William Frederick Jury Explained

Sir William Frederick Jury (December 5, 1870 - August 2, 1944) was an influential film businessman in Britain. He led Jury Imperial Pictures, a British film production company during the silent film era.[1] The company was a leading renter of films and contracted to distribute official British films.[2] It was also a distributor of American films and was active in British colonies. Jury was also involved in distributing propaganda films for the British government. In 1914, he corresponded with William N. Selig.[3]

Jury distributed a film about the Battle of the Somme and a sequel about the Battle of the Ancre for the British government. Jury's film company was the exclusive distributor in Britain for American film production company Metro Pictures.[4]

Jury was awarded a knighthood in 1918.[5] He established a convalescent home for film industry veterans.[6] Jury owned the New Theatre in Bromley for a time.[7]

Filmography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jury's Imperial Pictures. BFI.
  2. Book: Harris, Ed. Britain's Forgotten Film Factory: The Story of Isleworth Studios. November 15, 2012. Amberley Publishing Limited. 9781445611877. Google Books.
  3. Book: The British Cinema Boom, 1909–1914: A Commercial History. 9781137396778. Burrows. Jon. 26 November 2017.
  4. Web site: Motion Picture Daily: Formerly Exhibitors Daily Review and Motion Pictures Today. 1921.
  5. Web site: Whitaker's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage for the Year .... November 3, 1925. Google Books.
  6. https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/lot.861.html/2017/from-earth-to-fire-l17302
  7. Web site: New Theatre in Bromley, GB - Cinema Treasures. cinematreasures.org. 27 January 2023.
  8. Reconstructing the Musical Arrangement for "The Battle of the Somme" (1916). 3815576. Haggith. Toby. Film History. 2002. 14. 1. 11–24. 10.2979/FIL.2002.14.1.11.
  9. Web site: The Battle of the Ancre and the Advance of the Tanks (1917). https://web.archive.org/web/20191020214004/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6f261bc8. dead. October 20, 2019. BFI.

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