Cinerama Releasing Corporation
Motion picture company established in 1967
Cinerama Releasing Corporation Company type Corporation Industry Filmed entertainment Founded 1966; 58 years ago (1966 ) Defunct 1975; 49 years ago (1975 ) Services Theatrical films distribution Parent Cinerama
Cinerama Releasing Corporation (CRC ) was a motion picture company established in 1967 that originally released films produced by its namesake parent company that was considered an "instant major".[ li 1]
History
In 1963, the owner of the Pacific Coast Theater chain, William R. Foreman, purchased Cinerama, Inc. In 1966, CRC was set up to be an independent distributor of widescreen motion pictures produced by Cinerama, various foreign films and ABC Pictures , the film production unit of the American Broadcasting Company .[ 1] [ li 2] CRC was only a distributor of films, without retaining copyright stake over each production. As an instant major by 1970, CRC reached a 10% market share. ABC Pictures ended operations in early 1973, thus CRC moved to primarily distributing non-financed films (acquisitions). By August 1974, CRC had released 125 acquired films at which time its productions and reissues were handled by American International Pictures . Cinerama, Inc., CRC's parent company, was liquidated in May 1978 with the Cinerama name ending up being owned by Pacific Coast Theater.[ li 2]
Films released
Release Date
Title
Production company(ies)
Format
November 9, 1967
Custer of the West
Cinerama Productions Corp. presents, Security Pictures
Super Technirama 70 [ li 2]
May 1, 1968
A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die
Selmur Pictures[ 2]
Panavision [ li 2]
July 17, 1968
For Love of Ivy
ABC Pictures International[ li 2]
September 23, 1968
Charly
September 25, 1968
Nobody Runs Forever (The High Commissioner )
Rank Organisation , Rodlor, Inc., Selmur Pictures[ 3]
October 7, 1968
Shalako
Palomar Pictures International, Kingston Film Productions, Ltd., CCC
December 12, 1968
The Killing of Sister George
ABC Pictures International[ li 2]
December 17, 1968
Candy
December 18, 1968
Hell in the Pacific
Selmur Pictures[ 4]
Panavision [ li 2]
April 25, 1969
Follow Me
May 14, 1969
Krakatoa, East of Java
Cinerama Releasing Corporation
Super Panavision 70 [ li 2]
June 27, 1969
Ring of Bright Water
Palomar Pictures International , The Rank Organisation
July 5, 1969
Midas Run
ABC Pictures International
July 7, 1969
How to Commit Marriage
Naho Productions
August 18, 1969
Take the Money and Run
ABC Pictures , Palomar Pictures Corporation
August 20, 1969
What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?
Palomar Pictures Corporation , The Associates & Aldrich Company
October 8, 1969
Change of Mind
Cinerama Productions Corp., Sagittarius Productions
December 10, 1969
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
ABC Pictures International[ li 2]
January 2, 1970
Jenny
February 4, 1970
The Honeymoon Killers
Roxanne
February 12, 1970
Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny and Girly
Brigitte, Fitzroy Films Ltd., Ronald J. Kahn Productions
March 1970
The Last Grenade
Lockmore
May 20, 1970
Too Late the Hero
ABC Pictures International[ li 2]
August 12, 1970
Lovers and Other Strangers
September 11, 1970
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came
October 1, 1970
How Do I Love Thee?
November 4, 1970
Song of Norway
January 24, 1971
Zachariah
January 28, 1971
The Last Valley
Season Productions, ABC Pictures International
April 2, 1971
The House That Dripped Blood
Amicus Productions
May 26, 1971
When Eight Bells Toll
Gershwin-Kastner Productions, Winkast Film Productions
May 29, 1971
The Grissom Gang
ABC Pictures International, The Associates & Aldrich Company[ li 2]
June 18, 1971
Willard
Bing Crosby Productions
June 29, 1971
My Old Man's Place
Philip A. Waxman Productions Inc.
