Silent Studio Directory - 45 - British and Colonial Kinematograph Company Ltd. - UK - 1908-1924 - production company located at 33-35 Endell St. London; studio located at Hoe St. Walthamstow and headed by J. B. McDowell with Edward Godal as general manager. British Empire Films - UK - 1915- 1917 - production company formed from Zenith Film Co.; studio at Whetstone; liquidated May 1917 and studio bought the following year by Famous Pictures. British Exhibitors’ Films - UK - 1915-1922 - distribution company; in1922, released series of one and two reel dramas produced by Master Films using the trade name Master-British Exhibitors. British Famous Films - UK - 1917 - production company formed to produce two reel historical films. British Filmcraft - UK - 1928-1929 - production company. British Instructional Films, Ltd - UK - 1921-1933 - production company. British International Pictures, Ltd - UK - 1927-1937 - production company formed by John Maxwell through purchase of Elstree Studios and British National Studios and merger with his ABC cinema circuit; in 1937, Maxwell purchased and merged in British Pathe and changed the name to Associated British Picture Corp. British Isle Exclusives Ltd. - UK - 1913-1914 - distribution company with offices at 1 Victoria Square, Leeds. British Lion Film Corp. - UK - 1927-current - production and distribution company formed by Sam W. Smith in November 1927. British Mutoscope & Biograph Co. - UK - 1910s - distribution arm for the American Mutoscope & Biograph Co. in the UK. British National Pictures, Ltd - UK - 1926-1927 - production company located at Heddon House, 149-151 Regent Street, London; headed by George T. Eaton; New York offices located at Suite 815, 565 Fifth Avenue with J. D. Williams as general manager. British Oak Film Co. - UK - 1912- 1915 - production company; taken over in 1915 by New Agency Films Co. Ltd to make newreels and war films for WWI. British Screen Productions, Ltd - UK - 1928-1930 - production company.