British International Pictures

British film production company, founded in 1927. One of the leading British studios of the early sound era, it operated the Elstree Studios. The company produced many of Alfred Hitchcock's early sound films, including Blackmail (1929), Juno and the Paycock (1930), and Murder! (1930). It was a major force in establishing a viable British film industry in the 1930s before being absorbed into the Associated British Picture Corporation.