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25 unusual facts about United Artists


Billie Jo Spears discography

Spears's official recording career began in 1966 when she was first signed to a temporary recording contract with United Artists.

Capital City Mall

More changes came in 2006 when Hecht's was converted to Macy's, and the Garden Grove food court (now simply called the food court) relocated to the location of the former United Artists movie theater.

Charles D. Hall

Hall left Universal in the late 1930s and went to United Artists, where he worked for producer Hal Roach on such films as Topper Takes a Trip, the first of the two sequels to 1937's Topper.

David Aldus

Other Aldus accolades include full membership election in 1994 to UA United Artists.

Derann

In the following years, the company managed to secure deals with MCA, EMI, United Artists, 20th Century Fox, and eventually Disney, giving them rights to the production and sale of Super 8 cutdowns and versions of their films.

Donald Krim

After law school, he began his career at United Artists, first becoming head of the 16mm nontheatrical film rental division, then working on the formation of United Artists Classics, the first major studio-owned, art house division—and the model for today's Fox Searchlight and Sony Pictures Classics.

Eden Prairie Center

A second United Artists movie theater was built, called "Eden Prairie East" and the old theater located beneath the Target walkway was renamed "Eden Prairie West".

Elías Isaac Alippi

Enrique Faustín Jr., who worked in a movie production company, and also assisted to the meetings brought the idea of forming a production company as a Coop similar to United Artists in the USA.

Flora Bramley

Born in London, Bramley started out on stage in musical revues, and in June 1926, while visiting relatives in Hollywood, was signed by United Artists.

Kenny And The Kasuals

The band broke up after management troubles led to a failure to sign with United Artists.

Mack Swain

He is also remembered for his large supporting role as "Big Jim McKay"' in the 1925 film The Gold Rush, for United Artists, written by and starring Chaplin.

Maggie McNamara

United Artists, who produced The Moon Is Blue, decided to release the film anyway.

Maxwell Street

In February, 1988, United Artists filmed an occult thriller, Child's Play, featuring sets on Maxwell Street, including a disabled bus with the word "Auto" spray-painted on it which had been sitting in the lot at 709 Maxwell since 1984.

Moose Hunters

Moose Hunters is a 1937 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by United Artists.

My Boomerang Won't Come Back

United Artists released the record in America, and, not wanting to deal with complaints like the ones in Britain, issued a 45-only version that not only featured the line "blue in the face" but was considerably shorter than the UK version (which was 3:32), clocking in at 2:44.

Pappy Daily

In 1961, Daily and Pierce ended their partnership and at the end of 1961 Daily left Starday and Mercury to go to United Artists, becoming their country & western director.

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll

After continuing to tour Australia through 1958, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll was adapted by Leslie Norman for Hill-Hecht-Lancaster Productions – whose first film had been Marty with Ernest Borgnine – for United Artists in 1959.

The Delicates

In 1959 the group released a song they had written, "Black and White Thunderbird", on the United Artists Unart label.

The Fortunes

At this point in 1967, the Fortunes left Decca for United Artists.

The Ikettes

It was followed by two more singles credited to the Ikettes on United Artists, including a remake of "Camel Walk" in 1971 and "Two Timin', Double Dealin'" in 1973, the last known single by either the Ikettes or the Mirettes.

The Monster of Florence: A True Story

In late 2008, film studio United Artists announced its purchase of the film rights to The Monster of Florence: a True Story.

The Ruins of Gorlan

As of 7 January 2008, United Artists has obtained the film rights for The Ruins of Gorlan and is in discussion with Canadian director Paul Haggis.

UATV

United Artists Television: defunct television production and syndication arm of United Artists Pictures

Vernon Burch

In 1975 Burch signed to United Artists, where he released his debut album, I'll Be Your Sunshine.

William B. Murphy

Born in Mexia, a small city in Central Texas' Limestone County, William B. Murphy was 41 when his name first appeared in film credits as co-editor (with Richard Cahoon) of the independently-produced 1949 B-western, Massacre River, released by United Artists.


A Small Circle of Friends

A Small Circle of Friends is a film released in 1980 by United Artists starring Brad Davis, Karen Allen, Shelley Long, Jameson Parker, Peter Mark, and an uncredited Craig Richard Nelson, who played Bell in The Paper Chase, another film set at Harvard.

