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Hecht-Hill-Lancaster was a production company formed by the actor Burt Lancaster in association with his agent, Harold Hecht, and James Hill. In 1948 Lancaster and Hecht formed Norma Productions (named after his wife), which later became Hecht-Lancaster. Hill joined in the mid-1950s.
During the 1950s, his production company, Hecht-Hill-Lancaster, was highly successful, with Lancaster acting in films such as: Trapeze in 1956, a box office smash in which he used his acrobatic skills; Sweet Smell of Success (1957), a dark drama today considered a classic; Run Silent, Run Deep (1958), a WWII submarine drama with ...
YearFilmProduction CompanyDistribution Company1948Norma Productions / Harold Hecht ...Universal - International Pictures1950Norma Productions / Frank Ross ...1951Norma Productions / Halburt Productions1952Norma Productions / Halburt ProductionsDiscover new TV shows and movies from Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions and where you can watch them.
Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music, Inc. (sometimes referred to as Hecht-Lancaster-Buzzell Music Publishing, and later known as Hecht & Buzzell Music, Inc. and Colby Music, Inc.) was an American music publishing company founded by film producer Harold Hecht, his brother-in-law Loring Buzzell, and Hecht's business partner, actor/producer ...
DateSongComposerCatalog NumberApril 21, 1955Hey, MartyHarry Warren (m) & Paddy Chayefsky (w)EP89219June 10, 1955Saturday Night MamboEP90516June 29, 1956Lola's ThemeEU442973June 29, 1956Mike and Lola's Love ThemeEU442974Apr 23, 2000 · Buford goes into detail about the impact of Hecht-Hill-Lancaster, which became the biggest independent production company of the 1950s, responsible for several acclaimed films, including...
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Oct 20, 1994 · His production company, Hecht-Hill-Lancaster, was the most successful and innovative star-driven independent production company in Hollywood of the 1950s, making movies such as Marty (1955), Trapeze (1956), and Sweet Smell of Success (1957).
Apr 22, 2023 · Lancaster and Hecht formed Norma Productions (later Hecht-Lancaster) in 1948. Hill joined the other two to produce Trapeze in 1956. The early productions all featured Lancaster and included such iconic films as The Flame and the Arrow (Jacques Tourneur, 1950), The Crimson Pirate, and Vera Cruz (Robert Aldrich, 1954).
