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Harris' most notable contribution to American cinema was producing several seminal early films directed by Stanley Kubrick. The Harris-Kubrick Pictures Corporation turned out such provocative features as "The Killing" (1956), "Paths of Glory" (1957), and "Lolita" (1962).
Having teamed up with James B. Harris to form the Harris Kubrick Pictures Corporation in 1955, Kubrick would not receive a producing credit again until Dr. Strangelove. However, Harris and Kubrick’s partnership was, according to Harris himself, one of an equal decision making process.
Oct 29, 2021 · By this point—late 1962 and early 1963—Harris and Kubrick were in the process of dissolving the Harris-Kubrick Pictures Corporation, with their discussions focused on the way they could amicably break up the company. This led to heated debates about assets and who owned what.
- James Fenwick
- 2021
Mar 9, 2021 · His fortune turned when he met producer James B. Harris and the two of them set up the Harris-Kubrick Pictures Corporation and bought the rights to Clean Break, a novel about a botched racetrack robbery that would become The Killing (1956).
The Killing is a 1956 American film noir directed by Stanley Kubrick and produced by James B. Harris. It was written by Kubrick and Jim Thompson and based on Lionel White 's novel Clean Break . It stars Sterling Hayden , Coleen Gray , and Vince Edwards , and features Marie Windsor , Elisha Cook Jr. , Jay C. Flippen and Timothy Carey .
Harris-Kubrick Pictures Corporation and Douglas’s Bryna Productions, the first of which was agreed in January 1957. However, the contract underwent a series of revisions until its termination in 1958, followed by a second release contract, which was dissolved in 1961, bringing a final, legal end to the partnership.
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In 1952, a handshake between producer James B. Harris and director Stanley Kubrick created three classic films. Harris makes films still, at age 89. This is his untold story.