Danjaq

John Cork claims that in exchange for the sale, MGM/UA received an exclusive distribution deal with Danjaq that is far more lucrative than when the shares were originally owned by Broccoli and Saltzman.

David Courtney

He released one album of his own on United Artists in 1974 entitled David Courtney's First Day; it saw some success on both sides of the Atlantic, and peaked at #194 on the US Billboard 200.

Delightfully Dangerous

Delightfully Dangerous is a 1945 American musical film directed by Arthur Lubin showcasing teenage singer Jane Powell—in her second film on loan out to United Artists from MGM—and orchestra leader Morton Gould.

Esoteric Recordings

The label’s founder is Mark Powell, who has been a freelance music consultant for major labels such as Universal, Sony and EMI since 2000, working with artists including Soft Machine, Caravan, Camel, Man and Hawkwind, as well as producing label retrospectives covering Deram, Decca, Vertigo, Harvest and United Artists.

George Skouras

In 1952 George joined United Artists with Michael Todd and Joe Schenck, former president of Twentieth Century Fox, in order to form the Magna Theatre Corporation for production and distribution of Todd-AO films.

Ida Darling

The Irish director, Herbert Brenon, supervised work on this film, which was made by United Artists.

It! The Terror from Beyond Space

The Terror from Beyond Space is an independently made 1958 black and white science fiction film that was produced by Robert Kent, directed by Edward L. Cahn, and released by United Artists.

James Howard Williams

A film Bandoola was planned in 1956 by Hecht-Lancaster and United Artists; it was to have been filmed in Ceylon from November that year with Ernest Borgnine and Sophia Loren in the leading roles.

John Seiter

Seiter's first official credit came on a 1958 recording of Peter and the Wolf for United Artists, the brainchild of actor and director Rob Reiner.

Joseph Morgan Henninger

Henninger also worked in the film industry, providing illustrations and set designs for Vincent Korda, Selznick Studios, Walt Disney, United Artists, MGM, and Columbia.

Marshall Naify

Marshall Naify (March 23, 1920 – April 19, 2000) was a motion picture and media tycoon who was a long-term chairman of the board of United Artists and later became founder and co-chairman of the board of Todd-AO, the largest independent post-production sound studio in the United States which worked on Apollo 13 and other major films.

Max E. Youngstein

Max E. Youngstein (March 21, 1913, New York City  – July 8, 1997) was an American film producer who worked for United Artists, formed United Artists Music and United Artists Records then became an independent film producer.

Midnite Movies

The collection is mostly made up of AIP films (including most of Roger Corman's and Vincent Price's horror movies) but also includes some Hammer Horror, Amicus, United Artists, and Empire Pictures movies as well.

Mission to Moscow

The film was the first pro-Soviet Hollywood film of its time and was followed by others, including Samuel Goldwyn's The North Star (1943), MGM’s Song of Russia (1944), United ArtistsThree Russian Girls (1943), Columbia’s The Boy from Stalingrad (1943) and Counter-Attack (1945).

The Black Sleep

The Black Sleep (1956) is an American black-and-white horror film, scripted by John C. Higgins from a story by Gerald Drayson Adams developed for producers Aubrey Schenck and Howard W. Koch, who had a four-picture finance-for-distribution arrangement with United Artists.

The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake

The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake is a 1959 American black-and-white horror film written by Orville H. Hampton and directed by Edward L. Cahn, one of a series of films they made in the late 1950s for producer Robert E. Kent on contract for distribution by United Artists.

The Ponce Sisters

MGM/United Artists released a laser disc set of early "talkies" (sound films) entitled "Dawn Of Sound, Volume 3," which featured Vitaphone shorts of the Ponce Sisters singing "Ten Little Miles From Town" and "Oh, You Have No Idea."

Tijuana Toads

Tijuana Toads is a series of 17 theatrical cartoons produced by DePatie-Freleng and released through United Artists.

When a Man Loves

He and Crosland would re-team once again at United Artists to make The Beloved Rogue, another French costume story that was selected because of the popularity of When a Man Loves.