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United Artists (UA) is an American film production company owned by Amazon MGM Studios.In its original operating period, UA was founded in 1919 by Charlie Chaplin, D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks as a venture premised on allowing actors to control their own financial and artistic interests rather than being dependent upon commercial studios.
T hey called themselves United Artists, but the trades called it a “rebellion against established producing and distributing arrangements” when Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith went before the cameras on February 5, 1919 to sign the documents that created the corporation that the filmmakers claimed was necessary to protect their own interests as well as ...
United Artists will turn 90 next year, having survived countless transformations and takeovers since the company released its first feature, Fairbanks’s “His Majesty, the American ...
Oct 4, 2019 · Spotlight. Oct 4, 2019 6:00am PT. United Artists Marks 100 Years of Independent Filmmaking. By Cari Beauchamp. Kobal/Shutterstock. They called themselves United Artists, but the trades called it a ...
Under Kerkorian, United Artists became a shell. The studio, which was essentially bankrupt following the disaster of Heaven's Gate, cut its production schedule sharply. MGM and UA were merged into MGM/UA Entertainment Co. from 1981 to 1987. UA was essentially dormant after 1989, releasing no films for several years.
Nov 13, 2009 · United Artists created. On February 5, 1919, Hollywood heavyweights Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith join forces to create their own film studio, which they ...
United Artists, Volume 1, 1919–1950: The Company Built by the Stars. United Artists was a unique motion picture company in the history of Hollywood. Founded by Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and director D.W. Griffith—four of the greatest names of the silent era—United Artists functioned as a distribution company for ...
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