![]() John Wayne on DVD and Blu- ray: A Filmography. A common question asked by John Wayne collectors. ![]() Monogram titles. made under the Lone Star banner, since the sixteen- film series. Organized in 1. 93. W. Ray Johnston, Monogram's. Rayart Pictures, formed in 1. Johnston's. partner, Trem Carr. In mid- 1. 93. 5 the company formed the basis for. Republic Pictures Corp., which although also absorbing. Mascot, Majestic, and Liberty, the core of the new company was. Monogram itself, whose corporate and production personnel remained. Paul Malvern, with Monogram since its inception. Besides. producing other genres, Malvern, a former stuntman, produced John. Wayne's sixteen Lone Star titles and would helm his next three. Republic, although no longer under the Lone Star banner. After John Wayne signed a contract, taking effect. Search the history of over 304 billion web pages on the Internet. Download the free trial version below to get started. Double-click the downloaded file to install the software. Based on your feedback we are improving the member login section of this website. We can’t wait to show you the new and improved member area, coming soon. June 1, 1. 93. 3, to make a series of eight western for Monogram. The Hollywood Reporter stated on June 2. Monogram: “With Paul Malvern as. Lone Star Productions has been organized to produce. John Wayne. Malvern has been. Monogram. Pictures in the past year. Physical distribution of the new series. Monogram exchanges in southern, middle western. New England territories, although the new company will. Mayer said that John Wayne had an endless face and he can go on forever. Appearing in more films than any major star, the legacy of John Wayne. Monogram feature series and its product. Lone Star banner. Production headquarters. Western Service Studios.”Four days later, The Film Daily reported: “Lone. Star Productions has established headquarters at the Western. Service Studios' Metropolitan lot. Paul Malvern is production. The company will have no connection with Monogram, pictures. Lone. Star banner.”Although apparently never registered as a corporate. Lone Star Productions were Monogram product, with all but. So even though Lone Star was essentially a production. Monogram, distribution arrangements for the series were. Wayne. had signed his one- year, eight- picture contract with Trem Carr. Pictures, not Monogram itself. The contract had an option for renewal. May 1. 0, 1. 93. 4, The Film Daily reported: “Paul Malvern. John Wayne for eight more Lone Star. Monogram.”In the book John Wayne: American, the authors wrote: “. Even upon reissue. Monogram name, usually. A LONE STAR WESTERN RE- RELEASE. Due to infighting with Republic's boss, Herbert. J. Ray Johnston and Trem Carr left the company and revived. Monogram in November 1. With the revival, the Lone Star westerns. Monogram and not Republic. Because the films are in the public domain, the. Monogram but now in the hands. New York- based Films Around the World, Inc., were modified with. Fox/Lorber Associates, Inc. In. 1. 93. 6 Shapiro would create his own company, World Pictures Corp.. In 1. 95. 1 he. formed Unity Television Corp. Soon after. in 1. Films Around the World, Inc. Mangham as. president; John L. Franconi, vice- president; J. Francis White. Jr., secretary- treasurer, and Joy Houck, director. Mangham will be eastern sales manager, White. Franconi western sales manager. Distribution for Charlotte, Atlanta, Memphis. New Orleans and Dallas will be handled through the present. Other territories will be offered. The deal includes 3. Eight of the 1. 6 subjects will go into immediate. Mangham and Franconi, as former Monogram distributors. Commenting on the deal, Mangham said: “These. Since then the. stature of John Wayne has grown both with the trade and the. We anticipate early placement of distribution deals. Boxoffice, February 1. Directors Plan Distribution Of 1. John Wayne. Reissues. NEW ORLEANS—Joy Houck and E. V. Landaische. hosted a meeting here of J. Francis White Jr., Charlotte; John. W. Mangham, Atlanta, and John L. Franconi, Dallas, all officers. Great Western Pictures, Inc., to plan distribution of lately. John Wayne features originally produced. Trem Carr for Monogram. The deal includes full U. S. Mangham, president of Great Western. Pictures, Inc., of Atlanta, Ga., announces the acquisition. United States and Canadian rights to 1. John Wayne western pictures, both 3. Distribution of 1. Wells Alexander of the Distributors Group, Inc. The June 1. 4, 1. The Billboard reported: “W. Great Western Pictures, Inc., has reissued the John. Wayne series, purchased from Monogram Pictures, and is delivering. Alexander says. First issues were. May 2. 