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American film production company From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
International Pictures was an American film production company that existed in the 1940s. It merged with Universal Pictures to become Universal-International on October 1, 1946.
Company type | Private |
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Industry | |
Founded | 1943Hollywood, California, United States | in
Founders | |
Defunct | July 30, 1946 |
Successor | Company: Universal-International Pictures Library: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (through United Artists) (excluding The Dark Mirror, owned by Paramount Pictures via Melange Pictures) |
Products | Motion pictures |
The company was formed in 1944. It was headed up by Leo Spitz, an executive at RKO, and William Goetz, vice president in charge for production 20th Century Fox.[1]
In October 1943, Goetz announced International would start off making four films with an overall budget of $4.2 million, the films including Belle of the Yukon, The Woman in the Window and Casanova Brown.[2]
In January 1944, International signed an agreement with RKO Pictures to provide four films for distribution.[3]
Following the merger, Spitz and Goetz became head of production at Universal-International.
United Artists acquired the film library after the merger with Universal.[citation needed]
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