United Artists, Volume 2, 1951โ€“1978
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United Artists, Volume 2, 1951โ€“1978

The Company That Changed the Film Industry

  1. 472 pages
  2. English
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  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

United Artists, Volume 2, 1951โ€“1978

The Company That Changed the Film Industry

About this book

In this second volume of Tino Balio's history of United Artists, he examines the turnaround of the company in the hands of Arthur Krim and Robert Benjamin in the 1950s, when United Artists devised a successful strategy based on the financing and distribution of independent production that transformed the company into an industry leader. Drawing on corporate records and interviews, Balio follows United Artists through its merger with Transamerica in the 1960s and its sale to MGM after the financial debacle of the film Heaven's Gate. With its attention to the role of film as both an art form and an economic institution, United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry is an indispensable study of one company's fortunes from the 1950s to the 1980s and a clear-eyed analysis of the film industry as a whole.
    This edition includes an expanded introduction that examines the history of United Artists from 1978 to 2008, as well as an account of Arthur Krim's attempt to mirror UA's success at Orion Pictures from 1978 to 1991.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Illustrations
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Introduction
  5. One: Prelude at Eagle-Lion
  6. Two: Gambling on Independent Production
  7. Three: The Company in Place
  8. Four: Making Them Big
  9. Five: The Studio without Walls
  10. Six: Selling Them Big
  11. Seven: International Operations, Part I: Of Art Films and Great Britain
  12. Eight: "007": A License to Print Money
  13. Nine: International Operations, Part 2: France and Italy
  14. Ten: Life with a Conglomerate
  15. Eleven: To MGM and Beyond
  16. Appendix 1: United Artists' Domestic Releases, 1951-1978
  17. Appendix 2: United Artists' Principal Producers, 1951-1978
  18. Appendix 3: United Artists Collection Addition, 1950-1980
  19. Notes
  20. Index of Motion Picture Titles
  21. General Index