5.”Great Western Pictures could be related to the company. Buck Jones and Monogram executives. Scott R. Dunlap and Trem Carr, a production unit at Monogram that. Rough Rider series featuring Jones, Tim Mc. Coy and Raymond. Hatton. The company also produced the subsequent Johnny Mack Brown. Whip Wilson westerns for Monogram, referenced as Great Western. Productions, Inc., but listed in the early trades as Great Western. Pictures, located at 4. Sunset Drive (the address of Monogram. Pictures), and later listed as Great Western Productions, Inc. Dunlap as president). Mangham, Jr., president of Great Western. Pictures, Inc., was a longtime exchangeman who would eventually. Monogram's Atlanta office in 1. Arthur C. Bromberg, head of the studio's exchanges. Southeast. Mangham, once part of Republic's corporate Advisory. Committee, would stay with the Atlanta exchange after the transition. Republic and then organize Southern Film Exchanges, Inc., which. Screen Guild Productions, Inc., co- founded. John Franconi, a franchise holder of Monogram for Texas. Shortly after attaining the reissue rights to the. Lone Star westerns, the trades announced that Mangham and Franconi. Western Adventure Pictures Corp., a new distribution. San Antonio, Texas. Partnered. with J. Francis White, Jr., a Screen Guild franchise holder in. Charlotte, North Carolina, and southeast circuit owner Joy Houck. Lash La. Rue westerns with veteran. Ray Taylor. Reissue advertising of. Lone Star westerns from the late 1. Western Adventure Pictures, Inc., the distribution arm. Western Adventure Productions, Inc. John W. Mangham, Jr. Hirliman. (as president) and Irvin Shapiro (as general manager), initially. In 1. 94. 5 the trades announced another company, United. Screen Attractions, was organized with Shapiro as president, the. International Theatrical & Television Corp., Hirliman's. Mascot Pictures library. Following the Lone Star westerns being theatrically. Western Adventure Pictures beginning in 1. In August 1. 94. 9 the films began appearing. KTSL in Los Angeles, sponsored by a shoe company, handled by. Toby Anguish's Television Pictures Distributing Corp. Rainbow. Valley was the first to be shown. Anguish's company, formed in 1. International Theatrical & Television Corp., a company spearheaded. George A. Hirliman and Eliot Hyman. Theatre Owners of America, Inc., in a special bulletin. Television Pictures Distributing Corp. A deal whereby the. American Broadcasting Company (ABC) would contract for 4. Hollywood- produced. Western films was near signing this week. The web was ironing. Telecast Films, Inc., of New York for. ABC and its. owned- and- operated stations. The web also plans to make the. January 1. 5. The pix include 1. John Wayne, and. others featuring Rex Bell, Ken Maynard and the Range Busters. Details on price have not yet been. ABC is understood to be in line for a volume discount. Ultimately 1. 5 of the Lone Star westerns ended up. Matthew “Matty” Fox, a longtime Universal. Motion Pictures for Television, Inc. Fox is probably best. RKO's feature film and. C& C Super Corp. Matthew Fox got all right, title and interest in. Lone Star films, including copyrights and negatives. Krim, at a time when a management team was. United Artists. The entire package of 1. Joseph Harris, appointing for television distribution. National Telefilm Associates (NTA), which ended up buying the library. Classics Associates. Classics Associates worked out a three- step back- to- back. NTA to Harris Associates (for cancellation. Harris Associates to JED Productions Corp. Dube's Liechtenstein entity, Standard Film Establishment), and. JED to Classics Associates. JED held on to the foreign and remake. Jack Dube. The chain of title for the Lone Star films is unclear. Matthew Fox was involved. Based on what was reported in. Monogram still owned the copyrights. Somewhere along the line Matthew Fox acquired the. Lone Star westerns for his Western Television Corp., a holding. June 1. 95. 1, which distributed all its product. Motion Pictures for Television, Inc., the two companies. Fox. Western Television's library, with most of the films. Guild. Films Co., Inc. The temporary. Guild deal meant that MPTV no longer existed as a sales, service. Matthew Fox retained financial interest. C& C Super Corp. The latter would. RKO library beginning in 1. C& C Films, Inc. With the purchase of Western Television by C& C. Super Corp., of which Fox was now a substantial stockholder with. United. Artists Corp., C& C acquired Western's 6. Robinson, vice- president and domestic. Television Industries, Inc., and vice- president. C& C Films, Inc. Robinson, presumably Martin's brother. Link Industries, Inc.—which. Western Television. The package of films. Films Around the World's early notes. Link- Harris Library.”Martin J. Robinson, who began his television career. MPTV Syndication Corp., became. Western Television. He joined United Artists Television as vice- president. In June 1. 96. 4, Harris Associates, Inc. The library was sold to NTA by Harris. Associates in mid- 1. This library would form the basis, with. Classics. Associates—now Films Around the World—would own in. Joseph Harris (1. New. York insurance broker, began to dabble in the film industry in. Harris- Broder Pictures Corp., formed in 1. Harris as chairman of the board and treasurer. The company. soon was renamed Realart Pictures, Inc., which established state. Universal's product for reissuing, a deal negotiated. Universal executive vice- president Matthew Fox. In March 1. 94. 9, months before stepping down as Realart's. Joseph Harris, with his son James. Sy Weintraub and David Wolper, formed Flamingo Films, Inc., with. Flamingo Films merged with Eliot Hyman's Associated. Artists Productions, Ltd. Joseph Harris was executive. David Wolper a regional sales manager. The Billboard, February 5, 1. The bulk of the MPTV feature film library.
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