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2 unusual facts about American International Pictures


Candy Johnson

Her most notable films are the American International Pictures Beach Party films, in which she played Candy a girl who could dance so hard it would literally knock the guys off their feet.

IHOP

Albert Kallis was a professional artist who designed the film posters of American International Pictures in the 1950s.


A Bucket of Blood

In the middle of 1959, American International Pictures approached Roger Corman to direct a horror film, but only gave Corman a $50,000 budget, and a five-day shooting schedule, plus left over sets from Diary of a High School Bride (1959).

Alister Williamson

In films he often appeared in the horror genre, either as policemen or landlords for companies such as Hammer Studios, Amicus and AIP throughout the 1960s and early 1970s.

Amityville II: The Possession

George Lutz wanted the sequel to the 1979 film to be based on the book The Amityville Horror Part II by John G. Jones, but the producer Dino De Laurentiis secured a deal with American International Pictures for a sequel based on Murder in Amityville by Hans Holzer.

Bobbi Shaw

Bobbi Shaw (born September 16, 1943) is an actress best known for her appearance in American International Pictures' beach party movies of the 1960s, where she was often teamed with Buster Keaton.

Cooley High

Cooley High is a 1975 American film based upon the real high school located on the near north side of Chicago produced and released by American International Pictures and written by Eric Monte (co-creator of Good Times).

Hippie exploitation films

Riot on Sunset Strip is a 1967 low-budget exploitation movie, released by American International Pictures, and filmed and released within six weeks of the actual late-1966 Sunset Strip curfew riots.

Secret Agent Fireball

It was released in the United States by American International Pictures as Secret Agent Fireball (to exploit the earlier 007 film, Thunderball) and double billed with Spy in Your Eye.

The She Creature

The She Creature (also known as The She-Creature) is a 1956 American black-and-white horror film produced by American International Pictures from a script by Lou Rusoff (brother-in-law of AIP executive Samuel Z. Arkoff), produced by Alex Gordon and directed by Edward L. Cahn.

Twiggy's Jukebox

The program was distributed by American International Television (AITV) to local stations throughout the U.S. After one year, Twiggy left the series, and AITV restructured the property into a notably different program, titled Jukebox and starring Britt Ekland introducing standard music videos.


see also

Winrock Shopping Center

In 1971, Winrock Center was featured in the American International Pictures release Bunny O'Hare, which starred Bette Davis and Ernest Borgnine.