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United Artists (UA) is an American film and television entertainment studio founded in 1919 by D. W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, and Douglas Fairbanks. This is a list of feature films originally produced or distributed by United Artists, including those made overseas.
- “Broken Blossoms” (1919) Several months after Griffith, Chaplin, Pickford, and Fairbanks founded United Artists, the studio released its first movie: “Broken Blossoms.”
- “Pollyanna” (1920) Mary Pickford’s first United Artists release was the 1920 drama “Pollyanna,” in which the acting icon starred as an orphan whose optimistic outlook on life brings change to her antagonistic hometown.
- “The Mark of Zorro” (1920) Douglas Fairbanks cemented his status as cinema’s iconic swashbuckler with the one-two punch of “The Mark of Zorro” and “Robin Hood.”
- “The General” (1927) United Artists is most associated with Charlie Chaplin, but the studio also supported Chaplin’s biggest silent comedy contemporary, Buster Keaton.
Feb 5, 2021 · Learn how a group of filmmakers and actors founded United Artists in 1919 to gain control over their own productions and artistic vision. Discover the ups and downs of the studio's history, from its early successes to its eventual decline and revival.
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United Artists was founded in 1919 by Mary Pickford, Charles Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks(1883–1939), and D. W. Griffith (1875–1948) as a means of insuring control over the marketing of their pictures. Capitalizing on their fame in the movies, Pickford, Chaplin, and their partners had risen from the ranks of studio employees to become heads of their ...
The motion picture industry entered a recession after the war, causing financial institutions to declare a moratoriumon independent production. Lacking capital resources and unable to finance production, UA went downhill. The threat of bankruptcy in 1951 convinced Mary Pickford and Charles Chaplin, the two remaining stockholders in the company, to ...
United Artists' successful track record made it an object of a takeover. The American film industry entered the age of conglomerates during the sixties as motion picture companies were either taken over by huge multifaceted corporations, absorbed into burgeoning entertainment conglomerates, or became conglomerates through diversification. The takeo...
Balio, Tino. United Artists: The Company Built by the Stars. Madison: University of WisconsinPress, 1976. ——. United Artists: The Company that Changed the Film Industry. Madison: University of WisconsinPress, 1985. Bach, Steven. Final Cut: Dreams and Disaster in the Making of Heaven's Gate. New York: Morrow, 1985. Bart, Peter. Fade Out: The Calamit...
United Artists (UA) was a distribution company for independent producers founded by Mary Pickford, Charles Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, and D. W. Griffith in 1919. Learn about its three periods, its famous films, and its mergers and acquisitions.
Nov 13, 2009 · Learn about the history of United Artists, the film studio founded by Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith in 1919. Discover how UA produced and distributed classic films, faced financial challenges and changed hands over the decades.
Oct 4, 2019 · 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...
