Английская Википедия:Crown International Pictures

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox company Crown International Pictures (CIP) was an independent film studio and distribution company formed in 1959 by Newton P. Jacobs.

History

Jacobs was a branch head of RKO Pictures until 1947, when he formed Favorite Films, an organization which released films acquired from the studios which had originally produced them, long after their first run release. CIP became one of the first franchise distributors for American International Pictures (AIP) product. Like AIP, Crown International is primarily known for low-budget genre films, including; grindhouse cinema, biker films, exploitation films, and B-movie drive-in fare.

Crown International began releasing both low-budget films as Bloodlust! and The Seventh Commandment, by American producers, as well as foreign films such as First Spaceship on Venus and Varan the Unbelievable (released as a double feature in 1962) which Crown was able to acquire inexpensively, due to the US dollar's strength. Crown began producing its own films, starting with Coleman Francis' The Skydivers, in 1963.

Beginning in 1961, Crown began by releasing six films, with the number rising to 12 a decade years later. Jacobs felt that Crown survived by having carefully planned growth and not overextending its product. He said that Crown did not want to be regarded as a mini major studio but as the top of the independents, to give the company more freedom in selecting and exploiting its film library. Well over 50% of exhibitors showing Crown's products were drive-in theatres, with the number decreasing to 30% in 1981.

Crown often re-titled its releases to make them sound more exciting or exploit current trends. Jacobs told the Los Angeles Times in November 1963, "A title is the handle  . . . You can't lift a picture very high if the handle is weak"

Crown also acted as importer for Sonny Chiba's Street Fighter films to the United States.Шаблон:Citation needed

In 1973, Mark Tenser, who had been vice-president, became president with Jacobs' ascension to become chairman of the board. Jacobs' daughter Marilyn Jacobs Tenser became vice president. The company handled its in-house production division, Marimark Productions, to produce a majority of the Crown's later output.

The director of Death Machines (1976) gave an account of how Crown picked up and shot new scenes for his film that included shooting a prologue that would make the martial arts film a science-fiction one to make it more in line with current box-office trends.

In 1983, Crown International Pictures launched a new international division Crown International Pictures Export Corporation, whereas it took over duties from previous firm distributor who had once got a contract from Crown, Manson International, in order to market sales of Crown's own pictures internationally. In 1987, Crown International Pictures, signed a three-title deal with RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, which resulted in RCA/Columbia picking up home video rights to Crown's in-house production Hunk, as well as acquisitions handled by Crown, which are Scorpion and Jocks, of which all three Crown films will be headed to home video this summer.

In July 1988, Jacobs died in a motorcycle accident, which resulted in his son, Louis, taking the helm of Crown International.

Filmography

Year	Title	Notes	Ref
1961	The Beast of Yucca Flats
	Bloodlust!
	The Devil's Hand
	The Seventh Commandment
1962	Carnival of Crime
	Secret File: Hollywood
	Dangerous Charter
	Stakeout
	First Spaceship on Venus (金星ロケット発進す)	US English dubbed version
	Varan the Unbelievable (大怪獣バラン)	US re-edited English dubbed adaptation
1963	As Nature Intended	US re-edited version
	Terrified
	Madmen of Mandoras	Adapted to They Saved Hitler's Brain in 1968
	The Skydivers
1964	Iron Angel
	Vengeance
	The Creeping Terror
1965	Angel's Flight
	Indian Paint
	Orgy of the Dead
1966	To the Shores of Hell
	The Hostage
1967	Guilt (Tills. med Gunilla månd. kväll o. tisd.)	US English dubbed version
	The Road to Nashville
	Mondo Balordo	A Mondo film
	The Hellcats
	Catalina Caper
	Hell on Wheels
	The Wild Rebels
1968	Single Room Furnished
	I, a Lover (Jag - en älskare)	US English dubbed version
	Terror in the Jungle
	The Fountain of Love (Die Liebesquelle)	US English dubbed version
1969	The Big Hunt	US release
	African Safari (Шаблон:Small Rivers of Fire and Ice)
	The Fantastic Plastic Machine
	The Sidehackers
	Nightmare in Wax
	The Babysitter
	Blood of Dracula's Castle
1970	Cindy & Donna
	Noon Sunday
	Weekend with the Babysitter
	Blood Mania
1971	The Young Graduates
	Wild Riders
	Chain Gang Women
	Point of Terror
	The Pink Angels
1972	The Stepmother
	Blue Money
	Stanley
1973	The Naked Countess (Die nackte Gräfin)	US English dubbed version
	Little Laura and Big John
	Santee
	Superchick
	Horror High
	Kung Fu Mama (山東老娘)	US English dubbed version
1974	The Sister-in-Law
	Policewomen
	The Teacher
	Where the Red Fern Grows
1975	Trip with the Teacher
	The Specialist
	Best Friends
	Las Vegas Lady
	Pick-Up
	Welcome Home Brother Charles (Шаблон:Small Soul Vengeance)
1976	The Pom Pom Girls
	Hustler Squad
	Death Machines
	Death Riders
	Satan's Slave
1977	The Van
	Land of the Minotaur
	The Crater Lake Monster
1978	Sextette
	Coach
	Dracula's Dog (Шаблон:Small Zoltan...Hound of Dracula)
	Malibu Beach
	French Quarter
1979	Van Nuys Blvd.
	Burnout
	Malibu High
	Terror	US release
1980	Don't Answer the Phone!
	Galaxina
	The Hearse
	The Kidnapping of the President
1981	McVicar	US release
	The High Country
	The Last Chase
	Separate Ways
	Improper Channels	US release
1982	The Beach Girls
	Budo: The Art of Killing
	Liar's Moon
	Double Exposure
1983	My Tutor
	Stacy's Knights
	Americana	US theatrical release
	Tender Cousins (Tendres Cousines)	US English dubbed release
1984	Weekend Pass
	Killpoint
	Fleshburn
	Yellow Hair and the Fortress of Gold
1985	Tomboy
	9 Deaths of the Ninja
	Cavegirl
	Hot Target
1986	My Chauffeur
	Low Blow
	The Patriot
	Scorpion
1987	Jocks
	Hunk
	The Virgin Queen of St. Francis High
	Deathrow Gameshow
1988	Prime Evil
	Lurkers
1989	My Mom's a Werewolf
	Night Club
1990	Click: The Calendar Girl Killer
1991	Top Cop
	Lena's Holiday
	Brain Twisters
1992	The Silencer
1993	Housewife From Hell
1994	Almost Hollywood
2003	Malibu Spring Break

Home media

In 1964 Crown packaged several of the features that it released or had acquired rights to become part of a package of the Westhampton Film Corp. American television production company Desilu entered film syndication in 1964 by acquiring the rights to show Crown International films as part of the "Westhampton Feature Package". In the 1970s Crown released films for syndication through Gold Key Entertainment, which was a division of Vidtronics, Inc.

Many of Crown's releases have been released to DVD on BCI Home Entertainment's Welcome to the Grindhouse, Starlite Drive-In Theater and Drive-In Cult Classics series. Several Crown films have been shown on Mystery Science Theater 3000. Since Navarre Corporation's closing of its subsidiary BCI Home Entertainment, DVD distribution of Crown's library has transferred to Mill Creek Entertainment. Most of the television rights to Crown's library are today owned by Lionsgate via their 2005 acquisition of Modern Entertainment.

External links

• Crown International Pictures website Шаблон:Webarchive