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  1. 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 American International Pictures . Early life. Nicholson was born on September 14, 1916, in Seattle, Washington.

  2. American International Pictures LLC (AIP or American International Productions) is an American film production company owned by Amazon MGM Studios. In its original operating period, AIP was an independent film production and distribution company known for producing and releasing films from 1955 until 1980, a year after its acquisition by ...

  3. Mar 22, 2022 · Join us as we introduce this marvellous company, as well as its creators and some of its key pictures. When Samuel Z. Arkoff and James H. Nicholson formed AIP in 1954, it wasn’t an easy time for independent film exhibitors.

  4. This entry covers the period 1954-1979 when American International Pictures was an independent American motion picture company that produced and distributed low-budget films. Formed by James H Nicholson and Samuel Z Arkoff in 1954 and initially called the American Releasing Corporation (ARC), it was renamed American International Pictures (AIP ...

  5. American International Pictures. For three decades, from the 1950s to the 1970s, American International Pictures (AIP) supplied America's drive-ins and movie theatres with cult favorites such as It Conquered the World, I Was a Teenage Werewolf, Beach Blanket Bingo, and The Pit and the Pendulum.

  6. 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.

  7. Jan 27, 2017 · Probably the most important company in this book is American International Pictures (AIP). Founded in 1954 as American Releasing Corporation (ARC) by Samuel Z Arkoff and the late James Nicholson, AIP (1956-1980) defined the postwar youth-oriented feature.