August 30, 1971
The Touch
ABC Pictures International[ li 2]
September 17, 1971
Kotch
September 27, 1971
The Trojan Women
Josef Shaftel Productions Inc.
November 3, 1971
Straw Dogs
ABC Pictures International[ li 2]
December 19, 1971
Le Boucher
Les Films de la Boétie, Euro International Film (EIA)
February 22, 1972
Payday
Fantasy Films , Fantasy Records , Pumice Finance Company
March 27, 1972
Irish Whiskey Rebellion
March 8, 1972
Tales from the Crypt
Amicus Entertainment, Metromedia Producers Corporation[ 5]
March 10, 1972
Georgia, Georgia
Diotima Films and Jorkel Productions Inc.
Super 16 mm , blown up to 35mm film
April 1972
Compañeros
Tritone Filmindustria, Atlantida Film, Terra-Filmkunst
May 12, 1972
Hammersmith Is Out
J. Cornelius Crean Films Inc.
June 23, 1972
Ben
Bing Crosby Productions
June 28, 1972
The Happiness Cage
International Film Ventures, Laterna Film
August 2, 1972
Junior Bonner [ li 2]
September 1, 1972
Bluebeard
Gloria Film , Barnabé Productions, Geiselgasteig Film
September 22, 1972
Necromancy
Compass/Zenith International
November 9, 1972
Black Girl
November 17, 1972
Asylum
Amicus Productions
February 22, 1973
Walking Tall
Bing Crosby Productions
March 30, 1973
The Vault of Horror
Amicus Entertainment, Metromedia Producers Corporation
April 4, 1973
The Mack
CRC & Harvey Bernhard Enterprises[ 6]
April 27, 1973
And Now the Screaming Starts!
Amicus Productions
May 1973
Terror in the Wax Museum
Andrew J. Fenady Productions, Bing Crosby Productions
May 11, 1973
The Harrad Experiment [ 7]
August 1973
Your Three Minutes Are Up
Permut Presentations, Minutes Company
August 3, 1973
A Name for Evil
Penthouse
October 1973
Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls
Freedom Arts Pictures Corporation
October 1973
The Pyx
Host Productions Quebec
November 16, 1973
Arnold
Fenady Associates, Bing Crosby Productions
December 1973
Marco
Tomorrow Entertainment, Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment
1974
Seizure
January 1974
How to Seduce a Woman
Forward
March 1974
Street Gangs of Hong Kong
Shaw Brothers Studio
March 22, 1974
Catch My Soul
Metromedia Productions
April 1974
The Beast Must Die
Amicus Productions, British Lion Film Corporation
May 1974
Dark Places
Glenbeigh, Sedgled
June 1974
The Mysterious Island of Captain Nemo
Albina Productions S.a.r.l., Cameroons Development , Cité Films
June 27, 1974
W
Bing Crosby Productions
August 1974
Harrad Summer
Cinema Arts Productions, Inc.
November 22, 1974
Sunday in the Country
American International Pictures , EMI Films , Canadian Film Development Corporation
April 25, 1975
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
Bing Crosby Productions, American International Pictures
See also
References
^ p. 332 Harpole, Charles History of the American Cinema University of California Press
^ A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films .
^ "The High Commissioner(1968)" . TCM . Turner Entertainment Networks, Inc. Retrieved November 12, 2014 . From AFI catalog.
^ Hell in the Pacific at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films .
^ "Tales From The Crypt (1972) Cast, Credits & Awards" . Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2014. Archived from the original on November 12, 2014. Retrieved November 12, 2014 .
^ "The Mack (1973) Production Credits" . Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2014. Archived from the original on November 12, 2014. Retrieved November 12, 2014 .
^ "The Harrad Experiment (1973) - Company Credits" . IMDB. Retrieved December 31, 2017 .
^ Page 10.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Orders of Magnitude. Page 332-333.