above their 7.2 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Anthony Pelissier4
  • John Paddy Carstairs3
  • Harold French3
  • Roy Ward Baker3
  • Jeffrey Dell3
Writers
  • Eric Ambler5
  • Peter Ustinov3
  • Jeffrey Dell3
  • Anthony Havelock-Allan3
  • John Paddy Carstairs2
Notable cast
  • Margaret Lockwood4
  • John Mills4
  • Stanley Holloway3
  • Robert Newton3
  • Rosamund John3
Genres
  • Drama29 of 44
  • Comedy17 of 44
  • Romance7 of 44
  • War5 of 44
  • Crime5 of 44

Names appearing on two or more of Two Cities Films’s produced titles, across the 44 matched to OMDb. Cast is the top-billed few OMDb lists per title, so it is notable cast rather than a full cast list. A title can carry more than one genre, so the genre counts overlap.

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