 Pulford Publicity bought a controlling interest in Downtons in the early 1960s and, as Downtons, became Britain's premier film advertising agency.Clients included Rank who owned the Gaumont and Odeon cinema chains, British Lion, Universal, United Artists and RKO.In 1965 Downtons merged with the Dixons agency, adding Columbia and Disney, and later Avco-Embassy and Brent Walker, to its portfolio of clients.