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This is a list of feature films originally released and/or distributed by Monogram Pictures and Allied Artists Pictures Corporation.
Release DateTitleNotesOctober 10, 1933First John Wayne Lone Star WesternDecember 15, 1933Lone Star WesternJanuary 22, 1934Lone Star WesternFebruary 15, 1934Lone Star WesternMonogram Pictures Corporation was an American film studio that produced mostly low-budget films between 1931 and 1953, when the firm completed a transition to the name Allied Artists Pictures Corporation.
Monogram Pictures. Producer Walter Mirisch began at Monogram Pictures after World War II as assistant to studio head Samuel "Steve" Broidy. He convinced Broidy that the days of low-budget films were ending, and in 1946, Monogram created a new unit, Allied Artists Productions, to make costlier films. [9] .
Monogram Pictures Corporation is a Hollywood movie studio. It made low budget action and adventure movies between 1931 and 1953. In 1953, it changed its name to Allied Artists Pictures Corporation. Monogram was a leader among the small studios known as Poverty Row.
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Monograms first appeared on coins, as early as 350 BC. The earliest known examples are of the names of Greek cities which issued the coins, often the first two letters of the city's name. For example, the monogram of Achaea consisted of the letters alpha (Α) and chi(Χ) joined together. Monograms have been used as signatures by artists and craft wor...
Over the centuries, monograms of the name of Jesus Christ have been used as Christian symbols. The IX monogram consists of the initial Greek letters of the name "Jesus Christ," "I" for Ιησούς, (Jesus in Greek) and "X" for Χριστος (Christin Greek). The "IHS" Christogram, denoting the first three letters of the Greek name of Jesus, is usually written...
Signum manus (sometimes also known as Chrismon) refers to the medieval practice, current from the Merovingian period until the 14th century in the Frankish Empireand its successors, of signing a document or charter with a special type of monogram or royal cypher. Monograms of the names of monarchs are used as part of the insignia of public organiza...
An individual's monogram may appear in stylized form on stationery, luggage, clothing, or other personalized items. These monograms may have two or three letters. A basic 3-letter monogram has the initial of the individual's last name (surname) set larger, or with some special treatment in the center, while the first name initial appears to the lef...
Some companies and organizations adopt a monogram for a logo, usually with the letters of their acronym. For example, as well as having an official seal, and the Texas Longhorns logo, the University of Texas at Austin uses a "UT" monogram (in the same color as the Longhorns logo, burnt orange). The New York Yankees baseball team also uses a monogra...
A notable example of a royal monogram is the H7 monogram of King Haakon VII of Norway. While in exile during World War II, Haakon VII spearheaded the Norwegian resistance to the German occupation, and H7 became a symbol used by the Norwegian populace to mark solidarity and loyalty to the King, and adherence to the Norwegian resistance movement. The...
In the Germanosphere, certain student societies (Studentenverbindung) use monograms known as Zirkel("circle", as in "circle of friends"), consisting of the initial letter of the organization's name and/or the letters v,c,f or e,f,v, together with an exclamation mark if the society is still active.
A Japanese rebus monogram is a monogram in a particular style, which spells a name via a rebus, as a form of Japanese wordplay or visual pun. Today they are most often seen in corporate logos or product logos.
Late Roman-early Byzantine Chi Rho and Alpha and Omega monogram in the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, Italy, unknown architect or mosaic craftsman, 425-450Byzantine monogram of Justinian I in Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey, unknown sculptor, capital designed by Anthemius of Tralles and Isidore of Miletus, 537Renaissance monogram of Francis I of France on the Château de Cognac, Cognac, France, unknown sculptor or architect, 1517Norwegian royal monograms carved in a mountainside to mark royal visits to Kongsbergsince 1623Monogram Pictures was a B-movie studio that produced films from 1931 until 1953. After that date, it became known as "Allied Artists Pictures Corporation". Monogram was created in the early 1930s from two earlier companies, W. Ray Johnston's Rayart Productions (renamed "Raytone" when sound...
Monogram Pictures Corporation was a Hollywood studio that produced and released films, most on low budgets, between 1931 and 1953, when the firm completed a transition to the name Allied Artists. Monogram is considered a leader among the smaller studios sometimes referred to collectively as Poverty Row.
