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James Harvey Nicholson (September 14, 1916 – December 10, 1972) was an American film producer. He is best known as the co-founder, with Samuel Z. Arkoff, of ...
James H. Nicholson was a longtime theater owner and exhibitor and worked as a promo man for Realart Pictures prior to 1954, when he founded American Releasing Corp., Two years later, he decided he wanted to expand globally and, with lawyer Samuel Z. Arkoff, formed American International Pictures.
James H. Nicholson was a longtime theater owner and exhibitor and worked as a promo man for Realart Pictures prior to 1954, when he founded American Releasing Corp., Two years later, he decided he wanted to expand globally and, with lawyer Samuel Z. Arkoff, formed American International Pictures.
The film business had changed, James H. Nicholson was long gone, and Arkoff was moving on. Although he would release a smattering of pictures throughout the 1980s via Arkoff International Pictures – including cult classics like Q: The Winged Serpent (1985) – it was time for Arkoff to call it quits.
James H. Nicholson is known as an Executive Producer, Producer, Presenter, Story, Actor, and Co-Executive Producer. Some of his work includes The Pit and the Pendulum ...
May 20, 2020 · Indeed, exploitation was the modus operandi of James H. Nicholson and Samuel Z. Arkoff (AIP’s founders), but this knowledge has arguably snubbed their filmography of a deeper consideration. I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957) is another of their stable that certainly offers more than just its bold title.
Dec 14, 2012 · When Arkoff and partner James H. Nicholson founded AIP in 1954, the major Hollywood studios were little interested in movies aimed at teenagers, or in the summer releasing season. AIP had surprising success with low-budget youth pictures, and took advantage of less competition in the summer to open double-features with titles like “Muscle Beach Party” and “Invasion of the Saucer Men.”
